Chess Teaching Archives

Wordpress 2.3

I have updated this Chess Lessons Blog to WordPress 2.3, which is the latest version.
As far as I see it the theme is compatible with the new version of Wordpress. During the last weeks I had some problems within the admin part. These problems seem to have disappeared during the upgrade. Unfortunately the blog has [...]

King’s Gambit

This is the first chess lesson in a new series of chess lessons. In the future I will add more chess lessons to the previous series, but I think it is time to move on to the next level.
The King’s Gambit is one of the most famous gambits. The purpose of this pawn sacrifice is [...]

Finishline

The new Wordpress theme I am going to use is called Finishline. I like this design very much and as you can see the resemblance with Cutline is rather large.
I have adapted the theme. I had to adapt it to be able to replay the chess games.
Furthermore the images of the racingcars were replaced by [...]

The old Wordpress theme

I am going to use a new Wordpress theme. I still have to adapt the new theme to some of my specific needs, but I think that this will be finished within a couple of days. At the moment I am running the new theme on my localhost.
To remember the old days a screendump [...]

Mate in three

You will find a new mate in three problem each time you visit this page (or after a refresh of this page). After giving the right solution or after three wrong answers the solution is revealed.
You can make a move by clicking on a piece and dropping it at the target square.
One additional tip: [...]