[Note: If for any reason you are unable to vertically scroll to the end of the page in the window – there is a “Close This Window” button at the end – then you will have to maximize the window.] Challenge Question 1: Answer Yes. Look at the chessboard below for two examples: White’s King […]
“This mate is virtually the same” as Morphy’s Mate. However, an opposing pawn must be removed first before Morphy’s Mate may be successfully dropped on the opposing King. I have left off the barebones position because it is the same as in the Morphy’s Mate tutorial. [Source credit: The Complete Book of Chess Strategy, IM Jeremy […]
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Introductory note: As mentioned earlier, I advocate a coordinated approach to learning chess…mixing, matching, and meshing basic principles & rules with higher level concepts. While I believe this is the best approach, I recognize that a more sequential upward approach is most often utilized. For those who wish to study the separate tutorials on each […]
Introduction to Chess Objective of the Game Checkmate, Draw, Stalemate, Types of Checks, Anatomy of Mate, Mating Pattern, and Mating Net ObjectivePart1.pdf ObjectivePart2.pdf ObjectivePart3.pdf Simple Checkmates ObjectivePart4.pdf Rapid Checkmates (Fool’s Mate, Three-Move Mate, Scholar’s Mate ObjectivePart5.pdf Alternatives to Mate – Resignation, Stalemate, & Draw ObjectivePart6.pdf The Chess Set: the Chessboard, the Pieces and the pawns […]
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White Gains Material
En passant DIAGRAMS (#4 of 5): French Defense with En passant Capture on f file After 5. … f5 6. exf6 …
Look at the chessboard below. White has a Queen-Bishop Battery (the Queen at a2 and White (King) Bishop at c4). What principles of moving pieces and advancing pawns, and evaluating a game, can you identify from this board position? White’s Queen-Bishop Battery has Black’s Queen Bishop at e6 pinned to Black’s King at […]
Organizations FIDE-World Chess Federation http://www.fide.com FIDE’s Official Laws of Chess USCF-United States Chess Federation http://www.uschess.org USCF’s Correspondence Chess http://www.uschess.org/cc/ ICCF-The International Correspondence Chess Federation http://www.iccf.com http://vachess.org Clubs & Groups and Online Playing Sites LeChess Club http://www.lechess.com A great online playing club! The Team 45-45 League of TeamChess.org http://teamchess.org Designed for slow time play team tournaments […]
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