Assertion: checkmate's piece | /r/HasProperty | queen
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text: This can involve capturing the checking piece; interposing a piece between the checking piece and the king (which is possible only if the attacking piece is a queen, rook, or bishop and there is a square between it and the king); or moving the king to a square where it is not under attack.
text: It is possible to execute a checkmate against a lone king even if you have just your king and one other piece, but that piece must be a rook or a queen.
text: In a discovered check, a piece moves out of the line of attack by another piece so that this other piece (which can be a queen, rook, or bishop) is then checking the opponent's king.
text: In a discovered check, a piece moves out of the line of attack by another piece so that this other piece (which can be a queen, rook, or bishop) is then checking the opponent's king.
text: Two major pieces (queens or rooks) can easily force checkmate on the edge of the board using a technique known as the ladder checkmate.