Beginners often are overwhelmed with the sheer magnitude of “helpful” pointers, tips, tricks, lessons, and the like which they will find in chess books, computer programs, and on the Internet. In order to help you formulate a framework for learning chess and improving your chess playing skills at various levels, here is my suggested framework […]
Tolush – Furman Moskau 1957 – White to Move and Mate 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 Click Down Arrow to Choose Auto Play Speed 0123456789 Move: [you may click […]
The chessboard upon which the game of chess is played is somewhat akin to a blank canvas or piece of paper, albeit with a familiar basic pattern presented to the players – the checkerboard pattern of alternating colored squares. Upon this tableau, some paint is thrown (the players’ fighting units – the pieces and the […]
This page shows the selected background (with text in various colors). In order to prevent repeating of the background to the right side of the page (partially) for larger monitor resolutions but less than 1600 pixels wide, instead of using the background attribute in the body the technique requires creating a table for the body […]
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DIAGRAM CCKM-P13 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 Click Down Arrow to Choose Auto Play Speed 0123456789 Move: scroll down for notated solution [you may click on a move notation […]
There are many good organizations, leagues, clubs, and websites for CC which you may join and/or through which you may learn more information about opportunities (e.g., news, games, & tournaments), information, downloads, and supplies (playbooks, etc.). The International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) has established a notation system called Numeric, which is sigificantly different than common notation […]
Pulling King to Bad Squares. This lesson is a more focused application of the “luring” principle of tactical play covered in a previous tactics tutorial, involving drawing pieces and pawns to “bad squares.” In this lesson, examples are utilized to show how to spot opportunities to pull the opposing King to a bad square. A […]
White Mates in 4 with White’s Black Bishop
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