You've played a few games, you know how the chess pieces move, and you're starting to notice that the first...

Not every black response to 1.e4 is equal. Some lead to losing positions out of the opening, some are playable...

If you’re looking for the best defense for Black against 1.d4, you’re not alone. Many players find it harder to...

If you want to take control of the game from the first move, aggressive chess openings can help you do...

If you’ve ever watched a chess game or played a match yourself, you’ve probably heard terms that sound like a...

The 4-move checkmate is one of the quickest ways to win a game of chess, but it only works if...

"If the student forces himself to examine all the moves that smite, however absurd they look at first glance, he...

"Tactics flow from a superior position." - Robert James (Bobby) Fischer The Skewer is quite similar to the Pin. The...

"The defensive power of a pinned piece is but imaginary." - Aaron Nimzowitsch The pin is the most common tactic...

"Chess is 99% tactics." - Rudolph Teichmann We already had the chance to be introduced to the fork tactic in...

A discovered attack happens when you move one of your pieces and reveal an attack from another piece behind it....

"In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent." Vasily Smyslov Although the checkmate is the...

"Begone! Ignorant and impudent knight, not even in chess can a King be taken." King Louis VI In amateur games,...

"When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if...

"Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself." - Savielly...

The Epaulette Mate is a basic checkmate pattern that occurs when the opposing king is trapped on the back rank...

"Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game" Nigel Short Ed.note:...

A game of chess can be divided into three phases: the opening, the middlegame and the endgame (or ending).  Each...

If you have mastered the chess rules, the next step is improving your game. Since the game of chess has...

"Any material change in a position must come about by mate, a capture, or a Pawn promotion."— Cecil Purdy A...

“To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.” Mikhail Tal...

Did you get the opportunity to play a few games? Are you mastering the basic rules of the game explained...

Here is the plan I propose for this lesson: The Goal of The Game The Checkmate Other Rules Ok, we...

Before we look at captures and trades, let’s go over the point system used to measure the value of chess...

There are six different chess pieces, and each one moves in its own way. Knowing how each piece moves is...

The king is the most important and vulnerable piece in chess. In terms of strength, it is not the most...

The Queen is a chess piece that is always placed on d1 (for the Whites), and d8 (for the blacks)....

"The only good Rook is a working Rook!" Samuel Reshevsky If you did not go through the page explaining the general...