“You’re doing very well,” Professor Pando said to Lucian. “Come grading time, I may even give you an E for excell…
— “Of course,” said Lucian, “Black must have made a move to get here. Wait.
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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? …
Lucian: I have a feeling there’s more to it than that, especially if we’re playing
Unlock the secrets of the skewer chess tactic! Learn all about it: how to win your games & how to defend. Check out our guide with many visual examples.
Types of Skewers & Examples Depending on the pieces that are threatened, we can have
Professor: Hey, class. How’s it going? Hale: Great! Lucian: OK. Ryan: Terrific! Zephyr: It could be better. Professor: Wow, such ups and downs. Listeni…
Professor: Here, all you have to do is avoid stalemate while getting the white king
A lot of kids don’t like seeing their opponents play 1. d4 when they are black. Why? It’s slower and less exciting than 1. e4, plus it’s less common, so most…
slower and less exciting than 1. e4, plus it’s less common, so most people don’t have
The chess merit badge requirement 4.a. indicates that scouts should “demonstrate scorekeeping using the algebraic system of chess notation.” Ches…
pawn captures on b3, g4; king captures pawn on c6; knight captures pawn on e5 Have
Welcome to Pinlandia! The following puzzles are really fun pin positions care of Mrs Jessica E Prescott (aka BoundingOwl). Some will be absolute and so…
Have you ever seen a game with 4 queens?? Try to find a mate in two.
Pawn promotion is one of the most important moves in chess. You can exchange one of your pawns and turn it into a queen just like that with one move!
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