Weekly Problem 07-15-04
White Wins
Category: Chess
Tactics Lesson 4 Index
King in the Center. A King in one of the four central files (the center files d & e, or castled King in files c or f) on the home rank presents significant focused tactical and strategical attacks. A decision to forego applying the principle of castling early in a game is one that should […]
Test Page 2.10
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” […]
White Mates in 2 – Problem 16
DIAGRAM CCKM-P16 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: scroll down for notated solution & variations [you may click on a […]
Pawn Promotion Diagram 1
Pawn promotion DIAGRAMS (#1 of 3)Pawn Promotion with Mating Net Start board position a6 attacking b7 which is pinned by White’s Rook at a7
Rook Simple Checkmates (Part 1)
Introductory Overview Next to checkmates with the Queen, simple checkmates with a Rook or two Rooks are the second most common of the types of simple checkmates. Previous tutorials covered the concept of back rank mate. A Rook is particularly well suited (as is the Queen) for dropping this checkmate on the opposing King when […]
Chess Symbols
There is a wide range of symbols used in chess. The basic ones are provided in the Chess Notations tutorial. The following tables are provided to assist you in becoming familiar with identifying chess symbols you might encounter. The symbols presented below are: Chess Informant Symbols (CIS), United States Chess Federation (USCF) Symbols, New In […]
Problem 8
Well, certainly seems Black has crushed White in this next position. Appearances can be deceiving when one is overconfident. White Mates in 3. DIAGRAM CCKM-P8 Scroll down for solution 1. Bxc5+!! Rd6 2. Bxd6+ Ke2 3. Rg1# [If instead 1. … Ke2 then White simply mates in two with 2. Rg1#]
Chess Backgrounds Series 36 – #12
To save background image, move cursor over any area where the background image appears, right click, and then utilize the browser specific procedure for saving a background image (e.g., in Netscape after right clicking, click on “View Background Image” and then when it comes up using either the “Save Page As” command under “File” in […]
Test Page 73
This page shows the selected background (with text in various colors). In order to prevent repeating of the background to the right side of the page (partially) for larger monitor resolutions but less than 1600 pixels wide, instead of using the background attribute in the body the technique requires creating a table for the body […]