The Square Rule

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ThePeter4661
pawn on its way to Promotion and if the opponent's king can get to it before Promoting
VaItroa

Are you asking what it is?

helpmepleaselolsz
wat
VaItroa


 

The pawn is four squares away from promoting, so you can make an imaginary 4x4 square with the pawn in the bottom right corner. If the king is in the square, it's in time to stop the pawn. If the king is outside the square, the pawn can promote easily.

LumboDenClipper

the square rule isnt that hard

GM-Nerd

very useful

yolosolo123
Dude it’s just counting