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>
  
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2021-02-02T01:18:01.273Z
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?
Answers.UserDisplayName: NoseKnowsAll
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2021-02-02T00:40:35.710Z
Answers.LastActivityDate: 2021-02-02T02:46:09.537Z
Answers.LastEditDate: 2021-02-02T02:46:09.537Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: Matt
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
  </code></pre>
  <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>
  
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2021-02-02T05:22:40.063Z
Answers.LastActivityDate: 2021-02-02T05:22:40.063Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: bof
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>
  
Tags: <chess-variants><check><study><solving>
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
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 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?  
  
  ---
  
  ### 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.
  
  
  ---
  
  