5th Kyū

If you're having trouble solving the problems, try using anchor points.

For example, the four corner squares — a8, h8, a1, h1 — are easy to memorize. You can also instantly tell the color of these squares.

Squares like these, which are easy to remember and can serve as reference points, are called anchor points.

Furthermore, you can divide the chess board into four quadrants.

Let's start by focusing on just the top-left area.

Each of the four divided sections always contains one of the full board's four corner squares. In the top-left area we're looking at, that's a8.

The square diagonally opposite to a8 within this section is d5. The remaining two points can be derived through horizontal and vertical symmetry: a5 and d8.