Saturday, April 3, 2010

Winning the Rook and Bishop vs Rook Ending :-)


Rook and Bishop vs Rook Ending :-)


Monday, March 22, 2010

Trapping the Queen :-)

r1b1k1nr/ppp2ppp/3p4/2qNn3/4PB2/8/PPP2PPP/R2QKB1R
Trapping the Queen; white to move

Trapping the Greedy Queen :-)

r5k1/p1B1bpp1/1p2pn1p/8/2PP4/3B1P2/qP2QP1P/3R1RK1
This position is from a game between two great masters in 1916.(Tarrasch vs. Mieses)

Bishop :-)

The bishop could move only in one direction; it will stay on squares of the same color.

Two Bishop Mate

8/8/1K6/3k1B2/8/8/5B2/8 w - - 0 1
White mate in 15.
1.Bc2 Kc4 2.Be4 Kb4 {Bishop at e4 with bishop at f2 forms an impenetrable diagonal wall which helps forcing the opponent king to the corner of the board!} 3.Be3 Kc4 4.Ka5 Kb3 5.Kb5 Kc3 6.Bf5 Kb3 7.Bd2 Ka3 8.Kc4 Ka4 {Try to use the king instead to influence the white diagonal!} 9.Bc2 Ka3 10.Bc1 Ka2 11.Bd3 Ka1 12.Kc3 Ka2 13.Kc2 Ka1 14.Bb2+ Ka2 15.Bc4#

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

An Opening Rule :-)

You should not make more than three pawn moves in the first eight moves.