I. Basic Moving and Capturing. The Knight is the only non-linear piece on the chessboard, and the only one which may jump over other pieces and pawns in moving. The Knight is the only piece with which a player may make a move and open his or her game in addition to a pawn advance. […]
Black to Move and Mate in 3
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Black Mates in Three
Look at the position in the following game board diagram. Figure out a checkmate for White in five moves, with a little help from Black. [Note: Black has other options for moving which would prevent the mate in five moves, but the problem is to spot the checkmate in five moves for White, and Black’s […]
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I. Basic Moving and Capturing.The Rook is one of the two linear pieces, and one of the three major pieces (King, Queen, & Rook) . Rooks may move (and move and capture) only vertically forward and backward in files, and only horizontally left and right in ranks. A Rook may move along the length of […]
III. Pins & Skewers. Pins & skewers, along with forks, form what I call the “nasty triangle” of tactics and strategy. They all have at their center the goal of attacking and capturing pieces and pawns in very unpalatable situations for the opposing player. Pin: is used to refer to the situation where a […]
IV. English Descriptive Notation. The English Descriptive notation type, while an older notation type and not in use as much anymore, was widely used in chess world. Therefore, you will likely encounter it frequently in books and publications. The notation type is not obsolete and is still used, especially by those who grew up with it and […]
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