Decisive Advantage? Update

When do you resign? Losing an exchange should not be sufficient cause for resignation. But, what if you are down an exchange and your oppone...

How Easy? Update

I created this exercise four years ago for my students. It is one of what I call "one-move worksheets". I create a single page of ...

Bishop and Knight Checkmate Update

Forcing checkmate with a bishop and knight requires piece coordination and foresight. It is the most difficult of the elementary checkmates....

Making my Point Update

In " Bishop and Knight Checkmate ," I offered some mild criticism of Kevin at thechesswebsite.com . In his YouTube video teachin...

One by Leonid Kubbel Update

In Tal's Winning Chess Combinations (1979) by Mikhail Tal and Victor Khenkin, each section concludes with several exercises. There are ...

Here we go again! Update

Finding the study by Leonid Kubbel (see " One by Leonid Kubbel ") in Tal's Winning Chess Combinations (1979), sent me back in...

Karjakin -- Carlsen 2018: Critical Positions Update

The World Chess Championship is tied 5-5 after ten games. Today is a rest day. Before the match, many were predicting a victory for the rei...