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Hi! We want to revive this club, and I got the idea of making questions. If you have more ideas, post them here: https://www.chess.com/news/view/important-40 Now, what's your favorite season of the year?

What is your favorite opaning? Also tell us your favorite lines! Also your favorite checkmate!

can you save your self???

Hi everyone! Before we start i would like to inform you that these are MY opinions You might think differently and that's ok everyone have different opinion. welcome back to my posts and today we will be going over The knight in detail If you do not know what a knight is you can learn Some about it here. The first thing we will discuss is the structure of the piece and the way it works why knights are my fav piece: Knights are my favorite piece because of one thing How they move. They move in a L shape unlike other pieces being able to move across the whole board. How to utilize your knights: Now you may be wondering, How do you utilize knights? Well there are lots of ways, One of them is for it to be in the middle of the board Notice that on this board, the knight in the corner only controls 2 squares While the knight in the center controls 8 squares. The knight on the side but not in the corner Controls 4 squares which is better than 4 but not as good as 8. So what you just learned here is try to keep your knights in the center of the board. Here is another reason your knight should NOT be in the corner (unless taking a valuable piece) Check this out Notice that the queen can make the knight in the corner trapped without ANY help!! That is another reason why you should not have your knights in the corner (unless you have a reason) And now we come to the question, When are knights good? And what tactics should i use with them? Well in the middle of the Game you should try to use knights because rooks bishops and queens cannot jump But the knight can. That way u can use your knights better and make them threaten a lot of pieces. this brings me to the next question How should we use our knight for a tactic? Well, you can use forks which are the best for knights because of the fact that knights can jump over pieces, of example in the example below the knight is forking a queen and queen therefor making the king move and allowing the knight to take the queen. As you can see above the fork is the best tactic to use with a knightThanks for reading and if you have any more ideas for me, please PM me and tell me your ideas, and i will accept any opinions! Thanks this is @MogiLane Stay safe play chess and have fun!

Here i will be posting cool good chess games, please follow this forum and watch them all!

Hi everyone! This is Pomi. And now I'm going to show you an important tool in chess, its name is Decoy. What is the Decoy? The decoy is a chess tactic that forces a piece to move to a specific square, to make a forced mate, for gaining material, for doing a tactic, etc. What is the difference of a decoy and a deflection? Deflection: Is when you want a piece to leave a specific square, or a specific group of squares. It doesn't matter where it goes, we just want it to leave that place. Decoy: Is when you want a piece to go to a specific square. We don't just want it to leave its square, we want it on that specific square. Examples: Here we can win a Queen using and promote a pawn using a decoy: . . . Here we can deliver checkmate using a decoy: . . . Here we can fork two important pieces using a decoy: . Why are decoys important? Decoy (as many other chess tactics) are important because they can help you generally gaining material, delivering checkmate, or promoting a pawn. But you can use it for many other things, like improving your position, or have a better development, it's less usual tho. Also, I personally consider it one of the most beautiful tactics in chess. Thanks for reading! I hope you can use this in your games! Also, thanks @tsrif1 for helping me with the article

Hello. This is Benjamin and today, I will be discussing how our chess ratings improve and what makes a great chess player. There are many ways one can improve in chess, but the most straightforward example is this: finding excellent moves. The way to find excellent moves is also straightforward. We must practice and study chess; we must analyze grandmasters' chess games and analyze our own. We must practice chess; we must play a lot of chess games. Then, we can find the best moves mostly with ease. As we elevate our chess talent to this next plain of thought, we make it easier on ourselves to win chess games so we move up on the ranking system and play harder opponents. If we lose, we learn from our game, so no game is a true loss. And those who are determined to get challenged play and study even more. In chess, one must identify bad moves as well, moves which bring no benefit to a position, no advantage compared to a better move, no gain in material, no checkmate, no stalemate (in some cases), or no other positional opportunity. If one is to improve in chess, one needs to practice chess so one can stop making the blunders and start seizing the wins. Sometimes, being good at chess means stepping back and taking a break from it. Don't "over-chess" yourself. Do puzzles. The best way to learn the basic checkmates, to learn the tactics, and to then make it easier to win a game involves puzzles because they are the best way to learn these skills, and chess.com supplies puzzles perfectly. Have faith in your moves. If you have made the best move, look for a better one. But never, ever doubt an understandable move before you make it. Eliminate moves with bad outcomes but don't eliminate moves which you haven't analyzed in a position where you are safely able to do so. Remember the clock. Timed chess requires a balance between carefulness and remembering the clock situation. Double-check a position before moving. Look for simple tactics, hanging pieces, easy checkmates, etc. and then look for the deeper ideas. Study the endgame. There are some endgames which must be known such as the Queen and King v.s. King Endgame, the Rook and King v.s. King Endgame, etc. A great place to watch chess videos on this is YouTube, if you are allowed to go there. Don't over study the opening. If you are a beginner, play up to 3 simple openings. This will help you not get "boggled" down in theory and memorization. Memorize ideas, not moves*. It is more important to understand a position than memorize it. This is the key to finding your chances and seeing it. Only memorizing the moves in a position will mean you will not truly understand the point of the moves. This is not how to improve your chess. The great thing about chess is the system. We are brought to a new game each time we play and we learn to learn chess. We understand how to understand chess. And grasp at what chess truly is. One could say chess is not a game, but a symbol of creativity, or logic, or genius. The determination to the study of chess powers us to get better at the game. *Gambits are okay to memorize P.S. I am looking for a chess coach to teach me. I want to reach a blitz rating of 1500. Let me know if you are available to coach me about 3 times a week at least. Thanks!

