Learn everything you need to know about the chessboard- the home for all the chess fun! Square names, files, ranks, the right way to set it up, and more!
They are named from left to right, and you can call them the a, b, c, d, e, f, g,
Checks, Captures, Queen Attacks! By International Master Daniel Rensch As a young and beginning chess player, it is easy to focus ONLY on your own ide…
check into consideration, just to make sure that either A) there are no checks, or B)
“I’d like you to consider a position I often show in many of classrooms,” Professor Pando said in his usual clarion voice. “Of course…
They are (a) Qe5 (b) Qh2 and (c) Qb2. — — Take note — This idea has been
Young chess prodigy FM Shreyas Royal plays against top-rated chess players in the European Individual Chess Championship. Crossing 2400 FIDE and is well on his way to earning IM norms.
My instinct was coming back and I went into a drawn R+B endgame each where I had
It might have seemed like I died and fell off the planet of blogging… but! It has just been a crazy, but awesome summer for me. I realize …
was threatening it I figured that was a pretty good idea) and I was attacking his b-pawn
Professor: Hello, class. It’s good to see the gang’s all here for another session. Zephyr: Professor, does that mean we should thank Caissa it&rs…
ANSWER #29 For the first setup, White plays 1. a8/B!
ChessKid.com bietet alle Management-, Organisations- und Lehrressourcen für Schulbezirke, um erfolgreiche Schachprogramme zu starten und aufrechtzuerhal…
Mit ChessKid finden Bezirksleiter alles, was sie brauchen, um ihre Lehrer und Schachtrainer
Learn what a back rank checkmate is, how to spot it, how to avoid it, and how to use it in your own games. Master this classic chess tactic with ChessKid.
Its escape squares are blocked by its own pawns or attacked by the opponent (B).
Professor: Hello, class. Are you prepared to get scientific about things? That is, are you ready to talk about bishops today? Lucian: Bishops? What bishops? …
Now, however, it’s a c-pawn instead of a b-pawn.
In this guest post by FM Alice Lee, she shares her experience at the 2023 Canada Transnational event, where she earned her 3rd and final IM norm.
B but I was up a pawn. Move 36, my opponent had played 35…b5.
