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Triangulation is a technique used in king and pawn endgames (less commonly seen with other pieces) to lose a tempo and gain the opposition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation_(chess)
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Tripled pawns are rarely seen in chess, and unlike doubled pawns, they are 99% of the time a weakness or liability. It is hard to protect them and they will easily be captured by opposing queens or rooks. They also block each other. Here is an exa...
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Nickname of the first automaton. Made by Wolfgang von Kempelen in 1789. Operators included Allgaier in 1809, Weyle in 1818, Boncourt in 1818, William Lewis in 1818 to 1819, Mouret in 1820, and Schlumberger (1826 to 1838). It was ...
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Abe Turner (1924-1962) was a chess master who was killed after being stabbed nine times in the back and stuffed in a safe by a fellow employee, Theodore Smith, at Chess Review Magazine. Abe had been working there for about three weeks....
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Isador S. turover (1892-1978) was a chess master and champion of Baltimore from 1918 to 1921. In 1923 he founded a lumber and millwork company. He became a chess patron and philanthropist who offered cash prizes for brilliancy prizes.&...
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Having two Bishops when your opponent has either a Knight and a Bishop or two Knights is often, but not always, an advantage. This is because the two bishops complement one another, each controlling the colour squares that the other cannot. So t...
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The Two Knights Defense is an aggressive defense against the Giuco Piano. It leads to many complications and has many variations. There are also many pitfalls and hard to calculate positions. It usually will always lead to black losing a pawn but ...
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