Weekly Problem 08-11-05
White to Move and Win Black’s Queen or a Rook
Weekly Problem 07-21-05
White Wins Black’s Rook
The Bishop-2
IV. Stronger and Weaker Bishops; Good and Bad Bishops; Active Bishops. Each player starts with a White Bishop (the King’s Bishop for White, and the Queen’s Bishop for Black) and a Black Bishop (Queen’s Bishop for White, and King’s Bishop for Black). As a general principle, at the start of a game each player has […]
Unusual Chess Sets and More!
This company offers an ever expanding line of collectible, tournament, and simply nice chess sets, boards, videos, computers, software, and other chess related items. The sets and other items make great gifts for chess afcionados or as a purchase for your own collection! Various sets are limited edition. Some sets and items rapidly become sold […]
Weekly Problem 06-30-05
Black to Move and Mate in 3
Tactics Lesson 2C (Average)
Bitman – Alekseev USSR 1969 Black to Move 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 on a move […]
Links for Commercial & Miscellaneous Resources
Using Computers to Play and Study Chess using Free Software (http://www.freewebs.com/pc-chess/) A site conceived and developed by my Internet friend, Andreas (Andy), from Athens, Greece. Centered on helping people to become familiar with playing and studying chess with computers and free software. His site is neither a chess review magazine nor a personal web page. […]
Endgame Lessons
Endgames Introduction, Basic Types, Rules, Principles, Concepts, Considerations Basic_Endgames.pdf (212KB) Basic Endgames-Introduction to Positional Themes Basic_Endgames_Positional_Themes.pdf (107KB) Bishop Pair Simple/Basic Checkmating Bishop_Pair_checkmating.pdf (71KB) King, Knight, & wing pawn v. King Endgame Strategy KNp_K_Endgame.pdf (31KB) Passed pawns in King Endgames (long) King-pawn_Endgames.pdf (258KB) King, pawn, & Bishop v. King endgame-Wrong Colored Bishop King_pawn_Bishop_v_King.pdf (32KB) The Art of Combinations for Endgames A Prime […]
The Bishop-6
Part 6 of 6 VIII. Bishop Checks, Double Checks, Forks, Fork Checks, combined Fork Check and Double Check, and Checkmating Involving the Bishop. As mentioned, the Bishop checks only along the diagonal lines. A player may only escape a Bishop check by: moving his or her King out of check, and must do so if […]
Chess Web Art Page 15
All images are shown actual size as stated with image name. To save, right click on an image, then for Internet Explorer click “Save Picture As” and for Netscape click “Save Image As”. You may retain the name or freely rename the image, and freely use the image. chess_lg.gif (278 x 166) chess_index.gif (108 x […]