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Black to Move and Mate in 3
Bitman – Alekseev USSR 1969 Black 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 […]
Using Computers to Play and Study Chess using Free Software (http://www.freewebs.com/pc-chess/) A site conceived and developed by my Internet friend, Andreas (Andy), from Athens, Greece. Centered on helping people to become familiar with playing and studying chess with computers and free software. His site is neither a chess review magazine nor a personal web page. […]
Endgames Introduction, Basic Types, Rules, Principles, Concepts, Considerations Basic_Endgames.pdf (212KB) Basic Endgames-Introduction to Positional Themes Basic_Endgames_Positional_Themes.pdf (107KB) Bishop Pair Simple/Basic Checkmating Bishop_Pair_checkmating.pdf (71KB) King, Knight, & wing pawn v. King Endgame Strategy KNp_K_Endgame.pdf (31KB) Passed pawns in King Endgames (long) King-pawn_Endgames.pdf (258KB) King, pawn, & Bishop v. King endgame-Wrong Colored Bishop King_pawn_Bishop_v_King.pdf (32KB) The Art of Combinations for Endgames A Prime […]
Part 6 of 6 VIII. Bishop Checks, Double Checks, Forks, Fork Checks, combined Fork Check and Double Check, and Checkmating Involving the Bishop. As mentioned, the Bishop checks only along the diagonal lines. A player may only escape a Bishop check by: moving his or her King out of check, and must do so if […]
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[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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