The ultimate goal is to checkmate the opponent's queen. These pieces include one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. There are 16 different pieces on the table for each player. The chessboard is made out of boxes in white and black that represent each player. It is a strategic game that is played with two players.
11.Chess is one of the most popular board games around the world. The example a pawn fork is given on the diagram below.
Colloquially, they are often called FORKS. The most vivid examples of the double attack are the ones that involve the knight and the pawn. It might come as a HUGE surprise, but a double attack is an instance when one pieces attacks two opposing pieces and as a result wins material. Without even knowing, I discovered the mechanism of the double attack. When I played chess as a kid, my main goal to attack as many pieces possible with my knight. Therefore, without further ado, let’s take that “ SMALL STEP FOR A CHESSPLAYER”, and see what some of the most often combination elements are. Once you get familiar with the various elements that appear during the game, you will soon start noticing them in your own games. Learning basic combination elements is precisely that. These smaller combinations are based on the typical tactical motives and are also called BASIC COMBINATION ELEMENTS.Īs I have previously discussed in my “ The art of checkmate” review, pattern recognition is one of the important aspects of chess learning.
The key point here is the fact that no matter how long or how complicated a combination is, it can always be divided into shorter and simpler combinations. And so on, and so on… As a famous chess author Irving Chernev once said: It can appear wherever, wheneveron the chessboard. As a result of combination, one side can win a modest pawn, or force the mate of the enemy king. The answer is that it can really be anything. Probably the only mystery is what a tangible gain is. Tactics you are doing it wrong ? CHESS COMBINATIONS – BASIC ELEMENTSįirst of all, perhaps it is not a bad idea to define what chess combination actually is.įrom the wikipedia: ” In chess, a combination is a sequence of moves, often initiated by a sacrifice, which leaves the opponent few options and results in tangible gain.”Īlthough I am not a big fan of the definitions, I think this one is pretty clear. Because I think it is very important to get acquainted with a chess term closely related to the term tactics – and that is the CHESS COMBINATION. If you still haven’t given up after this much Angry Birds bashing, in the remainder of the post I will try to concentrate on the basics of the tactical play. FUN WITHOUT DAMAGE TO YOUR IQ – seriously, why are these CLICK, CLICK, CLICK games that much popular?.Basically, lower rated players make more mistakes, and give you more opportunities to exploit. The probability of this spontaneous opportunities appearing on the board is highly correlated to the rating of the players. Naturally, in order to be able to say “ THANK YOU VERY MUCH”, a tactical idea has to be found and calculated correctly. It happens that our opponent overlooks a tactical idea and gives us a nice present. SPONTANEITY – often in chess, a tactical blow is not a logical follow up to a brilliant tactical idea.On the path of becoming a complete player, good calculations and tactical awareness are the cornerstone. Whether it is a brilliant 11-move kingside attack in the middlegame, or modest “ he takes this I take that” maneuvre in the endgame. PRESENCE – tactics are important during all phases of the game.But I still think that once you dig beyond the surface, it turns out to be a very logical advice. I think that working on your tactics, especially as a beginner is REALLY a good idea because of the following: Naturally, I don’t have a scientific proof for that. Because unlike some others dogmatic rules in chess (and life in general), this one very much seems to work. However, it seems that this ANCIENT chess advice has some credibility. Or at least they keep telling you that while you are a kid, while all you want is to pass that new level in the latest version of the ANGRY BIRDS. It sure is a great advice, especially for kids, because the best way to do so is by solving tactical puzzles. One of the most often heard advice for beginners is to work on one’s tactical skill. This post will therefore, partly try to answer these questions.
The natural question for someone who is new to chess is, what to study and how to begin. One of the suggestions was very blatant, as it simply said that studying chess is esential for improvement. In the previous post we have written about best ways to improve your chess.