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  • "Chess Combination as a Fine Art" edited by Golz and Keres

    This week we will be seeing a very entertaining book called Chess Combination as a Fine Art. This is a collection of articles by German master Kurt Richter from the magazine Schach. The subject of his column was "Lessons in Chess - Advanced School... | Read More

  • Beginner Mating Patterns Redux - Part 3

    In my first article on beginner mating patterns, we explored Back Rank mates, Queen mates on h7, Queen mates on g7 (while also discussing general dark-square weaknesses around f6, g7, h6, and even h8), and smothered mates. In the second article we... | Read More

  • Beginner Mating Patterns - Part 2

    In my first article on beginner mating patterns, we explored back rank mates, Queen mates on h7, Queen mates on g7, and smothered mates. This week we’ll explore the two beginner favorites: Scholar’s Mate and Fool’s Mate. However,... | Read More

  • Beginner Mating Patterns Part 1

    The ins and outs of a mating combination are, on one level, simplicity itself, and on another level deep, complex, and (like a fine wine) full bodied and intoxicating. In this new column we will explore how beginners can create mating combos, whil... | Read More

  • Keeping up with Paul Morphy

    Last week you had the chance to compare your chess skills with the famous American GM Frank Marshall.  This time your task is harder as the new benchmark you are supposed to keep up with is the legendary Paul Morphy. In one of my previous art... | Read More

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    • The First Smothered Mate

      Learn an instructive mating pattern from a game by Gioachino Greco, an Italian chess player renown for recording some of the  first chess games known.  He studied the Giuoco Piano and published his analysis in the form of short games highlighti... | Read More

    • The First Smothered Mate

      Learn an instructive mating pattern from a game by Gioachino  Greco, an Italian chess player renown for recording some of the first chess games known.   He studied the Giuoco Piano and published his analysis in the form of short games highligh... | Read More

    • KIMPLODES: Material--Part IV of IX, A Way to Analyze Games

      M - Material; ah, this is easy. Am I ahead or behind in material? The harder question is whether it matters, because sometimes even a Queen doesn't mean anything (simplest example: smothered mate)   M-factor -+...but nobody cares, as the K-fa... | Read More

      • kcsmith169
      • | Jan 3, 2013
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    • Paul Morphy's Queen Sacrifices

      Paul Morphy, the pinnacle of the Romantic Age of Chess, was an artist who, in the true spirit of Romanticism, considered the combination the apex of Chess.  Like all very good players, he was able to effect combinations much more often against w... | Read More

      • batgirl
      • | Dec 23, 2012
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    • KIMPLODES--Part I of IX; a way to analyze games

      Variations on an article by Dana Mackenzie (May 2008, CL&R), who was building on precepts espoused by IM Jeremy Silman. Why repeat their efforts? I hope it's not repetition, but offers some additional insights. For starters, I shuffled Dana's... | Read More

      • kcsmith169
      • | Dec 14, 2012
      • | 246 views
      • | 3 comments

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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 »

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