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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. |
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SteveB
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5/5.0 (5) | 1365 | 2 |
The Back Rank mate A checkmate with a Rook or Queen. |
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Charlie
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4.5/5.0 (2) | 850 | 0 |
ITALIAN AND SISILIAN OPENING Great openings in the beginning game. |
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Charlie
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4.5/5.0 (2) | 775 | 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. |
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SteveB
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4.4/5.0 (4) | 1565 | 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. |
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SteveB
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3.5/5.0 (4) | 1690 | 0 |
The Knight This document covers the basic moves of the Knight and Knight strategies. |
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SteveB
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5/5.0 (3) | 1587 | 2 |
The Bishop This document covers the basic moves of the Bishop and Bishop strategies. |
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SteveB
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5/5.0 (1) | 1457 | 0 |
The Pawn This document covers the basic moves of the Pawn and Pawn strategies. |
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SteveB
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3.3/5.0 (3) | 1842 | 2 |
The Rook This document covers the basic moves of the Rook and Rook strategies. |
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SteveB
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4.5/5.0 (2) | 1480 | 1 |
The King This document covers the basic moves of the King and King strategies. |
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SteveB
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5/5.0 (2) | 1766 | 0 |
The Queen This document covers the basic moves of the Queen and Queen strategies. |
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SteveB
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3.7/5.0 (3) | 1494 | 0 |
Petrov's Defence, Marshall Trap This document covers the Marshall trap |
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SteveB
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5/5.0 (1) | 848 | 0 |
English Opening The English opening starts with c4, white starts with a challenge for the white squares in the center of the board. |
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SteveB
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3.5/5.0 (2) | 1541 | 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. |
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SteveB
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4.5/5.0 (2) | 1435 | 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. |
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SteveB
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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. |
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SteveB
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4.3/5.0 (4) | 1471 | 1 |