En passant DIAGRAMS (#1 of 5)
French Defense with En passant Capture on f file 5. … f5
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Basic Bishop Moving and Capturing – HTML
Look at the chessboard below (using white and tan squares to show a variation on colors) and the position of the Bishops for White and Black. What moves and/or captures may each Bishop do? The MOVES and/or CAPTURES are as follows: If it is Black’s MOVE: Black’s King’s Bishop at g7: may MOVE to f8 […]
Test Page 2.13
This page shows the selected background. The HTML coding uses a BACKGROUND image attribute in the BODY tag. You can download the background images by right clicking in the background area, and (1) for Internet Explorer selecting the “Save Background As” download command from the alternate menu; (2) for Netscape selecting the “View Background Image” […]
Tactics Lesson 2 Index
Discovered Attack. In this lesson, each problem is designed to assist in spotting and visualizing how to exploit discovered attacks…that is to say, by moving pieces or advancing pawns then opens a new line of attack upon opposing pieces and pawns back for strategic opportunities and the tactical purposes. The problems cover a range of […]
Chess Web Art Page 17
Page 17. All images are shown actual size as stated with image name. All images are shown actual size of 129 x 200, except the last four which are 160 x 250. To save, right click on an image, then for Internet Explorer click “Save Picture As” and for Netscape click “Save Image As”. You […]
Pawn Promotion
IV. pawn Promotion If a pawn reaches the back rank of the opposing player (8th rank for a White pawn, and 1st rank for a Black pawn), the pawn is allowed to and must be promoted to a Queen, Rook, Bishop, or Knight, at the player’s election (pawn promotion). As you may have guessed, […]
ECO List: C00-C99
Quick Links C00-C19 French C20 King’s Pawn C21-C22 Center Game C23-C24 Bishop’s Opening C25-C28 Vienna C29 Vienna Gambit C30 King’s Gambit Declined C31-C32 Falkbeer Counter-Gambit C33-C39 King’s Gambit Accepted C40 Irregular King’s Knight C41 Philidor C42-C43 Petrov C44 King’s Knight/Ponziani/Scotch C45 Scotch C46 Three Knights C47-C49 Four Knights C50 Italian C51-C52 […]
Tactics Lesson 5D (Master)
Spasski – Geller 1968 – White 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 […]
Correspondence Chess
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 […]
Morphy’s Mate
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 […]