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King and Pawn

Promote the pawn with your king’s support, then deliver checkmate.

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Rules
  • You play White.
  • Deliver checkmate in 2 moves.
  • Black always plays its best defense.
  • Stalemate counts as a loss.

How to Play

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King supports the pawn

Your White king and a single pawn face the lone Black king. The pawn cannot promote safely without the king leading the way.

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Use the opposition

Place your king directly opposite the Black king to seize the opposition and force it backward or to the side.

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Advance the pawn safely

Once the Black king is cut off, push the pawn. Never advance it to a square where it can be captured or blocked.

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Promote and checkmate

Promote the pawn to a queen, then use the queen and king together to deliver checkmate in as few moves as possible.