PART 2 • Getting help from chess king
Very often a chess position will contain a number of good
candidate moves (we call a possible move in a chess position
a candidate move). When you select the “Show Several
Moves” hint, Chess King will show you several potential moves
in the position, as long as they are all fairly close to each other
in terms of strength; otherwise you'll still see just one move
displayed if that move is vastly superior to all others. Then it's
up to you to decide which of the moves is best:
• When Kara clicks on Show Several Moves, she gets three choices
from Chess King. Two involve moving the Queen, both of which Kara
considered earlier before deciding that Qb8 was the better of the
two. But Chess King has presented Kara with another move she'd not
considered – advancing the a-pawn a step closer to promotion by
playing a6.
• You'll see the word “threat” used many, many times in chess books,
magazines, videos, and programs. For example, you'll see a move for
White, followed by a phrase like, “White threatens Qg6, mating Black on
the spot”.
• But what is a “threat”? You won't often see it defined in chess terms
(many writers just assume you already know), so I'll offer you my own
personal definition.
• A threat is nothing more than what you (or your opponent) would do if
you (or your opponent) could make two moves in a row.
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