Correspondence Chess (common abbreviations are: CC and corrchess), is played through means of written communications between the players, either via regular mail or email, although server based CC is becoming a force in the world of CC. Introduction to Correspondence Chess (February 2004) by Volker Jeschonnek, President Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA)There are a […]
Rook and Bishop mating pattern, named for a mate delivered by Paul Morphy. Morphy was in his time the most influential American player and a tactical genius. This mate involves opening the g file against an opposing King castled to the Kingside, gaining control of the g file with a Rook forcing the opposing King […]
1 key idea, 3 principles, 15 general laws, 12 practical guides and 6 tips for play in the endgames One key idea: the passed pawn. Endgames, and some middlegames, are all about creating and advancing a passed pawn. Either the pawn Queens, or your opponent gets so tied up in knots trying to stop it […]
Black to Move and Win
This project contains the games from the collection of Paul Morphy’s 59 Official Games. Clicking a link below will load a JASA interactive board (if your browser is JAVA enabled) with the selected game. You may select another game using the drop down menu list underneath the board in the left frame. If your browser […]
DIAGRAM CCKM-P25 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 & variations Click Down Arrow to Choose Auto Play Speed 0123456789 Move: [you may click on a […]
Mating in this problem is not complex, because White can mate with relatively ease. Rather, the problem is designed to test the ability to spot different mating patterns and mating nets that may be developed from the same initial game position. DIAGRAM CCKM-P26 a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 […]
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White Mates in 3 DIAGRAM CCKM-P10 Scroll down for solution 1. Nxf5+ Kf6 2. Qg7+ Kxf5 3. Be4# [If 1. … Ke8 then 2. Qg8# or 2. Qh8#] [If 1. … Kf8 then 2. Qh8#] or [If 1. … Kf8 2. Qg7+ Ke8 3. Qg8# or 3. Qh8#]
In this section, we move into examining and studying complex checkmates applying the basic principles and concepts of the patterns, which run as common elemental themes in checkmating shown in the simple checkmates tutorials. This page provides an introductory tutorial and index table providing links to the separate tutorials and problems. The index table is […]
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