Initial Pawn move: When a pawn is still in its initial position, i.e. on the 2nd rank as white and the 7th rank as black, we have the option of moving the pawn ahead by two squares instead of one ...

1.1.Placing the White Knight on a1 on an otherwise empty Chess Board, let us add White Pawns on b2, c3, d4, e5, f6 and g7. How many moves does it take the a1 Knight to reach h8 this time? How many ...

Solution: Here White Checkmates with the move 1.Bh7! We conclude that removing the ‘g6’ or ‘h5’ pawns will lead to an immediate Checkmate on the Black King either on h7 or h8 by White’s ...

Well-executed starting moves in chess can tip a game’s outcome, and players often rely on tried-and-true openers. Those openers may not work well in Chess960, a chess variant that scrambles the ...