Commonly occurring in endgames, stalemates are a very important idea to understand, as a winning

When in a situation where you may be at risk of losing a piece, the Desperado is a perfect tactic

Since the creation of the Memphis Youth Chess Organization, our students have progressed

Almost 10 months ago, Memphis Youth Chess Organization hosted its first lesson. We started off

Sacrificing a piece is something that must be carefully calculated and executed, and a queen sacrifice is no

When your pawn reaches the 7th rank, it feels almost instinctive to promote it to a queen; the queen is the most

If you’ve been playing chess for a while, you may have come across the term “backward pawn.” A backward

In the last blogpost, we visited The Lucena Position which is a way to force a draw when the king is blocking

If you’ve been playing chess for a while, there’s a good chance that you’ve encountered The Lucena Position

As we know from our point value system, knights and bishops are each worth three points. You may be

For many players, how many points they have determines if they’re winning or not in a chess game. As we saw

The skewer is another highly common tactic which occurs when a less valuable piece is able to capture a more

What are pawn islands, why do we need to study them, and when is it useful may all be questions that you