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Recap: What Can Mate

Part of the The King and the Pawn section of Coddy's Endgames journey. Lesson 4 of 26.

The chapter in ten boards, with the mates of the last section mixed in. A lone piece never mates; the last pawn is worth the game; a queen mates through a bishop or a knight, or forks it first. And before every quiet move, still: count his squares.

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Position 1 of 10
FindA lone queen. Tap the square that boxes his king smallest. No check.
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