Bonus rules, checks and mate

Question 1

What is En Passant?

Answer 1

When a pawn moves for the first time for 2 spaces, it may take an opponent’s piece without having to be directly opposed on the diagonal.

Question 2

What is a stalemate?

Answer 2

This is when you back the king into a position where no legal moves may occur, thus turning a potential win into a draw.

Question 3

What is an illegal move?

Answer 3

When the king is unable to move without putting itself into check.

Question 4

How do you avoid stalemate?

Answer 4

You must check or checkmate the king.

Question 5

How do you checkmate the king?

Answer 5

You must move a piece into a position that checks the king that leaves it with nowhere else to go

To avoid the stalemate, you must always preceed the mate with a check