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Captures, checks and castling

Squares & moves · Lesson 3 of 8

What it’s about

  1. An x means capture, + means check and # means mate. A pawn capture starts with its original file.
  2. Kingside castling is written 0-0 in German and O-O in English. Queenside castling adds a third zero or O.
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