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Topic: Pawn Movement
Description: A pawn moves forward one square, but it captures diagonally. On its first move, a pawn can move forward two squares.
Topic: King Movement
Description: The king moves one square in any direction: horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
Topic: Knight Movement
Description: The knight moves in an L-shape: two squares in one direction and then one square perpendicular, or one square in one direction and then two squares perpendicular.
Topic: Castling
Description: Castling is a move that involves the king moving two squares towards a rook on the player's first rank, then the rook moving to the square over which the king crossed.
Topic: Check
Description: A check is a situation where a king is under threat of being captured on the next move.
Topic: Checkmate
Description: A game of chess is won by checkmating your opponent's king, which means the king is in a position to be captured and cannot escape.
Topic: Stalemate
Description: A stalemate occurs when the player whose turn it is to move has no legal move and their king is not in check. It results in a draw.
Topic: En Passant
Description: En passant is a special pawn capture that can occur if a pawn moves two squares forward from its starting position and lands beside an opponent's pawn.
Topic: Chess Clock
Description: A chess clock is used to track the total time each player takes for their moves. If a player's time runs out, they lose the game.
Topic: Fork
Description: A fork is a tactic where a single piece attacks two or more of the opponent's pieces at the same time.
Topic: Bishop Movement
Description: A bishop moves diagonally any number of squares, but cannot jump over other pieces.
Topic: Pin
Description: A pin occurs when a piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable piece, like the king or queen, to attack.
Topic: Discovered Check
Description: A discovered check happens when a piece moves, revealing an attack on the opponent's king by another piece.
Topic: Rook Movement
Description: A rook moves any number of squares along a row or column.
Topic: Gambit
Description: A gambit is a chess opening in which a player sacrifices material, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a subsequent advantageous position.
Topic: Fifty-Move Rule
Description: The fifty-move rule allows a player to claim a draw if no pawn has been moved and no capture has been made in the last fifty moves by each player.
Topic: Difference Between Check and Checkmate
Description: Check is when the king is in danger but can still escape, whereas checkmate is when the king is in danger and cannot escape.
Topic: Queen Movement
Description: The queen can move any number of squares along a row, column, or diagonal.
Topic: Perpetual Check
Description: Perpetual check is a situation in which one player can check the opponent's king continuously, resulting in a draw if it occurs three times.
Topic: Phases of a Chess Game
Description: The three phases of a chess game are the opening, the middlegame, and the endgame.