Pawn Fork Tips

In a Chess Game pawn is minimum valued piece and so many of player juts forget of pawn’s power until he was in fork attack. Due to this low cost idea & slow movement so many players will not see any threat from pawn. But keep in mind that pawn is very powerful with this pawn fork technique. I’ll explain few patterns which can be help to identify & how we can proceed with pawn forks.

Here is a very simple pawn attack. you can see that 2 Chess knights are in a row number 4 and locations e4 & g4. Now these 2 knights are going to be forked by f2 pawn. Just  a single step forward will make a very simple but powerful pawn fork attack.

Here is the Theory:

In any rank(row), when 2 chess pieces are standing with a gap of exactly 1 block apart from each other There is a possibility to get pawn attack.

Tips:

Don’t keep chess pieces in a single row without any protection.

Don’t keep Chess knights  in a single row when enemy pawns are close enough.  

Tricks:

If you are in a pawn fork try to find a Check by using forked chess pieces.

Try to capture any other chess pieces by using forked chess pieces.

Try to get out one forked chess piece & place a attacking position on major chess piece like Queen or Rook.

Advice:

Don’t make a pawn fork unless you can’t make a profit of it. Profit means that by time or points.

Sometimes we can’t find a pawn fork situation but doing small adjustment we can have it. I’ll explain how that can done in next article.

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Chess Fork

In a Chess game we have a special tactic called FORK. Fork is a technique which a single chess piece attacks two or more chess pieces simultaneously. Most of the time we called this tactic is double attack. The reason behind is that is most of the cases fork happens attacking 2 chess pieces. But in some cases for can be happen on more than 2 chess pieces. Attacking chess piece is called by FKORKING chess piece & attacked are called by FORCKED chess pieces.

Major and most Common fork chess piece is Chess knight. When a Chess knight is moving all player should aware of forking situations. So it is bit hard to get forked by knight since all players aware of fork master.  Then we used Chess pawn for this tactic. We can use all chess pieces for fork attacks. But we get more chance or more benefit if we can use lower rank chess pieces for forking process. 

Knight fork is very powerful tactic and that may cause huge damage to the opponent like losing Queen or Rook.  Most of the time is one of the forked chess piece will be King. So we have to scarify major chess pieces to protect King. Also there are few techniques which can be useful to overcome fork situation. But that is more or less depending on the game plan.  

Queen fork is more valuable in end game situation. When we have more space in the chess board we can use Queen to attack unprotected chess pieces by making Check to King.

In Above image shows how powerful Knight Fork is. Opponent will lose Queen and Rook by few forks.

There will be few articles about Fork Tips in near future with images & steps. This article is only for basic understanding of Chess fork. 

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Checkmate

Checkmate is a state in a Chess game. Only one player can be Checkmate at a time means that both players can't be in Checkmate states same time. Player who is under Checkmate state is a looser of the game. Delivering checkmate is the ultimate goal in a chess Game.

Checkmate state is a position of a chess game & in this position one player's King is Directly attacked by other payer's Chess pieces. First payer don't have any legal movement to protect his King. Normally in Chess games it has a practice to say that "Check" before Checkmate movement. But that is not necessary. Finally it can say that "a player who is checkmated loses the game".

Most of the time players resign before they get Checkmate. Sometimes game will Ends without a checkmate. That can be stalemate or Draw. stalemate is a State which player don't have any legal move and King is not under check state. There are lots of tricks behind to reach ultimate goal. In that Major Chess pieces will play major role in Later game. Queen & Rook are the Major Chess pieces.

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All Chess pieces in a Single page with their own movement patterns

Chess Guide:

This article will explain all Chess pieces in a Single page with their own movement patterns. All in One Style.

If you are interesting with more details please Click on the below link. That has more information about each of the them.

Chess Pawn

Chess Knight

Chess Queen

Chess Bishop

Chess Rook

Chess King

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How I can select Color on a Chess Game?

This article will answer few FAQs related to color of the player from Chess beginners.

How I can play as Black Color?

How I can play as White Color?

Who is going to Start the Game?

Which Color will Start the Game?

It has a very simple Explanation:

There will be a draw before start the Game. Winner of the Draw will select the Color. If Winner has chosen White Then Looser will be black. Therefore Winner of the Draw will have authority to select the Color. That means Winner has the power to make First move or make opponent to make First Move.

White has to start the Game with First move.

How I can play as Black Color?

If you win the Draw invite to opponent to play first.

How I can play as White Color?

If you win the Draw just start to play first move.

Who is going to Start the Game?

White color player will start first move.

Which Color will Start the Game?

White color player will start first move.

Can I Skip a turn?

Nope. You must play on turn. If not time out will kick you.

What is the best move in Chess?

There is nothing called best move in Chess. All moves are very important.

Is there any time out for whole Game?

Yes it is. There won’t be any time out for Friends games.

Is there any time out for a move?

Nope. You can take any time. But it will cost you.

