Basic Chess Strategies - Force a Draw

Force a Draw - Basic Chess Strategies

Force a Draw here in the following positions. Those are basic chess strategies that you should know.
They can save you half a point when you have a losing game. Then there is no other way to save the game. The opponent has more material (pieces) and is going to win. Your only chance is to force a draw somehow.


1) Black moves	2) White moves

3) White moves - Black is a rook up!	4) White moves - Black is about promoting a queen.

5) White moves - Black wishes to make a queen.	6) White moves - Black will win with his queen against the rook unless...

7) Black moves - White wants to checkmate Black on h2 if he promotes a queen.	8) White moves - if white queen moves Black hopes to checkmate on h2!

9) White moves - Black is a pawn up, White wishes to make a draw.	10) White moves - Black has a rook for a light piece so he is the exchange up and has more material.(a rook has more value than a knight or bishop) You have a losing game.

Solutions

1) 1....Ne5+ 2.K moves Nxd7 draw, because of insufficient material to give checkmate
2) 1.Bg3 QxB stalemate!
3) 1.Rg7+ Kh8 2.Rh7+ Kg8 White can force a draw
4) 1.Rg7+ K moves 2.Rxh7 NxR insufficient material
5) 1.Rb2 Bb3 2.Rxc2 BxR insufficient material
6) 1.Rf4+ QxR Stalemate! White King can't move!
7) 1...f1N+ 2.K moves NxQ insufficient material
8) 1.Qe3+ QxQ Stalemate! White can't move!
9) 1.Bb6 Qe7 2.Bc5 Qd8 3.Bb6 forces draw by repetition of moves endlessly
10) 1.Rxg7 KxR 2.Qg5+ and gives perpetual check

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