rules or fairy pieces, other ways of delivering a double check may be possible. Triple, quadruple and even quintuple checks may also be possible. For example, in the position shown, after Black plays 1...d5, White plays 2.exd6e.p.+++++ (the moa is a non-leaping knight which first takes a diagonal step, then an orthogonal one; the grasshopper captures by leaping over an intervening piece). After the en passant capture, five pieces check the black king: both moas, the rook, the grasshopper and the bishop. Xiangqi In xiangqi, the Chinese version of chess, triple check and even quadruple check are possible, as in the following examples: References Chess terminology de:Abzug (Schach)#Doppelschach sv:Schacka#Dubbelschack