Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Check means your king is under attack and you must respond. Move the king, block the attack, or capture the piece.

Checkmate means your king is under attack and there is no escape. No moves left. Game over.

If you don’t understand this, you’re not really playing chess yet.

Learn this first and everything else starts to click.

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