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• Chess Terms 2-B

  B Symbol used for the bishop when recording chess moves in English. Back rank A player's first rank (the one on which the pieces stand in the initial array); White's back rank is Black's eighth rank and vice versa. Back rank mate A checkmate... | Read More

  • judgeofthenight
  • | Aug 30, 2008
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• Chess Terms 1-A

  Absolute pin:A pin against the king, called absolute because the pinned piece cannot legally move as it would expose the king to check.                               Activ... | Read More

  • judgeofthenight
  • | May 21, 2008
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• Castling Opposite Sides

  Here it goes.You castled queenside and your opponent castled kingside.You move your queen to the kingside,with your bishops/knights/rooks pointing over there.However,you should never forget that attacking with pieces only is not going to work much... | Read More

  • judgeofthenight
  • | May 19, 2008
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• Cheap Tricks-Made me win lots of games in tournaments!

  We all know some cheap tricks in chess.Scholar's mate,Nb5 or Nb4 asking for a fork,etc.However,I am going to show you some situations in which I used some cheap tricks,and I won.               Another one.F... | Read More

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  • | Apr 21, 2008
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