All About Chess

Kids Chess Guide This guide contains a selection of articles focused on kids ‘n’ chess. It’s only as an adult, trying to learn the game … Read more

About This Article… This article includes my notes, additional images and interactive chess positions from my study of Horowitz & Mott-Smith’s book, Point Count Chess. Source: Point Count … Read more

Since around about the late 1700s – and rocketing into the present day – Chess has seen, what could argued as, four distinct periods of … Read more

Chess Combinations : 4. The Case of the Clumsy Rook (p109)  Yasser Seirawan named this Chapter in honor of his early experiences learning to play Chess … Read more

If you hear someone say “Checkmate” or the shorter cry of “Mate”, it’s because one of the Kings is under direct attack – it’s in “Check”. BUT, it has no … Read more

List of Checkmate Opening Wins for ( Black’s Army ) The following list of Checkmate Opening Wins for Black shows a small thumbnail of the … Read more

Fundamental Chess Endings, by Karsten Muller and Frank Lamprecht, was the first book I got that focused on Checkmate endings. In the opening section of the book, you’ll … Read more

About This Article… This article includes my notes, additional images and interactive chess positions from my study of Horowitz & Mott-Smith’s book, Point Count Chess. Source: Point Count … Read more

Each side begins every game with two Center Pawns — they’re the ones that sit in front of the Queen & King, respectively. Excuse the … Read more

Opening Position Move Number & Ply: Move 2, Ply 3 Line: King Pawn Game → Classical King Pawn Opening → Portuguese Opening Name / Move: … Read more