Hi everyone! This is Pomi. And now I'm going to show you a what are sacrifices on chess, and when you can make them. What's a sacrifice in chess? A sacrifice in chess is when you give up material for some other advantage. They are generally followed by a combination that allows us to promote a pawn, force a checkmate, have a more active position, or another advantage. Look at this example: When there's a sacrifice in the opening, it is called a gambit. One example is the King's Gambit. Here are some examples of famous sacrifices. Why are sacrifices important? These are the main uses of the sacrifices: Opening: Playing agressive gambits Playing traps that can make someone win the game Middle game: Opening lines to attack our opponent's king Endgame: Promoting pawns Simplifying the position Forcing checkmate If you know when, and how to sacrifice, they can lead you to win very beautiful games, as the ones I showed you. Thanks for reading! I hope you can use this in your games! Also, thanks @tsrif1 for helping me with the article

Mine is the Knight just because I find cool how it moves and I like its structure.

What is your favorite gambit everyone? Mine is Queen's Gambit

Hi everyone! This is Pomi. And now I'm going to show you an important tactic in chess. This tactic is known as Removing the Defender. What's a hanging piece? A hanging piece is an undefended piece that can be captured. It can also be a piece that is defended, but not by enough pieces (1 defender vs 2 attackers, for example). Look at this position: Hanging pieces define most beginner games. Even masters have lost games because of them! We always have to be careful when we move, lest we have a hanging piece. What's removing the defender? Removing the defender is a tactic that consists on eliminating the defender of another piece, so after the exchange, it will be a hanging piece, and we can take it. Generally we can do it by exchanging it, but you can just attack it, or deflect it. Look at this example: Here's another example Why is removing the defender important? It's important because this can make you win a lot of games, but mostly, because if you don't know what it is, you can lose a lot of games if you ignore it. Thanks for reading! I hope you can use this in your games! Also, thanks @tsrif1 for helping me with the article

Drag the pieces to solve:

Hello. I know that a lot of you don't watch YouTube or don't have the time to do so. I found this amazing puzzle shown by ChessTalk, a chess YouTube channel and it looked pretty interesting. Although the position below would not occur in an actual game, this puzzle, created by engineer, Otto Blathy, is very beautiful and is very fun to solve. Good luck! Check out the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN8hVAV20hQ

Which clubs should we challenge to a match? Please tell us in the comments.

Post your favorite checkmates here! Mine is the king+rook mate:

Hi everyone! This is Pomi. And now I'm going to show you an important concept in chess. This concept is known as Forcing Combinations. What's a forcing move? Don't confuse forced moves with forcing moves. A forcing move is a move you make (generally a check) so your opponent has to make one specific move, maybe because it's the only option, or maybe because other moves are forced mates, or it allows us to gain material. That specific move is called a forced move. Look at this example. Not all forcing moves are checks. Here is a position of a puzzle I made a while ago: What's a forcing combination? A forcing combination is a series of forcing moves that mostly leads to checkmate, but it can also allow you to gain material, and other stuff. Look at this example: Here we can deliver checkmate with a forced combination: Why is this important to know? Because you generally use forcing moves to checkmate someone. If you don't know how to make forcing moves, it will be harder to checkmate your opponents. Forcing moves can also help to gain material, promote pawns, and allow you to move quicker, since you don't have to think about your opponent's moves. Puzzles: Black to move and checkmate: White to move and checkmate: White to move and win a rook: Thanks for reading! I hope you can use this in your games! Also, thanks @tsrif1 for helping me with the article

Idk I just though of something Sorry that the title is long