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After a few articles about What is a threat in Chess and how to protect pieces to handle threats efficiently, it is time to talk about Exchange. In a normal...
In the previous chapter, we have learnt that removing a piece under attack is a safe possibility against a threat. Now we will check how to protect a piece in...
It is fundamental in Chess to be able to detect the opposing threat before thinking of your own attacking possibilities. Since you know the value of the pieces, you are...
Pieces capture is the simplest and most common way to take the upper hand in a chess game. In your first games, capturing pieces will mainly depend on your opportunism:...
The value of the pieces is a fundamental of chess. To know which side is better, the first thing to look for is a material imbalance. What follows is the...
This article is slightly different from the others you can find on this website. Indeed, it is not about moves, plans, ideas, tactical lines, but how you reflect them and...
After castling and capturing en passant, the last special move of Chess you have to learn is the promotion of a pawn. Promotion is actually very simple. When a pawn...
Some special moves in Chess like the “en passant” capture rarely appears in real games, but you must be prepared to play it. A much much more common move is...
It is now time for me to unveil an inconvenient truth:the goal of chess is not exactly to capture your opponent’s King. In fact, the rules do not even allow...
Interactions with the friend pieces are one thing. You also have to learn how to interact with the opponent’s pieces. In fact, the only interaction possible between your pieces and...