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The king (♔, ♚) is the most important piece in the game of chess.It may move to any adjoining square; it may also perform, in tandem with the rook, a special move called castling.
The triangle mate involves a queen, supported by a rook on the same file two squares away, delivering checkmate to a king that is either at the edge of the board or whose escape is blocked by a piece; the queen, rook, and king together form a triangular shape, hence the name of the mating pattern.
In the illustration, White checkmates by forcing the Black king to the edge, one row at a time. The ladder checkmate can be used to checkmate with two rooks, two queens, or a rook and a queen. [18] Checkmate using a queen and rook. 1.Qg5+ Ke4 2.Rf4+ Ke3 3.Qg3+ Ke2 4.Rf2+ Ke1 5.Qg1# [19]
Philidor's mate, also known as Philidor's legacy, is a checkmating pattern that ends in smothered mate. This method involves checking with the knight forcing the king out of the corner of the board, moving the knight away to deliver a double check from the queen and knight, sacrificing the queen to force the rook next to the king, and mating with the knight.
Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. 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 name Checkmate is taken from the winning move in chess, and the agency's hierarchy is modeled after the various pieces of a chess game; one King, one Queen and several Bishops, Rooks, Knights and Pawns. The Bishops oversaw the Rooks behind the scenes while the Rooks planned missions and supervised the field agents, or Knights, and the ...
White King's Bishop: Checkmate vol. 2, #9 (February 2007) August General in Iron: Fang Zhifu: Black King's Bishop: Checkmate vol. 2, #16 (September 2007) Seconded from the Great Ten. Master Jailer: Carl Draper: Castellan: Checkmate vol. 2, #17 (October 2007) Valentina Vostok: N/A: White Queen: Checkmate vol. 2, #21 (December 2007) Apparently ...
A queen wins against a lone rook, unless there is an immediate draw by stalemate or due to perpetual check [3] (or if the rook or king can immediately capture the queen). In 1895, Edward Freeborough edited an entire 130-page book of analysis of this endgame, titled The Chess Ending, King & Queen against King & Rook.