Originally posted by shevchenco9A checkmate is simply a check from which your opponent's king has no escape. In other words, when you check the king and
i have a question... do i need to put somebody in check directly before checkmate? or can i put him in checkmate at any point in the game after check?
1. The opposing king cannot move out of the check;
2. The opposing king cannot block the check by interposing a piece; and
3. Your opponent cannot capture the piece giving check, then
it is checkmate. There are no preconditions for it!
Paul
Originally posted by shevchenco9I Shev.
i have a question... do i need to put somebody in check directly before checkmate? or can i put him in checkmate at any point in the game after check?
reading your post you appear to think that you must deliver a check
before a checkmate.
"....or can I put him in checkmate at any point in the game after check?"
You can give a checkmate at anytime during the game and your opponent
need not have been in check before hand.
Here is a legal example of Black mating White in 3 moves.
White was never in check before the mate was delivered.
The result is sound. White has been checkmated.
Originally posted by National Master DaleLet me guess, u mated the computer??
That game Greenpawn reminds me of a game i played against an old radio shack chess computer from the olden days.
I was able to actually checkmate the computer in a game in 4 moves and I also lost my queen.
Anyone wanna guess how that game went?
Oh and I broke the 1800 barrier! but lost it after i missed a pin
Originally posted by jman566Do not play weak moves.
I was wondering if anyone had any tips to getting past 1700. A while back when i was around 1300-1400 someone told me to watch out for skewers, forks, etc and i will get to 1600. Now that im around that I was wondering if anyone had any advice to getting above 1700s. Am i missing a fundamental technique or something?
Thanks a bunch everyone
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Andy soltis has recently written a book on the subject of chess improvement. He covers things you just don't find anywhere else. Like why Practice is the real key to improvement. practice agansit computers or humans it doesn't really matter. He covers things like how the masters train and how to get the most out of a master game. It's a real good read and has completely curbed my once insatiable urge to keep adding books to my library. One of his quotes is that books are ok but you can't play against a book.
here's the link if anyone's interested.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=studyin+chess+made+easy
Obviously you need to find time to implement the training methods he outlines but that's another debate completely.