Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Two pawns up in the rook endgame - let's have fun!





The game at Chessgames.com
 
   

Chess club for autistic children making the right moves


A chess club for autistic and gifted children in Tasmania is moving ahead in leaps and bounds in its first year, with members tackling their first state-wide tournament.

Link to the article 
The video 


Friday, December 27, 2013

Majority of pieces in the attack


Gary Lane writes in his book, Prepare to Attack, that "A simple way to try and correctly evaluate what is going on in a position is to count the pieces that are attacking compared to the number defending. ...such positions tend to favour the one with the majority of pieces."

Here is two positions from the book: