The Knight is an interesting piece. It is the only piece with the ability to "jump", giving it extra charm. In order to use your knights effectively, you must learn to take full advantage of your knight's movement capabilities....
There's an interesting paradox that all chess players experience at some point or another. I love to win, but more often than not, winning a game doesn't make me a better player: I was merely able to out-think my opponent. On the other han...
The Art of the Draw Usually, a draw means one of two things: either there weren’t enough pieces left for checkmate, or the winning player was careless in his final moves. But these aren’t always the case. In a hopeless situation, a...
Congrats to Mean2u for your win... beat me SOUNDLY. So I've been playing games for 2 weeks, winning 17 games to earn the rating 1700. I'm his first win, and he went from 1200 to 1689 in ONE GAME! Let's just say after that game, we'...
