1. Seven Types of Imbalances Material: having a larger and/or bigger army than your opponent. Note that larger does not always mean better; for example, if one player has one rook and the other three pawns, the player with the rook has the advant...
1. There are six ways to defend: Run! Move the piece out of the way of the attacker. Take the attacking piece. Block. Move another piece "in front of" the attacking piece. Defend. Bring in another piece to guard the piece being attacked. Pin*. Fo...
No, it's not the fastest way to a mate, but I like it because it's systematic and difficult to mess up! You can also use this same strategy for a queen-king ending. Thanks to AWOLUK!
I want to use this blog to keep track of the things Jeffrey tells me at lessons. This is late, but in the future, I'll be more timely and complete. 1. We worked on the rook-and-king and queen-and-king endgames - Jeffrey with just a king, and me w...
