The King and Queen Mate

Hey there again!

In this blog, we will learn about The King and Queen Mate!

This checkmating pattern involves a king and a queen just as the name suggests.

Let's get started!

Here's an example of The King and Queen Mate:

We're not finished yet but as you can see, the white queen is always moving to a square that is a knight's jump away from the king! 

WARNING: When the king gets to the corner, it may be tempting to move your queen to g6 like this:

But that is stalemate!

You should keep your queen where it is but just march your king closer like this:

The black king moves around while the white king creeps closer... and checkmate!

Yay!

White won by using The King and Queen Mate!

Let's see that again:

Thanks for reading!