Sorry for the inconsistent updates. I'll try to post more. Anyway, in this post I'll talk about how to manage your side of the board. First, look at this game and notice what I did wrong that ended in a loss for me: The thing that I did wrong...
The point of the opening is to develop your pieces (read knights and bishops), right? So this opening would not be a good one to try: Not only do you have a dead knight, but now you have an undeveloped board AND a ticked-off queen on th...
Before we start talking tactics, you need to know some words that we'll be using. Here they are, along with definitions: Developed Pieces are "developed" when they are in a position to either attack the opponent, or defend the king. Here is an il...
To be able to do everything in this blog, you should know these things (If you don't know these things, they're linked): The basic rules of the game How to castle and en passant Forking, pinning, skewering, and discovered attack. If you don't kno...
