The first point to know about step three is that we must never forget it! There have been many, many games where this step is overlooked, and then the checkmate does not occur. Here is a great GIF that illustrates the white queen forcing the black king into the corner: The queen chases the black king into the corner.Īs soon as the opponent's king reaches the corner, we must freeze the queen! In other words, we must stop moving the queen for the rest of the game until it is time to deliver checkmate. We continue this process of copying the opponent's king moves until that king reaches the corner of the board. With each move (or dance step), the box that the enemy king is in grows smaller.
That's right-we move our queen one square towards their king and diagonally to left also with Qd5! After Qd5 the box that the black king is in grows smaller. What should we do? How can White dance with the king? This can be viewed as " dancing with the king." In the diagram below, Black's king has just moved from d6 to c7, moving one square away from us diagonally to the left. If the opponent's king moves up a square, then our queen moves up a square if the opponent's king moves diagonally to the right, then our queen will move diagonally to the right-whatever their king does, our queen does and always maintains the knight-move distance away from the enemy king. In this step, we literally copy the moves of the opponent's king with our queen. Now that we have the enemy king in a box, we can start "dancing with the king." Step Two: Dance With The King! We will not let it escape this box for the rest of the game! The queen on e4 puts the black king in a box. By moving your queen a knight-move away from the enemy king, you put their king in a box.Īfter the queen moves to e4, we can see the box where the black king is now stuck. For this exercise, we start with Qe4 (please note that placing the queen on e4 makes the smallest box for the black king).
We can move our queen to e4, c4, c8, or f5 to complete step 1 and place our queen a knight-move away from Black's king. In the position below, we can see White's queen and king are facing a lone king. The first step is easy: we can put the opponent's king in a box by simply moving our queen a knight-move away. This may sound a little daunting at first, but after you see this method in action, you will see how simple conducting this checkmate can be! Step One: Put The Opponent's King In A Box
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Knowing how to checkmate with a king and queen versus a king is a very common checkmate that is extremely valuable to know! But how do we do it? Let's find out! Learning basic checkmates and other types of common checkmate patterns is an essential skill for chess improvement.
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