Scholar's Mate
Scholar's Mate The Scholar's Mate, also referred to as the four move checkmate even though there are other ways to checkmate in four, can be achieved by: 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 ...
Halosar Trap
The Halosar Trap derives from the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. In the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, white looks to gambit off his king’s pawn on e4. The most aggressive line (the Ryder Gambit) places the white queen on f3 and gives away an additional p...
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10 Best Chess Openings for Black
Chess players have been debating the best openings (for Black and White) for years. If you ask five different players what the best opening for Black is, you could easily come away with five different answers. The fact is, deciding what the best o...
Chess Openings For White: Full Guide
The world of chess openings for white is vast and can be hard to explore. Take for instance 1.e4. Black has at least 10 acceptable replies. And each of those replies has dozens of possible lines that can be played. But that’s only after 1....
Are you good at resigning?
When and why do we resign. The vast majority of chess games end with the resignation of one of the players. To resign is to acknowledge that the game is already lost, and that for the opponent to checkmate us is only a matter of time. In chess cu...
