All About Chess

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

This collection of images includes the following Tactics (in order, from top, to the bottom of this page): Battery Attack Discovered Attack Discovered Check Fork … Read more

Keyword Query : Can You Move A Chess Piece When In Check Interpretation : You want to know, when a King is in Check, can … Read more

An Absolute Fork Attack, is where the attacking Pawn or Piece threatens any two pieces, one of which is the enemy King. In such a situation, because … 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

This particular Chess Tactic, known either as Intermezzo (popular in America) or Zwischenzug (more common in Europe), aims to deceive your opponent with a surprise move made in … Read more

This article takes a look at a study by Alexander Kotov, which focused on five main types of Pawn Positions in the Center. Kotov’s 5 Pawn … Read more

Keyword Query : Chess Grid Systems Interpretation : You want to know about the methods used for recording positions and moves of Pawns and Pieces … Read more

Over the many centuries that Chess has been played, like the Rules of the Game, there have been a number of interpretations for recording moves … Read more

Each side begins every game with two sets of Flank Pawns — one group of three Pawns sit on the Queenside (on files a, b & c); the other … Read more