Added to the checkmating “catalog” by Norwegian Grandmaster Jonathan Tisdall, this somewhat odd mate is fairly rare and most often comes about by an opposing player blundering during a long attacking combination. A Rook or a pawn is used to protect and defend the Queen, which checkmates the opposing King at the square on the […]
DIAGRAM CCKM-P1 Scroll down for solution 1. Rg6+! hxg6 (or fxg6) 2. Nf6#
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Black to Move & Win a Piece
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White Forces Mate
The study of basic endgames – both simple and recognized complex checkmating patterns – centers itself upon applying basic rules, principles, and concepts within the context of positional themes and learning correct move order to accomplish mating in the least number of possible moves and/or pawn advances while avoiding a draw or stalemate. However, for […]
The term – the endgame – hardly seems to do justice to this phase. In it most simple usual expression, the endgame means that time in the game after the players have played out a significant number of moves when a checkmate, a resignation, a draw, or a stalemate is inevitable. However, an endgame may […]
Part 1 of 6 I. Basic Moving and Capturing.The Bishop is one of the two linear pieces, however it neither moves right or left horizontally in ranks, nor forward or backward vertically in files. A Bishop always moves diagonally along and onto squares of its own color. A Bishop may move forward or backward along an available diagonal […]
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