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What is Chess960?
Chess960 (also called FischerRandom) is just like regular chess... except that the starting position is shuffled to include 960 different possible positions! So you can throw out your opening book, but keep your opening principl...
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The German word zwischenzug means 'intermediate move', and it is a common tactic that occurs in almost every game of chess. Picture your opponent making a move that directly threatens one of your pieces: after you opponent has done this you are ab...
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The pawn quadrant is a well known rule that every beginner should learn. It can change the course of a game drastically. It also helps you determine if your pawn can promote. This is the rule, sometimes called the square of the pawn. You should ma...
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The Mortimer Trap is a trap in the Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense. It works in blitz chess a lot. It goes like this (please read comments in the board):
It was named after the American player James Mortimer and it is extremely tempting for the white ...
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The Damaino Defense is a uncommon opening that is used by black. It goes like this: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6?. f6 is a horrible move that takes away the g8 knights best square for development and weakens the e8-h5 diagonal, which makes it possible for whi...
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