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The Lucena position is an endgame position named after Luis Ramirez de Lucena.
In this position, obvious white attempts fail. For example 1. Rd2+ Ke7 2. Kc7 Rc1+ 3. Kb6 Rb1+ 4. Kc6 Rc1+ and white can't make any progress. If white moes his king...
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Alessandro Salvio (1570-1640) was a chess author from Naples, doctor, and best chess analyst of his time. He defeated Paolo Boi in 1598 (who died three days later) and Geronimo Cascio in 1606. He was unofficial world chess champio...
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Reuben Fine (1914-1993) was a U.S. Grandmaster (1950) and one of the best chessplayers in the U.S. in the 1930s. He took first place in 23 of the 27 important events in his chess career. During World War II he was employed by the Navy ...
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Walter Shawn Browne, born in Sydney, Australia on Jan 10, 1949, is a six-time U.S. chess champion (1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, and 1983). He became a Grandmaster in 1970 while representing Australia (he was born in Australia and raise...
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Gustavus Selenius (1579-1666) was the author of Das Schach-oder Konig-Spiel (Chess or King-play), the earliest detailed account of living chess and the earliest German chess book, in 1616. Gustavus Selenius was the pseudonym for August ...
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Okay, I know how it says K R MA, but it really stood for King+Rook Mate. So, what you do is you put your king somewhere in the middle below the rank of the rook, and the other king is one rank above. It's hard to explain, but a diagram might help....
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A pawn storm is an attack on an enemy king, led by pawns to attack it. The king is typically castled and you will march your pawns forward, hoping to trade off the oponent's king's pawn cover and blast an open file for rooks. It can be a powerful ...
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Opening play is often designated by the terms Open, Semi-Open or Closed. In Open games--marked by 1. e4 e5--both sides try to develop quickly and start an attack. In Semi-Open games (Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann etc.) Black tries to slow down Whit...
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