For beginners, this is an introduction to chess pieces.Lets start with the names of pieces.
The main,tallest piece is the king.
The second tallest piece is the queen.It is the most powerful.
Then there are bishops to the sides of the king...
Bishops are usually better in the endgames as if you know how to checkmate properly with a pair of bishops,then you can checkmate.Whereas, if you try to checkmate with knights in the endgame,it is a draw.In middle games,knights are more powerful a...
There are two main gambits-
Kings gambit and queens gambit.Below, I have created something for everyone to see the gambits.
this is kings gambit
This is queens gambit
The Italian game is one of the most famous openings in chess.it is played as -
1.e4
2.e5
3.nf3
4.nc6
5.bc4
En passant is an amazing pawn move which can be done when a pawn from the 7th/2nd rank is pushed two steps and the opposing teams pawn is right beside that pawn after it moves,that pawn can go sideways and that pawn which was pushed will be gone. ...
The ultimate blunders in chess are to give free pieces and to overlook higher level checkmates which people may know.so I will help you with knowing this tremendous checkmate which less people know in the world.
See this checkmate please.remember this page is very important and has the checkmate.
A gambit is when you sacrifice a piece in order to have very good development compared to the opponent.these are used many times .examples of gambits are - kings gambit ,queens gambit.the word gambit comes from the word gambling.any doubts please ...
When you reach the middle game you usually get confused.so,I have created these blogs for you to understand more.
1.break open the centre
2.reposition your knights
3.make your bishops active
4.put pressure on opponent pieces
5.crea...
If these 2 were combined then some pieces would be chasing each other and it would not be fun to have this.for some people it is fun.and can someone please comment a thumbs up emoji if they liked or understood this. Thank you a lot if you have com...
The fool's mate can be achieved in two moves only by Black, giving checkmate on the second move with the queen. The fool's mate received its name because it can occur only if White commits an extraordinary blunder.Any doubts very please comment so...
Tip #1: Look for forced moves first!
Tip #2: Look for sacrifices!
Tip #3: Look for common tactical motifs!
Tip #4: Look at the whole board!
Tip #5: Practice solving tactics!any doubts please comment and these are very high level tips so please ma...
The queen (♕, ♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. It can move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally, combining the powers of the rook and bishop. Each player starts the game with one queen, placed in the midd...
The king is not the most powerful chess piece, but it is the most important one! If a king is put in checkmate, then the game is over! Two very important aspects of the game of chess are attacking your opponent's king while also keeping your own k...
A double attack is when two targets in the enemy camp are attacked at the same time. This often happens when pieces are “loose” or undefended. While there are a couple of competing or overlapping definitions for what constitutes a double attack, m...
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone a chess game helped the heroes to victory. Hermione played the role of the f8-rook, Harry stood in for the a3-bishop and Ron served as the knight on g5. Your job is to checkmate the white king without losin...
The queen in chess can attack multiple pieces and squares in your opponent's position when she is in the center. These numerous attacks force your opponent to use pieces for defense instead of attack. One of your pieces, the queen, can free up a l...
The Pawn moves directly forward, never backward or to the side. Pawns move exactly one square forward; though each Pawn may advance two squares forward the first time it is moved. Pawns capture a piece that is one square diagonally forward.This ma...
In Chess, the King is a slow piece that can move only one step in every direction – forward, backward, to the sides or diagonally. The King can capture any of the opponent’s pieces that are standing in any square surrounding the King
The bishop moves diagonally in any direction it wishes and as far as it wishes as long as the squares are free. If an opposing piece blocks its way the bishop can capture it and occupy its square,The bishop has a special characteristic. It always ...
The Knight is the only piece in the game of Chess that can skip over the other pieces (much like a horse gallops over obstacles) when it moves. Even though he can skip over squares while they are occupied by other pieces, the Knight can only captu...
The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India; its prehistory is the subject of speculation. From India it spread to Persia, where it was modified in terms of shapes and r...
The word “Checkmate” in Chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means “the King is dead.”
The number of possibilities of a Knight’s tour is over 122 million.
The longest official chess game lasted 269 moves (I. Nikolic – Arsovic, Be...
do you know what happens if chess was in real life?well let me explain you. Chess can be played in real life if you dress up as the chess pieces.well as normally we cannot have below or above 32 people in chess as if you count the pieces...