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Tactical patterns in Chess are what will give you a material advantage. We have studied the Pin in Chess and how to win material with it, the Skewer is another...
Tactical patterns in Chess are what will give you a material advantage. After the Fork pattern, the pin is another fundamental Chess pattern you need to know. Absolute Pin More...
This is the first article of a long series to come about tactical patterns. If you are reading this, you probably already know how pieces are moving, the value of...
Checkmate with the Rook is another checkmate every beginner should know. If we compare it with the checkmate with two Queens VS sole King, the checkmate with one Queen against...
The strategy to mate with two Rooks against a lone King is very similar to the strategy to checkmate with two Queens: in both cases the idea is to make...
The next Checkmate to be learnt is probably the most common one: Queen against sole King. It is not much more complicated than the checkmate with two Queens against lone...
Why is it important to know how to checkmate with two Queens ? If you recognize a familiar checkmate pattern during the middlegame, then you may be able to end...
Delivering checkmate is the goal of any Chess game, and a specific configuration to do so is called a pattern. You can checkmate your opponent during the endgame, in this...
As you are now an expert to recognize a checkmate from a stalemate, we are going to study a few common mating positions. The first pattern worth looking at is...
Now that exchanging pieces in Chess has no secret for you, I would like to come back on a fundamental notion: Checkmate VS Stalemate. Indeed, people can be confused by...