Now we can make the “fenced area” smaller with Rd5. We need to make Black’s possible squares smaller, but we can’t just yet because if we move the Rook right now, we’ll be giving the black king MORE space… so first let’s move our King to keep the Rook guarded, and we’ll make the fence smaller on the next move. Let’s take another look at the starting position: You’ll be using your Rook to make the invisible fence smaller and smaller and your king to (at first) protect the Rook and then later to cut off a square from black’s king to make checkmate possible. Goal 3) get put into a stalemate for a draw.Īs white, you must stop this at all costs. Goal 2) try to take the rook, so that only the 2 Kings remain, making the game a draw. Goal 1) try to last 50 moves to make the game a draw. If you can make the the king more and more confined, you will win.īUT REMEMBER, black has 3 goals at this point. The black king can never cross that fence (IE any of the squares the rook controls… which in our starting position would be any of the squares along the D file or any of the 4th rank). Imagine the Rook as a post for an invisible fence. There’s clearly no way to get a checkmate while black’s king is out in the open and has so much room to run… so we need to force him to an edge (preferably a corner). So, here’s our starting position, with white to move: So, for the sake of argument, I’ve placed everything near the center of the board… this will make winning a little harder and more time consuming, but it can be done. It really does not matter where the pieces start, you’ve got only 50 moves to win once it’s down to just a King+Rook VS King. So, if you’re down to a King and Rook, and your opponent has just a King, you have only 50 moves left in which you have to checkmate! The pressure is on! There is a 50-move rule in chess… that if each opponent makes 50 moves and has not taken another piece in that time, the game is a draw. It may even be down to you having 2 pieces (for the sake of this blog a King and a Rook) and your opponent is left with only 1 piece (a King). Sooner or later in your chess games, you’re going to have to learn how to win with a limited number of pieces.
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