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  2. King and pawn versus king endgame - Wikipedia

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    The chess endgame with a king and a pawn versus a king is one of the most important and fundamental endgames, other than the basic checkmates. [1] It is an important endgame for chess players to master, since most other endgames have the potential of reducing to this type of endgame via exchanges of pieces.

  3. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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    Staunton style chess pieces.Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. ...

  4. Chess endgame - Wikipedia

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    The line between the middlegame and the endgame is often not clear, and may occur gradually or with a quick exchange of pieces. The endgame, however, tends to have different characteristics from the middlegame, and the players have correspondingly different strategic concerns.

  5. King's Pawn Game - Wikipedia

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    White opens with the most popular of the twenty possible opening moves. Since nearly all openings beginning 1.e4 have names of their own, the term King's Pawn Game, unlike Queen's Pawn Game, is rarely used to describe the opening of the game.

  6. Pawn (chess) - Wikipedia

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    The pawn (♙, ♟) is the most numerous and weakest piece in the game of chess.It may move one square directly forward, it may move two squares directly forward on its first move, and it may capture one square diagonally forward.

  7. Opposition (chess) - Wikipedia

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    In chess, opposition (or direct opposition) is a situation in which two kings are two squares apart on the same rank or file.Since kings cannot move adjacent to each other, each king prevents the other's advance, creating a mutual blockade.

  8. Promotion (chess) - Wikipedia

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    Chess set with extra black and white queens for promotion, 35th Chess Olympiad. In chess, promotion is the replacement of a pawn with a new piece when the pawn is moved to its last rank.

  9. Two knights endgame - Wikipedia

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    The two knights endgame is a chess endgame with a king and two knights versus a king. In contrast to a king and two bishops (on opposite-colored squares), or a bishop and a knight, a king and two knights cannot force checkmate against a lone king (however, the superior side can force stalemate [1] [2]).