What is Battery in Chess ? #chess #biratichessacademy

What is Battery in Chess ? #chess #biratichessacademy  

Battery

Chess battery? Do you need special batteries to play chess? No, a battery in chess refers to a piece formation. Let's find out more!

Here is everything you need to know about chess batteries:

What Is A Battery?

In chess, a battery refers to a configuration of heavy pieces (rooks or queens) that occupy the same file. It can also refer to long-range pieces (queens and bishops) that occupy the same diagonal. In the following position, the white rooks form a battery on the f-file:

Batteries generally refer to heavy pieces (rooks and queens) on an open or semi-open file, but (as mentioned above) the term also applies to long-range pieces that occupy the same diagonal. You can see an example of a battery on a diagonal in the position below, where White's light-squared bishop on b1 and queen on d3 create a battery on the b1-h7 diagonal:

Why Are Batteries Important?

Batteries are important because they put immense pressure on a file or diagonal, often with devastating results. One well-known battery is called Alekhine's gun—it occurs when a player has two rooks with a queen behind them on a file.

In the game played between former world champion Alexander Alekhine and Aaron Nimzowitsch at San Remo in 1930, Alekhine created his famous battery after 26.Qc1:

As you can see, White's powerful battery on the open c-file has tied down most of the black army. Alekhine won the game only a few moves after creating the battery.

A battery in chess is a formation that consists of two or more pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal. It is a tactic involved in planning a series of captures to remove the protection of the opponent's king, or to simply gain in the exchanges.