King puzzles

The RulesMate in 1Mate in 2Avoid Mate in 1CuriositiesMajor Pieces MateOpeningMate in NTacticsExercisesEndgameAdvanced RulesGamesStudies1. The Basic Rules of ChessExercises on interactive chessboards for learning how to move the chessmen (the rook, the bishop, the queen, the king, and the knight) learning how to give check to the king learning how to give mate in one move learning how to make captures learning the relative values of the pieces.Mate in one moveA large collection of mate-in-one puzzles divided into the following sections:2. Mate in 1 puzzles collected according to the team of mating chessmen3. A mate-in-1 puzzle collection with various numbers and kinds of mating chessmenMate in two movesA large collection of mate-in-two puzzles divided into the following sections:4. Mate in two puzzles collected according to the team of mating chessmen5. Mate in two puzzles collected according to the number of chessmen on the board6. CuriositiesA collection of unusual chess puzzles.7. Checkmating with the major piecesA collection of exercises for learning the typical methods of giving mate with the major pieces.8. The openingProblems and exercises dealing with popular opening scenarios.Mate in NA large collection of mate-in-N puzzles divided into the following sections: 9. Mate in N puzzles collected according to the team of mating chessmen10. Mate in N puzzles collected according to the number of chessmen on the board11-15. TacticsA large collection of tactical puzzles divided into the following sections:11. Tactics — The Battery and The Smothered Mate12. Tactics — Double Attack as the Most Important Tactical Motif13. Tactics — Various Tactical Motifs14. Tactics — Various Tactical Operations15. Tactics — Famous Problems and Combinations16. ExercisesWin-against-computer exercises starting from a huge material advantage: in the starting position with selected Black chessmen missing, the realization of material advantage in endgames, using the queen to fork the opponent’s king and a remote rook.17. EndgamesPlay against computer exercises and interactive puzzles presenting various endgame topics: the main plan in the endgame, pawn breakthrough, the lone pawn, critical squares and mutual zugzwang, etc. Most examples feature King and Pawn endgames.18. The advanced rules of chessPuzzles and exercies for reinforcing the understanding of the more advanced rules of the game of chess like: (weak) promotion, en passant captures, short and long castling, draw by insufficient material to mate, stalemate.19. GamesPuzzles and exercises for training the ability to follow the scenario of presented chess games.20-22. StudiesA large collection of studies divided into the following sections:20. Studies — the beauty of chess composition21. Studies — selected teams of chessmen22. Studies — various numbers of chessmen

Most common theme in the puzzle database. Watch out for a king trapped on the last rank, because a rook or queen can slide up to the back rank for the mate. Try out this back rank puzzle as an example.Mate-in-2 Similar to mate-in-1's, but they can be much more difficult. They are the 5th most common puzzle theme. A mate-in-2 puzzle requires looking for all possible two-move sequences to find a checkmate. These puzzles are very common from 100-1400, moderately common from 1400-1800, and rare above 1800. Try this mate-in-2 puzzle below. -->Bishop Pair Bishop pair themed puzzles follow an interesting pattern. They are most popular at the extreme ends of the rating band, but lose some popularity in the middle. Check out Boden's Mate for a great example of a bishop pair checkmate.Intermediate LevelsThe next four themes cover the intermediate levels. You can see that these are popular with lots of rating bands.Vulnerable KingVulnerable king themed puzzles occur when one of the kings does not have adequate protection. In this example, we will see the White king in some trouble due to the lack of defenders. Vulnerable king puzzles are most common in the 600-1000 range. -->Forks / Double Attacks Forks and double attacks cover the whole spectrum of ratings but tend to be the most common in the 600-1800 range. Forks and double attacks are when you can attack two pieces at the same time. Try out this difficult 1700-rated fork puzzle. -->Doubled RookDoubled rook puzzles sometimes

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