Alekhine Defense is King’s Pawn opening that starts with 1. e4 Nf6 is the Alekhine defense. This opening is named after former world champion Alekhine Alexander. It is not seen very much at a top level, but at a club level it can work as a good surprise for your opponent. Black immediately attacks the e4 pawn with the knight,…
Caro-Kann Defense is a King’s Pawn opening that starts with 1. e4 c6 2.d4 d5 is Caro-Kann defense. Black plays with the aim of creating his own strong square d5 and challenging the e4 pawn. This opening usually leads to a positional kind of a game and sometimes structures similar to the queen’s pawn openings which start with 1.d4 White…
Scandinavian Defense is a King’s Pawn Opening that starts with 1. e4 d5. It is also called center-counter defense. Black immediately challenges white’s center pawn and ready to play a game with open center. Black is ready to lose a few tempo after recapturing the pawn on d5 with the queen. But as we will see, it doesn’t add too…
Chess is a board game that has been around for centuries and has been enjoyed by people of all ages. One of the most important rules in chess is the 50-move rule – but do you know what it is? And how it works? In chess, the 50-move rule states that if 50 consecutive moves have been made by both…
Danish gambit is King’s Pawn Opening that starts with 1. e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3. White sacrifices a pawn (and not one but two! as we will see) to get a good lead in development and a really dangerous attack with the bishops. However, it is pretty easy to refute this opening with black, but you have to know the…
The queen is the mighties piece on the chessboard. She is strong, far-reaching, and dominating; she truly is a majestic piece. This is all thanks to how she moves. So, how does the queen move in chess? The queen can move in any direction diagonally, vertically, or horizontally on the board and can travel as many unoccupied squares as she…
