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1 Move Checkmate Puzzles: Checkmate your opponent’s king, that is all you need to win a chess game. But you must be a chess champion to find that winning move. In this chess puzzle, white is to ...
One unexpected challenge in the System Shock remake is a chess minigame where you need to checkmate the AI. If you need help, read on.
Last fortnight, we discussed ‘Pattern Recognition in Chess’, aided by basic checkmate patterns like the Back Rank Checkmate with the rook and the Queen. Let us continue where we left off in ...
Castling is a magic move in Chess where 2 pieces, the King and the Rook, move at the same time. The Rook gets developed towards the centre and the King finds a safe haven behind its own pawns on ...
Chess enthusiasts tackle a challenging problem: black to move and checkmate in three moves.
The 2013 U.S. and Women's Chess Championships are under way in St. Louis, Missouri. Host Michel Martin speaks with two of the competition's youngest players. Kayden Troff is the current under-14 ...
"For whatever reason, he chose not to invest the energy and, instead, proposed a draw after 31 moves, which Caruana accepted," according to a write-up from World Chess.
In the game of chess, every single move contributes to the overall outcome. All 16 pawns—the queen, knights, bishops and others—provide unique value to a player. The queen is the most powerful ...
Mate in 1 move means you checkmate the opponent’s king in a single move. Check here series of 1 move checkmate puzzles for beginners and pro chess players.