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Basic Pawn Endgame

I had 11 great moves in one game in chess.com! Can you imagine that 8 of those 11 moves came in the endgame. To be precise, it happened in a pawn endgame, where I could...

How to Checkmate with a Queen and a King

Welcome back to another blog! You played an amazing game of chess but could not convert that amazingness into a win only because you didn’t exactly know to checkmate with...

Checkmate with a King and a Rook

You are in a winning position. You just have a few pieces left. But you don’t know how to checkmate in the position. Or you are low in time. Eventually you either draw...

Castling in Chess

With all the pieces’ movement you learned previously, there are some special moves in chess. Castling is the most distinct among them. It is the sole move in chess which...

Introduction to Chess Pieces

I used to stare at the games my uncles played when I was little and wondered what on earth they were doing! Soon I discovered that they were playing a game named “chess”...

Know Each Square of the Chessboard

Pick a chess book and go through some pages. Soon you will discover some numbers and letters – like a4, h7, e6 – are used frequently to explain a game or position. What...

Understanding the Chessboard, Its Orientation, and Pieces Setup

I played chess with multiple persons and in several places in my early days of playing chess. I saw the playing style doesn’t match with one place to another. I see the...