Help with Checkmating? - Chess Forums

Pawntonic

Jun 11, 2021

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#1

Hi,

I find it way to difficult to checkmate because of draws (stalemates), even though I know the rule very well, and because I try to go in for a checkmate but ended up being checked by the king instead. To start with a situation, let’s say I am white. Black’s king is on h1 and I (white) am on g2. Instead of me checkmating black, my queen gets taken off. Unfortunately also, I cannot checkmate very well either. If you can, please try to answer my question and provide tips for checkmating please!

Thanks

justbefair

Jun 11, 2021

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#2

parkerkorb wrote:

Hi,

I find it way to difficult to checkmate because of draws (stalemates), even though I know the rule very well, and because I try to go in for a checkmate but ended up being checked by the king instead. To start with a situation, let’s say I am white. Black’s king is on h1 and I (white) am on g2. Instead of me checkmating black, my queen gets taken off. Unfortunately also, I cannot checkmate very well either. If you can, please try to answer my question and provide tips for checkmating please!

Thanks

https://www.chess.com/lessons/finding-checkmate

SomeGnome

Jun 11, 2021

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#3

Puzzles. Seriously, do puzzles. If you aren’t willing to pay the premium, then do them offsite.
And learn the basic endgames. The king+queen vs king endgame (if that’s what you’re talking about) has a basic formula behind it.

The most important thing to remember is to keep your queen a knight’s move away from the enemy’s king. If you do that right, then the enemy king will have to eventually move into a two-square spot in a corner. Once that happens (the king can only move in a two-square area) you stop moving your queen and bring in your king.

Pawntonic

Jun 12, 2021

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#4

SomeGnome wrote:

Puzzles. Seriously, do puzzles. If you aren’t willing to pay the premium, then do them offsite.
And learn the basic endgames. The king+queen vs king endgame (if that’s what you’re talking about) has a basic formula behind it.

The most important thing to remember is to keep your queen a knight’s move away from the enemy’s king. If you do that right, then the enemy king will have to eventually move into a two-square spot in a corner. Once that happens (the king can only move in a two-square area) you stop moving your queen and bring in your king.

This actually makes a ton of sense. Thank you, and I will be sure to practice endgame scenarios.

Zoonhin

Jun 12, 2021

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#5

Use rook

MyNameIsNotBuddy

Jun 12, 2021

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#6

You can just set up positions in a chess engine or something, then play out the scenarios against computers to the point where you can do them easily.

Pawntonic

Jun 12, 2021

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#7

Thank you everyone for your responses. Luckily, I have gotten this down very quickly.

SomeGnome

Jun 12, 2021

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#8

I just set that up as an example. Probably not the cleanest endgame, but it doesn't have to be. As long as it ends in a checkmate and not a bad stalemate.

Pawntonic

Jun 12, 2021

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#9

SomeGnome wrote:

I just set that up as an example. Probably not the cleanest endgame, but it doesn't have to be. As long as it ends in a checkmate and not a bad stalemate.

On my last game, I had only 1 rook but I used my pawn to turn into another rook, then I used the 'Rook Roll' Strategy. I had also tried the queen+king scenario, which had worked countless times. Thanks!