The following tutorial is quoted (with spelling intact; red text is commentary insertion by Mark a Lowery) and reprinted from The Ideas Behind the chess beginners tips, algebraic notation, Reuben Fine [McKay Chess Library] (3rd edition, 1989 Random House). The book is not an exhaustive treatment of the ideas behind various chess openings. Do not […]
The Bishop tutorial has six tutorial parts as follows: Part 1 – Sections I – III. Section I. Basic Moving and Capturing Section II. Basic Principles Section III. Additional Principles & Concepts Part 2 – Section IV. Stronger & Weaker Bishops; Good & Bad Bishops; Active Bishops. Part 3 – Section V. Bishop […]
V. Bishop Pins. Bishops are useful in chess tips and strategies for pinning pieces and pawns. However, Bishops may also be pinned. One example of pinning Bishops is a Bishop faceoff (standoff) resulting in dueling Bishops where the players have placed their Queens behind the Bishops in the diagonal line creating dueling Queen-Bishop batteries (batteries are reviewed in the next section), […]
White Mates in 3 using only the Knights. White can develop several mating patterns and nets from the position shown in the following board diagram. This problem is designed to assist in spotting opportunities to mate using only the Knights in a coordinated dance against an entombed King. Scroll down below divider for solution. a b […]
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There can be a very important exception to the rule for checkmate: in playing a chess game face-to-face more commonly called “over the board” or abbreviated OTB – sometimes a player must verbally state checkmate immediately upon making the attacking move which results in the above situation. If he or she does not, the other […]
Contains a complete listing of all 500 Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO) codes, A00 to E99, grouped by codes and openings [main source: http://www.icc.com – Help Files ECO2…list courtesy of Lasker27y] Available at http://www.homestead.com/Observer/Openings.html is a huge free library of pgn files for downloading associated with each ECO code and the variations. ECO A00-A49 ECO […]
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Chess tips and strategies Introductory Overview Two basic building blocks used to construct the conceptual framework involve thinking about and deciding upon (1) the offensive (or attacking) moving of pieces and advancing of pawns and defensive (or protecting) moving of pieces and advancing of pawns; and, (2) the goals sought to be accomplished in doing so. These two aspects respectively […]
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