In most chess databases you can also find some very strange games. As an example I have searched for some early stalemates in the the ICOfY database and I have found some stalemates at the 12th move in which all pieces are still on the board.
I think that all these games are prearranged draws, but [...]
Minor promotion or underpromotion is the promotion of a pawn to a knight, bishop or rook. The player that has moved the pawn to the promotion square has to decide which piece to select: a queen, a rook, a bishop or a knight. It can not remain a pawn and according to the FIDE rules [...]
When annotating games I sometimes use some chess annotation symbols. The table below gives an overview of these symbols. These symbols are placed at the end of a move and can be distinguished in symbols to indicate the move itself, to indicate the quality of the move or to indicate the position after the move.
Deflection is a tactic that forces a piece of your opponent to leave the square, row or file where it has to remain, because it is needed there to defend something. This chess term is rather similar to luring, but in luring a piece has to be positioned at the right square to enable an [...]
Most of the time it is an advantage that it is your turn to move, but sometimes it is a very serious disadvantage. In chess this is known as Zugzwang.
This word Zugzwang originates from the German and means something like “forced to move”. It is your move and in chess you have to move since [...]