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Foolss-Mate
Foolss-Mate
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    • The Road to 1400: It's a Trap!

      Game Summary: Finding myself in a passive position, alarms go off when seemingly innocent moves are made in the endgame. Thankfully Admiral Ackbar is always on duty.  The great Admiral Ackbar could sense a trap like no other. Maybe it was the si... | Read More

    • Training Captain_Sparklez Day 1

      Ok Captain_Sparklez I will train you first of all I am thinking you know how to play so you should be good with that. Today we will learn how to get chek mate in an easy way but not by fools mate i will teach you that later so my favorite way of c... | Read More

      • Ant_Venom
      • | May 15, 2012
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    • One of my fastest games

      Other than the fools mate this has been one of my fastest games (I am white) | Read More

    • Setting Top Traps and avoiding pitfalls in Chess great for beginners

      Study and memorise these moves very effective against beginners and lower rated players although you can trap a good player that is not concertrating.very close to a Ruy Lopez opening with a beautiful twist.In this game you sacrifice a queen , a ... | Read More

      • latinoheat
      • | Oct 19, 2011
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    • Fools Mate

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      • skye
      • | Oct 15, 2011
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  • Back Rank Mates

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    A back rank mate is when a rook or queen check cannot be escaped from.   Also, it can occurr when the piece defending the back rank is pinned. Finally, a back rank checkmate works if the defender cannot block. Back rank mates are howevr on... Read More »

  • Prophylaxis

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    In chess, Prophylaxis means guarding or preventing a move before it is made. A prophylactic move usually haults the opponent from taking action in an area. One example of prophylaxis is, when the king is buried behind a wall of pawns, moving a paw... Read More »

  • Boden's Mate

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    Here is a famous mate which occurs when white(or black) sacrifices his queen in the queen-side: Read More »

  • Blackburne's Mate

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    Note how the white bishops are raking the black king position.White sacrifices the queen with Qxh5 gxh5.Having forced open the diagonal leading to Black's king,White plays Bh7 checkmate.The bishop is protected by the knight on g5. Read More »

  • Mating Patterns

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    Hi! This is Chessking47 (or CK47) writing about Mating Patterns. First, Anastasia's Mate.              I hope you enjoyed that cute mate. Now, the mate can be applied more strikingly. Combine decoy and clearance sacrifice.   Â... Read More »