beginchess.com » Positions http://beginchess.com Chess for Beginners Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:01:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tactical Position for Study http://beginchess.com/2009/08/27/tactical-position-for-study/ http://beginchess.com/2009/08/27/tactical-position-for-study/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:30:49 +0000 beginchess http://www.beginchess.com/?p=566 borovsky1g0_22White to move

Highlight below for answer:

15.Rxf6 gxf6 16.Bh3+ Rd7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Qg4+ Ke8 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Qe6+ Kf8 21.Bh6#

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1. Material: White is up a pawn, that is about to Queen. But White cannot defend it.

2. King safety. White’s King is pinned to the light squared bishop. Black’s King is in no immediate danger.

3. Activity: Black’s rook is more active, and his bishop is not pinned like White’s.

4. Pawn structure. White has the better pawn structure on the Kingside, and has a passed pawn on the Qside.

Biggest threat for White is 1…Rxa7 losing the passed pawn and heading into a draw.

Problem is that White cannot defend the pawn with the rook since the rook is lost with either 1.Ra8 or 1.Rc7.

Candidates:

Highlight text for answer:

1. Rxc6+ {the most forcing move} Kxc6 2.a8=Q Rxa8 3.Be4+ {Wins the Black rook due to the skewering of the King and the Rook}

]]> http://beginchess.com/2009/08/18/position-for-study-1/feed/ 1 Detailed Chess Training Schedule http://beginchess.com/2009/07/14/detailed-chess-training-schedule/ http://beginchess.com/2009/07/14/detailed-chess-training-schedule/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:36:49 +0000 beginchess http://www.beginchess.com/?p=384 Building upon the generic training schedule the detailed chess training schedule includes information on the topics and materials to be covered during my chess training sessions. This list is customized for me, but I am including it as an example for others to build upon as well as for my own reference.

Monday July 13th
Study Endings using Silman’s Endgame Course (1hr)
Solve tactics on chess.com (30min)

Tuesday July 14th
Study Strategy from My System (1hr)
Solve endings using Chess Tempo (30min)

Wednesday July 15th
Play G/30 Game
Annotate game

Thursday July 16th
Solve strategy using content from Chess Master Schools (1hr)
Solve tactics on chess.com (30min)

Friday July 17th
Study openings (Nimzo-Indian) (1hr)
Solve endings using Chess Tempo (30min)

Saturday July 18th
Play G/30 Game
Annotate game

Sunday July 19th
Catch-up day

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