Questions about the The Three Special Moves poster

What’s on the The Three Special Moves poster?

5 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. The three rules that are not in basic piece movement. Castling — King two squares toward a rook; the rook jumps to the other side.; Castling conditions — Neither piece moved; squares between empty; king not in, throug…; En passant — A pawn moving two squares past an enemy pawn can be captured as if it mo…; En passant timing — Only on the very next move. The right expires immediately.; Promotion — A pawn reaching the last rank becomes any piece except a king.. Under-promotion to a knight is occasionally the only winning move, usually when it gives check or a fork.

Who is the The Three Special Moves poster for?

The Three Special Moves belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning fundamentals can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the The Three Special Moves poster?

En passant must be played immediately or the right is lost forever. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Three Special Moves belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with The Three Special Moves?

How the Pieces Move, Setting Up the Board and Check, Mate & Stalemate sit alongside The Three Special Moves in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.How the Pieces MoveSetting Up the BoardCheck, Mate & Stalemate

Is the The Three Special Moves poster free to download and print?

Yes. The Three Special Moves downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the The Three Special Moves poster print at?

The Three Special Moves is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Three Special Moves loses nothing.Printing guide