Alexander McDonnel (1798-1840) is an Irish master that works in the market business, he eventually becomes the secretary of the Committee of West Indian Merchants and because of his good job he has enough time to play chess. William Lewis wa...
This text is translated from Dutch to English. Correct me on my mistakes if u see some please, thanks. The openings that i am going to give a look at are all played regularly at all levels. Its important you can recognize them a...
Anderssen's Mate This checkmate occurs from a corner square with a Rook or a Queen, defended and protected by a pawn or a Bishop in the long diagonal which includes the corner square. The opposing King is checkmated at the s...
Rook, knight and pawn Mate Usually seen in endgames, this mate "is extremely useful to know." The combination of a Rook, Knight, and a pawn often proves to be a very potent fighting unit against an opposing King in an endga...
Anastasia's Mate Part 2: Since the previous article about the Anastasia's Mate became to long, i am going to post the game (analysed) here. Enjoi ... And a little puzzl...
Pillsbury's Mate Pillsbury's Mate.Pillsbury's Mate is a variation of Morphy's Mate*1, but the Rook delivers checkmate while the Bishop prevents the opposing King from fleeing to the corner square. Below is an ex...
Réti's Mate (My favourite) This checkmate came from Réti-Tartakower, Vienna 1910, and involves White dropping an early checkmate on Black's uncastled King at c7 by White's Queen Bishop at d7 defended ...
Epaulette Mate Epaulette Mate. This mate occurs when the opposing King is sandwiched in between two pieces on the back rank with the Queen delivering mate from the opposing player's third rank...
This is the first part of a couple of articles where i am gonna talk about mating patterns, each article will contain one mating pattern. The mating pattern now?Gueridon's Mate! Gueridon's Mate This mating pattern and ...
