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The longest chess game is 269 moves (Ivan Nikolic - Goran Arsovic, Belgrade 1989) which ended in a draw after over 20 hours of play. Two other games have gone to 200 or more moves. In 1988 at the Saloniki Olympiad, Seirawan and Xu Jun ...
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The rule regarding stalemate first appeared in Europe in A. Saul's Famous Game of Chesse-Play, published in 1614. In England, the player who gave stalemate lost the game. In Italy and France stalemate counted as a draw. In Sp...
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Jacob Henry Sarratt (1772-1821) was a chess player and author. He was a London schoolmaster and the first professional to teach in England. He was the house professional at the Salopian coffee house in London who played for a gui...
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Sacrifices are divided into two types. One is the sham or pseudo sacrifice, which leads to forced benefit for the sacrificer and another is true sacrifice, which is often used to checkmate the king. The sham sacrifice is always forced and leads to...
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The Bishop and wrong rook pawn is a special endgame players should learn. Here is the position:
Believe it or not...but its a draw! Here are what makes up this bizarre positon:
1)White has a king, rook's pawn, and bishop
2) White's bishop is on...
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The Stalemate is easy to learn but hard to make. What is it? It's stalemate if one side can't make any moves with any piece. How? Let me explain by a example:
no moves!
Try this;
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The Impotent Pair refers to a RP and Bishop of the "wrong color" that does not control the queening square. If the lone King cannot be prevented from arriving at the queening square ahead of the enemy King the game is a draw. In this diagram the p...
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Sometimes you will find yourself in a bad situation but your king has no moves. In this type of position your best idea would probably be to siucide your remaining pieces. You would be in stalemate and salvage a draw. This type of sacrifice is cal...
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