Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Australia’s newest International Master, James Morris, who was doing a week’s work experience at Chess Kids.
James is a pale, young-looking 15 year-old with a keen mind hidden beneath a mop of unruly brown hair. David Cordover and I took James out to lunch and used that opportunity to interview him to find out the story behind his sudden success. Read more…
In chess, a fortress is an endgame drawing technique in which the side behind in material sets up a zone of protection around their King that cannot be penetrated by the opponent. The player can then draw merely by passive defense.
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This is a different type of chess problem, it concerns not what you have to do in the future, but what has happened previously in the game.
Question: Whose turn is it to move?
Prove your answer is correct.
This is a different type of chess problem, it concerns not what you have to do in the future, but what has happened previously in the game.
Question: What square was the White queen captured on?
Prove your answer is correct.
Can you work out what to do here? It is white’s turn to move and you can force checkmate in 4 moves.
Clue: Try to play forcing moves if you can, but remember check isn’t always the best move.
Find the incredible mate in 3. Be careful: it’s a lot harder than it looks! Read more…
a) If Black promotes to a queen, then how does White draw?
b) If Black promotes to a rook, then how does White draw?
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