The Advanced Rules of Chess

A collection of problems and exercises for drilling the understanding and application of the more advanced rules of chess: pawn promotion, en passant capture, castling, and draw by insufficient material or stalemate.

1. Pawn promotion
A collection of interactive puzzles featuring pawn promotion with a special emphasis on weak promotion.

2. En passant pawn capture
Puzzles and exercises for drilling the understanding and application of the en passant capture special move.

3. Castling
A collection of interactive puzzles drilling the ability to castle.

4. Draw by insufficient material
In these interactive chess puzzles the task is to make a draw by reducing the opponent’s material forces so that they are insufficient to deliver checkmate.

5. Draw by stalemate
In these interactive chess puzzles the task is to make a draw by forcing a position of stalemate.