The central idea in studying checking and checkmating is to develop a good foundation for constructing the player’s game plan designed for solid play during a game and winning the game. This tutorial is designed to further the reader’s familiarity with checks & checkmates, from basic simple mating patterns and mating nets to more complex […]
IV. Basic Principles and Rules for Moving Pieces and Advancing pawns; Basic Tactical and Strategic Concepts. The following basic fundamental rules, principles, and concepts should be learned as quickly as possible. A. White always moves first. B. A player may never move a piece or advance a pawn landing it onto a square occupied […]
This mating pattern and mating net similar to the Epaulette Mate, however the blocking opposing pieces do not sandwich the opposing King and instead are located one rank behind him. While the Epaulette Mate almost always will occur with the opposing King sandwiched on a back rank (or in some rare cases on a wing), […]
As mentioned on the Chessboard page, each player has 16 fighting objects to use in the game called pieces and pawns. These are shown with their respective quantities in the table above. While many beginners and even others sometimes call pawns “pieces,” in the game of chess strictly speaking pawns are not pieces – which […]
I. Tactics vs. Strategy I: Tactical Moves & Strategical Goals – Concepts, Problems & Examples. As stated earlier, tactics and strategy are two of the building blocks upon which a player constructs and executes (or attempts) to execute his or her game plan…the offensive side of playing. At the same time, the player is seeking […]
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Attacking and checking the opposing King “is one of the most exciting parts of chess, but it is also one of the hardest to play accurately.” Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vucović at page 5 (Preface by John Nunn). [Full reference provided in the Recommended Readings section] The direct immediate attack on the King constitutes […]
DIAGRAM CCKM-P27 a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h scroll down for notated solution Click Down Arrow to Choose Auto Play Speed 0123456789 Move: [you may click on a move notation […]
VI. Queen-Bishop Battery, Bishop-Queen Battery, pawn-Bishop Battery, and Bishop-pawn Battery. There is a special lineup of two pieces – the Bishop & a Queen – which is usually a very powerful combination to have during the playing of a game. That is when a player’s Queen and either of his or her Bishops are aligned […]
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