![]() ![]() ![]() Pushing the Lone King to the Edge of the Board for Checkmate Your King uses Direct Opposition to limit your Opponent’s King This animation demonstrates the important shapes and ideas in Direction Opposition. The use of Direct Opposition between the Kingsĭirect Opposition between the Kings is a positional technique used to limit the squares your opponent’s King can use. ![]() What does Direct Opposition between the Kings look like? Direct Opposition between Kings These Stalemates happen with the Lone King in a Corner Square Another Stalemate Position example with just a King and Rook vs. This animation demonstrates Stalemate possibilities by example. In all cases, a Stalemate only occurs when the Opponent’s King is in one of corner squares (a1, a8, h1, h,8). With King and Rook there are only a limited number of Stalemate possibilities. Some examples of King and Rook Checkmate positions Therefore, the position of the Kings (relative to each other) is very important in the King and Rook Checkmate. Remember that Kings cannot legally be closer than two squares apart (in any direction). The yellow boxes show the squares which the White King is Blocking – preventing the Black King from escaping out of Check. This animation shows four completed King and Rook Checkmate examples. The actual completed Checkmate … what will it look like? King and Rook Checkmate against Lone King is easy to master if you learn the basic ideas. ![]()
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