Answers.Body: <p>If you trust Stockfish's evaluation on <a href="https://lichess.org/analysis/threeCheck/rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR_w_KQkq_-_0_1_%2B2%2B2#0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">lichess.org</a>, using the &quot;three check&quot; variant where both sides already have two checks, White wins in 5 moves with 1. e4, 1. e3, 1. Nc3, or 1. Na3, and loses otherwise.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: It's lichess.org - could you provide a link to the analysis board you used to discover this so that we too can explore further?
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Answers.Body: <pre><code>[FEN &quot;&quot;]
  
  1. Nc3 e6 (1...d5 2. Nb5 Kd7 3. Nf3) 2. Ne4 Ke7 3. d3 f6 (3... Nf6 4. Bg5) 4. Bg5 fxg5 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. Qxg5
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  <p>And it's check next move. Very far from the quickest or the most elegant solution, but this will do until somebody posts a good one.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Single-check chess is a variant where the first person to give check wins. <a href="https://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/singleck.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">There is a website</a> that claims it has been solved, with white winning in four moves; however, I cannot find the moves anywhere.</p>
  
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Title: What is the solution to single-check chess?
ThreadText: # What is the solution to single-check chess?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-01)
  
  Single-check chess is a variant where the first person to give check wins. [There is a website](https://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/singleck.html) that claims it has been solved, with white winning in four moves; however, I cannot find the moves anywhere.
  
  **Tags:** chess-variants, check, study, solving
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-02-02. Score: 6
  
  If you trust Stockfish's evaluation on [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/threeCheck/rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR_w_KQkq_-_0_1_%2B2%2B2#0), using the "three check" variant where both sides already have two checks, White wins in 5 moves with 1. e4, 1. e3, 1. Nc3, or 1. Na3, and loses otherwise.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: It's lichess.org - could you provide a link to the analysis board you used to discover this so that we too can explore further?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-02-02. Score: 3
  
  [FEN ""]
  
  1. Nc3 e6 (1...d5 2. Nb5 Kd7 3. Nf3) 2. Ne4 Ke7 3. d3 f6 (3... Nf6 4. Bg5) 4. Bg5 fxg5 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. Qxg5
  
  And it's check next move. Very far from the quickest or the most elegant solution, but this will do until somebody posts a good one.
  
  
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