Tutorial Documents

Document	Author	Rating	Views	Comments
The Réti Opening The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening where white does not build the ideal pawn center and instead tries to control that critical area of the board with piece pressure.	SteveB	5/5.0 (5)	1393	2
The Back Rank mate A checkmate with a Rook or Queen.	Charlie	4.5/5.0 (2)	864	0
ITALIAN AND SISILIAN OPENING Great openings in the beginning game.	Charlie	4.5/5.0 (2)	791	1
The Ruy Lopez Opening The Ruy Lopez is named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura. It is one of the most popular openings.	SteveB	4.4/5.0 (4)	1576	0
Back Rank Mate A back-rank checkmate (also known as the corridor mate) is a checkmate delivered by a rook or queen along a back rank.	SteveB	3.5/5.0 (4)	1703	0
The Knight This document covers the basic moves of the Knight and Knight strategies.	SteveB	5/5.0 (3)	1601	2
The Bishop This document covers the basic moves of the Bishop and Bishop strategies.	SteveB	5/5.0 (1)	1472	0
The Pawn This document covers the basic moves of the Pawn and Pawn strategies.	SteveB	3.3/5.0 (3)	1856	2
The Rook This document covers the basic moves of the Rook and Rook strategies.	SteveB	4.5/5.0 (2)	1492	1
The King This document covers the basic moves of the King and King strategies.	SteveB	5/5.0 (2)	1783	0
The Queen This document covers the basic moves of the Queen and Queen strategies.	SteveB	3.7/5.0 (3)	1507	0
Petrov's Defence, Marshall Trap This document covers the Marshall trap	SteveB	5/5.0 (1)	910	0
English Opening The English opening starts with c4, white starts with a challenge for the white squares in the center of the board.	SteveB	3.5/5.0 (2)	1563	4
Smothered Mate A smothered mate is a checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because he is surrounded (or smothered) by his own pieces.	SteveB	4.5/5.0 (2)	1450	0
Swallow's tail mate also known as the Guéridon mate Here is another checkmate in which the King’s own forces block its escape.	SteveB	4/5.0 (2)	2250	0
Boden Mate The Boden mate is named for Samuel Boden, who played a famous early example of it in Schulder–Boden, London 1853 where the king is mated by the two criss-crossing bishops, and blocked by two friendly pieces.	SteveB	4.3/5.0 (4)	1484	1