Opening Do’s and Dont’s
Do: Don’t:
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What I know about chess?
Have a read, and see if you can spot the mistakes! Chess is a fun game and easy to learn. You play on a board of 164 squares, which are coloured light and dark, and there are two armies, one black and grey. The rows are called ranks and the columns are called officers. The…
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How to play the opening 2 (how NOT to play it!)
Don’t play Old Stodge. A lot of you play Old Stodge. This is Old Stodge. Don’t play Old Stodge Why? It’s usually blocked and difficult and boring, and your Rooks will sulk for a long while about being left out. You need to swap some pawns and (half-)open a file to get your Rooks working….
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Daily chess puzzles
http://shredderchess.com/online/daily-chess-puzzle.html
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What I know about chess (corrected)
Chess is a fun game and easy to learn [hmm, maybe!]. You play on a board of 164 [64] squares, which are coloured light and dark, and there are two armies, one black and grey [white] The rows are called ranks and the columns are called officers [files]. The aim of a game of chess is to capture your opponent’s Queen [King] and then they…
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Blunders and backwards moves
All pieces, except pawns, can move backwards. But because the opponent’s pieces are trying to attack us, we get used to them moving down the board towards us, and our pieces moving up the board in the other direction. So that means, backwards moves are sometimes hard to spot. Here are some junior players missing…
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How to play with an IQP
If you have an Isolated Queen’s Pawn: Botvinnik does all this so clearly in the following game:
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How to play with BISHOPS
[p]Bishops love attacking along open lines, like Black does in this game: [p]That was also an example of Black getting ahead in development. [p]Bishops are usually very strong if the opponent doesn’t have a Bishop of the same colour to oppose it. [p]It’s not easy to make use of a Bishop if the position is…
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How to play with your QUEEN
At the start of the game, just move the Queen off the back rank to connect the Rooks. Only throw the Queen into an attack if the enemy pieces can’t bother it. Here are some amazing Queen moves from a top computer game: