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An open-source version of Kings in the Corner (at code.google.com) An online, open-source implementation of a solitaire version of Kings in the Corner (at www.dogcows.com) (No longer available at that link. Archived rules can be found here (at archive.org).) Another version of the rules (at www.pagat.com)
King and pawn versus king endgame. The chess endgame with a king and a pawn versus a king is one of the most important and fundamental endgames, other than the basic checkmates. [1] It is an important endgame for chess players to master, since most other endgames have the potential of reducing to this type of endgame via exchanges of pieces.
In chess, promotion is the replacement of a pawn with a new piece when the pawn is moved to its last rank. The player replaces the pawn immediately with a queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color. [1] The new piece does not have to be a previously captured piece. [2] Promotion is mandatory when moving to the last rank; the pawn cannot ...
The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king; checkmate occurs when a king is ...
Castling is the only move in chess in which two pieces are moved at once. [3] Castling with the king's rook is called kingside castling, and castling with the queen's rook is called queenside castling. In both algebraic and descriptive notations, castling kingside is written as 0-0 and castling queenside as 0-0-0.
Chess endgame. The endgame (or ending) is the final stage of a chess game which occurs after the middlegame. It begins when few pieces are left on the board. The line between the middlegame and the endgame is often not clear, and may occur gradually or with a quick exchange of pieces.
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f. g. h. Rook versus bishop, with the defending king in the "safe" corner. White to move, draw. In the ending of a rook versus a bishop, the defender can form a fortress in the "safe" corner—the corner that is not of the color on which the bishop resides (see diagram).