The knight on c1 can move to 4 squares (a2, b3, d3 and e2) The knight on b1 can move to 3 squares (a3, c3 and d2) The knight on a1 can move to 2 squares (b3 and c2) There is no reason why white cannot castle queenside so that rules out 4. White cannot castle kingside because the king would have to travel through the f1 square which is attacked by the black bishop – and the king cannot move through check whilst castling. The correct answer is 2) White can only castle queenside Don’t worry it is easy once you get the hang of it!įirst we will tackle the questions from the ‘Top Tips’ section To follow the solutions here you will need to be able to understand chess notation. In chess there is a special language called ‘chess notation’ that allows us to describe what moves are being made on the chess board (see ‘N:’ in the ‘Chess A-Z’ section of the Battle Manual). The following are the solutions to the puzzles in the “Chess Battle Manual”.
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