Friday, 25 September 2009
Basic Checkmates
Openings as well as endings are the most important parts of the game or chess. Checkmate is a situation in chess in which king is under direct attack and there is no way to capture the king. Checkmate positions include a position that has no pawns. When one side is ahead in material and has pawns, the easiest winning plan is typically to queen one or more pawns and use them to checkmate. The situations where one has a king and queen, or king and rook, versus a lone king occurred very often, and it is essential to know how checkmate is achieved in such cases. The other cases, with minor pieces (bishops and knights) are much rarer, but are covered here for completeness.
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Wow, this methods are really the simplest ones to win a game, but they have a great disadvantage. If you play with a skilled player you will have no chance of using them. They are good to win only if you play with some kindergarten kids so they are pretty useless.
ReplyDeleteCheckmate is the final step in the game and after that only a new game could be preceded. Checks are often made and brooked, it’s just a warning that king is under direct attack. Once when the king is cornered and couldn’t make any further move or attacks, it is called the checkmate. It’s a sweet term that all players love to pronounce.
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