Hello everybody!! I have just created a new group called Chess is wonderful, it is a private group, you must contact me if you want to join. I would be very happy if you would join, the only reason I made this group private is that I don't want a...
For several years, I REFUSED to learn how to play chess. My father kept asking “but don’t you want to learn how to play chess?”, and I kept on saying no, until in May one year, his friend came into town and got presents for everybody. Mine was a t...
Why is there a pawn on g7? This is why: But without the pawn there:
Is it possible to win in an endgame where you have a queen and your opponent has a rook? I think I once got into this kind of situation, and got a draw. Seems to me it should be a draw: Unless I made bad moves in the diagram above, it should be...
I made this problem up just now and I wanted other members to see it... A skewering problem, white wins in the end, and black chooses whether he/she wants to be down a rook or a queen. As I said at the top, I made this up about 15 minutes before...
Please help me analyse some of these. Thanks! --GSHAPIROY Notice that I lost the first even though I had a higher rating. But I once beat a grandmaster (rated 2160) and I had rating 1133. So rating doesn't matter! But that game was a tou...
#1 MATE IN 2 #2 MATE IN 1 #3 MATE IN 1 I hope you enjoy these. Please post comments about these. Thanks to everyone! --GSHAPIROY
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Can white win from the following position? If White can get his king to support the 5th, 6th, and 7th rank white can probably win: ...
How should black stop the scholars mate threat of 4. Qxf7#? Perhaps 3. ... Qf6? I blew the game, and got scholars mated one time, so now I must find good ways to stop it. Maybe 3. ... Nf6? Please post comments with your s...
