How To Win With The Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation: The Ending
One of White's main goals in the Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation is to reach a winning king and pawn endgame. Follow along...
One of White's main goals in the Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation is to reach a winning king and pawn endgame. Follow along...
If you like the Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation, but want to mix things up, you can try the Delayed Exchange! IM Keaton Kiewra...
Looking for a way to fight for an edge against solid 1.e4 e5 players? Why not try the Ruy Lopez with 5.d4 and learn about...
5.d4 is a rare and aggressive move against the Ruy Lopez, so most players with the Black pieces won't know the best defense....
IM Keaton Kiewra wraps up his coverage of the 5.d4 Ruy Lopez by demonstrating two key games. One example shows how you can...
Every square in chess has a name based on a coordinate system. All files have a letter, from a - h, going from the queen's...
A great strategy to help win chess games is to capture opposing pieces. Most captures are made the same way that pieces...
Check means that one side is threatening to capture the opposing king. You never capture the king in chess, so the other...
When you are in check you must escape check. The ways to get out of check are to move the king, block the check with another...
You win when your opponent is in check and cannot escape. That is called checkmate!
Have you ever wondered what the fastest possible checkmate is in chess? The fastest possible checkmate takes only two moves....
Stalemate occurs when there are no possible moves, but neither king is in check. Stalemate is a draw, even if one of the...
Not all chess games are won or lost. Sometimes they end in a draw. These are the ways that can happen: 1. Stalemate. 2....
Castling is a special move to protect your king and activate your rook. It's the only time in chess you can move two pieces...
This is the most unusual rule in chess - make sure you learn it. En-passant occurs when a pawn has just moved two squares....
There are dozens of possible chess moves at any time. How do you find the right one? Each turn you will want to consider...
Watch a complete game of chess played with all moves explained, 1. e4 c6 Both sides move pawns towards the center. 2. d4...
Now that you know how the pieces move, it's time to set up and start the game. Each player starts with a light square in...
When a pawn reaches the end of the board it promotes, which means it turns into another piece. You can promote to a knight,...
Typically pawns move one square forward each move. However, pawns have a couple of special features. A pawn can advance...
The knight is the only chess piece that doesn't go in a straight line. The knight moves two squares in one direction and...
The bishop can move diagonally like a queen, but not forward, backward or sideways. Each side starts with two bishops, one...
The rook can move forward, backward and sideways like a queen. However, unlike the queen, the rook can't move diagonally.
The king is the most important piece in chess, but the queen is the most powerful. The queen can move forwards, backward,...
Chess is an exciting game and easy to learn. It’s played on an 8x8 board with 64 squares and 32 pieces. The game is won...