![]() ![]() Keyword Q&A : Chess Board With Annotations January 11, 2021.Chess Board Zones : The Flanks January 11, 2021.Keyword Q&A : Chess Checkmate Strategy January 11, 2021.The Chess Time Principle January 11, 2021.Chess Openings Analyzer : How COA Analyzes Chess Openings January 11, 2021.Control of a Useful Open File : Point Count Chess: January 11, 2021.Keyword Q&A : Counter Quick Checkmate January 11, 2021.Doubled Pawns : Point Count Chess: January 11, 2021.GW’s First Attempt at Basic Chess Strategy, January 2010 : Introduction January 11, 2021.Chess Strategies Guide, Section 1: Strategies Stopping Enemy Counterplay (Keeping Your Opponent Helpless) January 11, 2021.The King will have to move, to escape Check … White’s Queen will then be free to capture Black’s helpless Rook. In this image (left), White’s Queen Absolutely Skewers Black’s King. This forces the King to step aside, so the less-valuable Pawn/Piece becomes accessible to capture. The Absolute Skewer attacks the enemy King directly, which puts it in Check. In this case (see image, left), White’s Bishop is after capturing Black’s Knight. The idea of the Skewer Attack is to force the more-valuable unit out of the way, so you can capture the less-valuable unit behind. The Skewer involves attacking a more-valuable Piece, which is in front of a less-valuable Pawn or Piece. Skewers can be either Relative or Absolute, as you’ll see from the following Chess Tactics images. ![]() The pattern for identifying potential Skewer Attacks is when you see a more-valuable Piece that’s in front of a less-valuable Pawn/Piece. Here, Black’s Queen is absolutely Pinned against her King, by White’s Rook. To move would be to place its King in Check, which would be illegal. Once Pinned (Absolutely), the less-valuable Pawn/Piece CANNOT move out of danger. When the Pin is Absolute, one of the enemy Pieces at risk is the King. The Pin involves attacking a less-valuable Pawn/Piece, which is sitting in front of a more-valuable Piece.īecause it’s Relative, it means the two enemy units are any, but NOT the King.īeware, as the Pinned unit (White’s Knight, in this case) can break the Pin by moving away, to leave the greater-value Piece to its fate (for Strategical reasons!). Pin Attacks can be either Relative or Absolute. The pattern for identifying potential Pin Attacks is when you see a less-valuable Pawn/Piece that’s in front of a more-valuable Piece. The King MUST be rescued/made safe the other Pawn/Piece is left to its own fate. Fork Attack – Absoluteīecause this is Absolute, one of the attacked units, in the Absolute Fork, is the enemy King. The attacked opponent must choose which unit to rescue – the other will most likely be captured. Relative Attacks don’t include attacking the enemy King. The Relative Fork attack sees one unit attacking two or more enemy units in a single maneuver. ![]() The Fork Attack sees one unit attack two enemy units in a single maneuver.Īs you’ll see with the following Chess Tactics images you get two types of Fork – Relative & Absolute. Black must save the King, but will lose the Black Queen to White’s Knight. In the image (left) White’s Bishop performs the Discovered Check. With the Discovered Check, the uncovered, attacking unit attacks the enemy King.īecause it involves a Check, the opponent (Black, in this case) must rescue the King at ALL cost. The Rooks can form the Battery either along the Files, as in the diagram (left), or across a Rank. ![]() Probably the least formidable, but still can have a significant impact (depending on the circumstances on the Board). Since then, this Battery formation has become known as Alekhine’s Gun. Battery – Queen & 2x RooksĪ Queen and 2x Rooks is the most powerful Battery Attack you’re likely to see, in games of Chess.Īlexander Alekhine used to use this in his games, with the two Rooks leading the Queen, along a File, pointing at the enemy. Though, again, your Queen can be at the head of the Battery. This type of Battery Attack can occur either across a Rank or, as shown in the image (left), along a File. You’ll see an example each type of Battery, in the four accompany Chess Tactics images. Often, it’s best to lead with the Bishop (because it’s more expendable).īut, as with all of these Tactics, you must allow the circumstances – the unique position on the Chessboard, to dictate proceedings. This type of Battery can only happen along the Diagonals. The idea is to build-up power, just like a domestic/household battery, where the addition of more cells (Pieces, in this case), increases the strength of the Battery. Battery Attacks involve either the Queen & Bishop, along the Diagonals or, the Queen and Rook(s), along the straights (Ranks or Files). ![]()
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