In chess, a double check is a check delivered by two pieces at the same time. In chess notation, it is sometimes symbolized by "++" (but "++" is also used to denote checkmate).
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Famous quotes containing the words double and/or check:
“He does me double wrong
That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Experience was to be taken as showing that one might get a five-pound note as one got a light for a cigarette; but one had to check the friendly impulse to ask for it in the same way.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
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