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The Samuel Bowden Trick: Checkmate After Sacrificing Rook
Chess coach Daniel Greiner presents the Samuel Bowden trick, where sacrificing a rook leads directly to checkmate.
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Mastering Checkmate: The Rook’s Decoy Move Explained
Chess coach Daniel Greiner masters the rook’s decoy move that sets up a forced checkmate. Major security operation underway ...
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‘Chess house’ makes all the right moves on Lyndale Avenue
On one of the busiest streets in south Minneapolis, an extreme chess set up has people stopping on their walks.
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Warriors center checkmated competition in Las Vegas
Some NBA centers are playing checkers, but Post is playing chess out there. Perhaps blitz chess would be a good litmus test ...
FIDE WC Final: Humpy, Divya Share Spoils in Game 1
Young Indian International Master Divya Deshmukh held her nerves to hold stalwart Koneru Humpy to a draw in game 1 of the ...
FIDE Women's World Cup Final: Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh Draw In Game 1 Of All-India Clash
The draw with black means Humpy, the two-time World Rapid champion, holds a slight edge going in the second and final game ...
FIDE Women's World Cup final: Koneru Humpy draws with Divya Deshmukh in first game
Young Indian International Master Divya Deshmukh held her nerves to hold stalwart Koneru Humpy to a draw in game 1 of the FIDE Women's World Cup final, with both players having their share of ...
FIDE Women's World Cup Final: Divya Deshmukh Left Frustrated, Koneru Humpy Holds Nerve in Game 1
In the FIDE Women's World Cup final, Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy faced off in a tightly contested first game that ended ...
Is chess ready for audiences at tournaments who cheer and shout like at other ‘spectator sport’ events?
At the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess event, presence of live audience with access to live commentary and eval bar didn’t go well ...