Chess Tactics Guide : Chess Battery Attack

Chess Tactics Guide : Chess Battery Attack
Chess Tactics Guide : Chess Battery Attack

Think of any Battery that powers any household or electrical gadget – the more Battery cells, the greater the output of power! …

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With that in mind, it’s fairly easy to under stand the concept of a Battery, when applied to Chess.

Chess Tactics Teaser - Battery Attack

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The main aim of a Battery Attack is to either …

  • Increase the focus of power, from your pieces, onto a single point/enemy piece that is either blocking access to the enemy’s King;
  • Or, the Battery is used to build up a majority of powerful pieces, in order to Win The Exchange.

Chess Battery Attack

There are effectively two types of Battery Attack …

One type happens along the straights (Ranks or Files), involving any combination of Rook(s) and Queen:

1. Battery Attack with Rooks Only

Chess Battery Attack, Teaser, Rooks Only.

Rooks are positioned with one in front of the other, either on a Rank or File. The leading Rook is usually accepted as a possible sacrifice, in exchange for an adverse piece (typically a Rook); leaving the trailing Rook both to complete the exchange and to take up position on a more advanced square within enemy territory, with the 7th Rank often the goal.

2. Battery Attack with Rook(s) & Queen

Chess Battery Attack, Teaser, Rooks Only.

Not always, but usually the Rook will be the leading piece in a Rook-Queen Battery, with the idea that the Rook will be exchanged, leaving the more powerful Queen in a more-advanced position. The most powerful type of Battery consists of both Rooks and Queen.

The second type happens along the diagonals, involving any combination of the Bishop(s) and Queen:

3. Battery Attack with Bishops Only

Chess Battery Attack, Teaser, Rooks Only.

Okay, while possible (through Underpromotion), it’s going to be a rare sight in an actual game. But, just to show it’s possible, click the link and see for yourself …

4. Battery Attack with Bishop(s) and Queen

Chess Battery Attack, Teaser, Rooks Only.

This is the more-likely setup for a Battery on a diagonal, with one Bishop and the Queen. Usually, but not always, the Bishop will be the leading piece in this attack.

Earlier, I mentioned Batteries can be used to help Win The Exchange. Here’s how:

5. How does a Battery help “Win The Exchange”?

Chess Battery Attack, Teaser, Rooks Only.

This example shows White’s triple-cell Battery over-powering Black’s double-cell Battery … In a head-to-head exchange, two pieces will always lose out to three. (Call it simple maths, or somethin’).

 

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