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Mate Mate in one with the queen: A

5 x mate 2 x mate

2 x mate 4 x mate 3 x mate

50 First step

Test Repetition: C

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Test Mix: C

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Taking a piece which is attacked Defending
twice

First step

The pawn (2)

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A Aá

The pawn moves forward The black pawn has just White has taken the pawn.
and captures diagonally. moved from c7 to c5. White We cali this en passant
At left, White can push his may treat the move just as if capture. This is French for
pawn to b6 or he could take the pawn had only moved capture in passing.
the black pawn: b5xc6. one square and he can take it. You can easily overlook the
In this case, the position on The result is pictured in the possibility of this pawn
the other side results. The next diagram. move.
black pawn has disappeared.
After this move the black En passant is only possible
Aá pawn will be on a3. after:

White has just played the • Thepawn has moved two
move 1. a2-a4. Black may squares forward;
now take en passant (in
passing). • Only the pawn standing
See the next diagram. beside it on the adjacent
file may take en passant;

• It must be taken at once.
You cannot wait a move.

Taking 'en passant' is in
chess the only capture when
after taking a piece moves to
an empty square.

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The notation

You can write down the
games you play.
You can show your games at
home or replay them later.
You can ask your trainer if
he wants to analyze your
games with you. This is only
possible when you write
down your games.

On the drawing Black has
just moved. White is writing
down the move.

1

AA

Aá

It's easy to write down the Special moves: To note down 'en passant'
moves. Upper left: we write the letters e.p. after
We write the white knight's taking (x): Rdóxaó the move, e.g: b4xa3 e.p.
move in the following way:
• first the piece N (knight) Upper right: At right, White's move is
check (+): Bg5-h6+ written as 1. eVxfSR; Black's
(N is used instead of K to move as 1.... RfB-e8.
avoid confusión with the Lower left:
king) promotion: b2-blQ For mate we write either
(Q=queen, R=rook, (check)mate or #.
• then the square on which it B=bishop, N=knight)
is standing (c2) The 1. is the move number.
Lower right: In score books the move
• a hyphen (goes to) castling: 0-0 numbers are already indi-
(0-0-0 = castling queenside) cated.
• fínally the square to which
it moves (d4).

White writes down his move
as Nc2-d4.
Black's move is Bc8-g4.

54 First step

Notation The long notation: A
A

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I• •
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A

Black castles queenside. The white pawn promotes to
a queen.

Material Winning material: A

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A AA
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AA AAAA AA AA A

AA AA A
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A AA A %
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AAAA

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A A *A AA
A A
AAA
A AA A
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A AA

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