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 our ...

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Chess is a two-player board game that begins with each player controlling 16 pieces. The challenge in each chess game is to checkmate the opponent’s king. How strategically and quickly you find the ...

In a room at the far end of the Oregon Convention Center is the answer to the riddle haunting parents and teachers for decades: how do you get 180 elementary school children to sit quietly for an hour ...

Sam Cassidy twirls his red bangs as he contemplates his next move and sets the rook down. “Check.” His opponent, Amera Hemming, reaches out to move her chess piece and freezes her arm above the board ...

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 piece ...

Chess, a board game for two players, begins with sixteen chess pieces that can be moved according to a set of rules in a chess game. The objective of a chess game is to checkmate your opponent’s king.