All About Chess

Openings are categorized as a specific set, or sequence, of moves that take place during the first phase of the game – the Opening phase. The … Read more

Keyword Query: Chess Tactics PGN Interpretation: You’ve got Computer Chess Software that allows you to Copy & Paste into the program “Portable Game Notation” (PGN) … Read more

Ranks and Files are, more-or-less, another way of splitting the Chess Board up into Zones … Like the Chess Board Zones, which we’ve covered seperately, a Zonal system is useful, as it helps … Read more

Splitting the Chess Board up into distinct Zones can make it easier, later on, to understand different Tactics and Strategies, when it comes to deploying your army. … Read more

If you hear reference to Annotated Chess, Chess Annotation, or its other moniker, Chess Notation … they all refer to the same thing. That is: “A system for recording … Read more

Now you’re familiar with the pieces, this guide will show you what goes where. For simplicity’s sake, I’m going to show the setup in order … Read more

Individual Pieces Pawns The game begins with 16 Pawns on the Board … 8 White : 8 Black Based on it’s standard number of square … Read more

Movement Pawns A Pawn can only move one square per turn, as long as there isn’t another piece already on that square. The only time … Read more