Top Ten Rules to the Opening! There are many rules and principles for the three different stages of a chess game, but the focus of this article is how to "get out of the gates" in a hurry! Rule #1 - Develop Your Pieces! Development means "...
Last time we looked at the main lines, now we'll look at the other options, starting with the Lolli Attack, which is an improved form of the Fried Liver.
When starting out in chess most games begin 1.e4 e5 and the Two Knights Defense is most often seen, hoping for the dreaded Fried Liver AttACK. That is actually not the best way to play for White, as we will see in the next article. Let's start, ho...
member Sulpolitix asked: As a beginning chess player, I would like to know the next thing I should learn after I learn how the pieces move. Dear Sulpolitix: I will deal with this from the perspective of a chess teacher, and what inform...
Book Review: Chess 101 by Dave SchlossHello chess fans. I am here to discuss the text "Chess 101" by Dave Schloss which I have just read through the review copy I recently received from the author. Let me first break down the contents and structur...
Hi guys, this is my first article for chess.com and I hope you will like it. (Also hope to read some comments or critics , thanks)How many times have you heard a teacher or chess coach telling you to castle as soon as possible before starting an a...
Before I get into today's column, I'd like once again to thank Grandmaster Bhat for his excellent contributions to this site for over a year. His articles have been uniformly excellent, and he took the time to come up with thought-provoking questi...
Last time I tried to convince you,- and myself again, too-, that it is useful to build up an personal "opening repertoire". How can I build up an opening repertoire ? (1) So you have read it and now you say: "Well, I am convinced and mo...
As you might gather from the title of this article, some players do not seem to be aware that the loss of a single pawn in the opening, without obtaining any visible compensation for it, is enough to lose a chess game. This probably stems from th...
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I know that all of you are already familiar with the great power of the development, especially guys who like to play gambit lines, yet still there are lot of players who are going for the material because they think that they can defend themselve...
The following game is just an enjoyable little minature (micro-minature?) where a mate just fell into my lap right in the opening. I guess that Black was so focused on his pawn-winning tactic, that he just forgot to evaluate the ensuing position...
I have noticed that most beginners do not begin the game well. Firstly bringing the queen out in the opening moves isn't a good idea as it can result in nothing apart from the opposition developing it's pieces quicker. As you ca...
Which piece is better; the bishop or the knight? Walk into any room with amateur chess players and everyone will know. Or so they think. The evidence they present for their case is neither concrete, nor valid, but it's enough to make them belie...
About Chess Ratings by Bruce Till The United States Chess Federation (USCF) has instituted a rating system for chess players which allows them to know their relative strength among other rated players, as well as facilitating the pairin...
In this article, we're going to take a look inside the winner's toolbox. Some of these items are absolutely essential to have, or you will lose games that you shouldn't have lost. Not having these skills in your toolbox would be like a carpenter...
Okay I admit it, I have guilty pleasures. I like to eat ice cream in the middle of the knight, I secretly drink all of our Pepsi. But my biggest confession is that I love draws. Draws by repitition are better than winning at times. I just love mes...
By Bruce Till You study. You play at the club. You play on the internet. You play against a chess computer. You play in tournaments. You buy more books (maybe you even read some of them). You try new openings. You study endgames. But your ...
What is "Learning by Induction"? Simply put, it is learning by watching. You watch what others do, then you do that. Below is a more formal explanation of inductive vs. deductive logic: In logic, we often refer to the two broad methods of...
The Cheating Chess Tournament ©2002 by NM Dan Heisman “That was the third person we caught recently who had a handheld computer with Pocket Fritz!” Chester Nimfield was distraught. As a member of the Hookley Valley Chess Club’s Organizing...
Here's the checkmate for the Two Bishops (and King) against lone King): Now comes the most tricky 'basic' checkmate of them all: Bishop and Knight against the King. A very high proportion of strong club pl...
The most basic checkmate of all (save for Queen and Rook, which is practically the same) is the checkmate with two rooks - the King does not even need to participate in the Kinghunt: Checkmate with a Queen...
General strategic factors Each of the three phases of the game has its own characteristic laws.there are gudelines that apply to the assesment of positions .the factors in the following list can not only modify the relative values of the pieces,t...
Here's one of my games from a while back. I was playing a much lower rated opponent, and by keeping things simple and playing logical chess, I was able to win convincingly by take advantage of his mistakes. It is worthwhile noticing that he was th...
