Endgame with Rook pawn
We have seen that we had to be carefull in the endgame with the Knight game, but the endgame in itself was almost the same. For the Rook pawn, which means a Pawn on the a-file or the h-file, however the endgame is very different. The side of the board provides a [...]
Endgame with Knight pawn
In the King on the sixt rank lesson we have seen that this kind of endgame with a central or Bishop pawn ahead was won. now we will look at the Knight pawn and later on we will look at the Rook pawn.
This article will first summarize the most important ideas of the Italian Game after which the diagram will be used to replay the main variations of this opening.
The Italian game is a very popular opening, especially with kids. The opening is played very strict by the Rules for the opening. In this opening both players [...]
Since the start of this blog the number of chess lessons has increased a lot, but now it has become rather difficult for new visitors to navigate between these chess lessons.
Therfor I have added a new static page that gives an overview of all the chess lessons on this site.
This index contains links to most [...]
In the Pawn’s square rule lesson you have learned that one pawn more may be enough to win the game. But if the pawn in itself can’t make it to the other side the can has to assist.
In this lesson you will see that if the assisting King is able to reach the sixth rank [...]
