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How can I avoid stalemate in this position?
When you have two major pieces (the major pieces are rooks and queen, so two major pieces would be two rooks or a rook and a queen), the basic checkmate pattern is called "ladder mate". This ...
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How can I avoid stalemate in this position?
The best advice anyone can give a beginner is that when you are hunting the King like this, make sure that he is either in check, or that you're absolutely positive he has a square he can move too. A ...
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How can I avoid stalemate in this position?
i) How exactly is the match concluded to be a stalemate?
The white king is not in check
The squares a2, b2, c2, c3, b4 are covered by the queen. The king may not move there.
The squares a3, a4 are ...
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