The Blackburne Shilling Gambit is the name of the chess opening (or in fact a trap in the Italian game) that begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4?!
It is also referred to as the Kostić Gambit after the Serbian grandmaster Borislav Kostić, who played it in the early 20th century. According to our rules for [...]
One way of making it easier to play the endgame is by using the concept of key squares. Key squares are squares that you have to occupy with your King. If you succeed in doing so you will win the game, regardless who’s turn it is to move.
A pawn who has not reached the fifth [...]
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 [...]
