Recap: King and Queen

Part of the Basic Mates section of Coddy's Endgames journey. Lesson 10 of 26.

Ten boards: box him, walk the king up, finish with the kiss or the edge check - and never take his last square without a check. Two of them belong to the staircase you learned first.

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Position 1 of 10

FindTap the square that boxes his king smallest. No check.

All 10 positions

All lessons in Basic Mates

1The Staircase

Queen and Rook Two Queens The Swing Puzzles: Heavy Pieces Recap: The Staircase

4Queen and a Helper

Queen and Knight Queen and Bishop Puzzles: Queen and a Helper Recap: Queen and a Helper

2King and Queen

The Box Bring the King The Finish Puzzles: King and QueenRecap: King and Queen

5Stalemate Alert

The Alarm The Rook's Alarm Puzzles: The Alarm Recap: Stalemate Alert

3King and Rook

The Wall Facing Kings The Waiting Move Puzzles: King and Rook Recap: King and Rook

6Two Bishops

Two Bishops Puzzles: Two Bishops Recap: Basic Mates