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Chess Pawn – (Chess pieces)

   

 

Chess pawn is a Chess piece on a Chess board and know as the most weakest chess piece. This represent an infantry in Chathurangani Army. As old days soldiers are normally cheaper than officers. also the Chess pawn. Lowest Chess piece in a chess board. Due to this low cost we have 8 chess pawns in a Chess board on initial Stage for a player. So we have 16 chess pieces all together in First Stage of the Game. We have to move pawns to play other chess pieces other than Chess Knight. (Knight is always a Jumper.) White pawns are located in 2nd Row & Blacks are located in 7th Row. We use P to denote a Chess pawn but normally don't mentioned it. Movement of a Chess pawn is very Simple. If a pawn is not done any movement, means that he is in his original place He can either move 2 squares or 1 Square. This is a Special Condition. He can boost in the beginning step. Then he can only move 1 square Distance to forward. Only Forward. When he found a Chess piece in front of him he should Stop. He can't jump over any piece (Even in First boost Step). Also he can't capture a Chess piece who is in his Front. This means it is very easy  to stop a Chess pawn's Travel.







If a pawn can't capture his Front piece how he can capture any piece? When capturing it must move diagonally. For Example if an enemy(Black) chess piece on d5 and own pawn is located in c4 or e4, now any of our pawn can capture that enemy chess piece moving through diagonally.   No backward movements. Also no backward capturing. a chess pawn can perform move in columns forward or capture enemy pieces diagonally.  This is somewhat special. movements & capturing. Anyway just like other all chess pieces we have to stay on captured square. Menas that no jumping over any pieces to any square.   what happens if a pawn reach the End of the board?

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Chess Knight - (Chess pieces)

Chess Knight

Chess Knight is a chess piece on a Chess Board. Chess Knight also a very Special chess piece. It is describe as a Armed cavalry in King's Army. It is get shaped as a Horse Head in real world. Even though cavalry are the fastest unit in a real world it is bit different in a Chess Board.  Anyway He is showing his Hidden attacks pattern even in Chess board as real World. Each player will get 2 Chess Knights in the beginning. White Knights are located on b1 & g1 and Blacks are located on b8 & g8 respectively.


Chess Knight has a Special move pattern. That is not horizontally nor Vertically niter. Also not diagonally. That is actually 2 Steps. First Step Knight jump 2 Square Distance Horizontally or Vertically. Then jump a single Square Distance to Left or Right. See the image Below.  This is a Single movement. This explain Knight has a special movement pattern that all other Chess pieces.

White Knight in the image shows his attacking power. He can Attack in 8 positions. The most Special fact is that Knight is a Jumper. He will not care about other chess pieces on the Road. it needs to be Empty or Enemy's Chess pieces on any of doted Square He can travel without considering all other facts.


Chess Knight is used in fork Attacks in Chess board very Frequently. He is the Most popular attacker in for fork attacks. Whenever Knight comes to play into the ground we have to very careful with his fork attacks.



Knight has same price to a Chess Bishop. Knight has not a long range but bishop has that. Even though Bishop can cover only a single color and Half of the board. But Knight can reach to any square. But it may be too late.

Another special fact is that When a Knight make a Check it must move the King or it must capture that Knight. We can not block him attacking path. If we get a Check attack from a bishop or a Rook we can block those attacks by using any of chess piece without moving the King. But that is not happening with Knight Attacks.

Knight is the Only one who can challenge to the Queen. Queen can't attack back or capture Knight at once.  Also keep in mind that Chess Knight is getting killed or trapped easily.


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Chess Queen - (Chess pieces)

Chess Queen 

 Chess Queen is the most powerful chess piece in a Chess board. Actually She is a Combination of Rook & Bishop. So She can Travel through rows or Columns and Diagonally as well. Each player will have a Queen in the beginning of a game & She is next to the King. That is just as real World. Not Like King She owns her Color. That means her original or initial square is player's own Color. White Queen is in White Square & black Queen is in a Black Square. Also White Queen start with d1 & Black Queen start with d8 squares.   Normally we say that Queen Greater than Bishop - Castle Combination. Yes That is true. In the End Game Queen become a massive attacker. She can Check King for Continues Steps Until get Finished. So Normally Player are not going to keep opponent's Queen in the Board for Long time. All knows When She get a chance she will go for a KILL. Therefor most player used to exchange Queen in the beginning if they don't have a Great Plan. That is somewhat safer than Keeping Her silent.

Also we say that 2 Rooks are more powerful than a Queen. But Still There are significant benefits with having a Queen than a 2 Rooks.   

 This image shows a Chess Queens possible moves. Same as other Chess pieces (other than Knight) Queen also can't jump over any piece. Her travel Ends with any chess piece in her path. As you can see the image Chess Queen has a massive attack range all over the chess board.   Chess Queen is well equipped with Chess fork. (Fork is a double attack. This will be Describe  in a separate post.)

So When board get open too much She becomes a vulnerable unit.  Due to this points She became a target. Also novice players get killed their Queen in early Stage. There are several reasons for that. Anyway Experienced Players just keep Her Silence in the Start.   When Compare with Queen  with King is same possible moves in Direction. But King has power to travel  only 1 Square distance.  Keep in Mind Chess Queen made lots of Stalemates. That means a Draw. Sometimes you almost win the game but Queen has crush it.

 So MORE POWER is not a MORE CHANCE to WIN.  

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Chess Bishop - (Chess pieces)

Chess Bishop

Bishop is a Chess Piece in a Chess board. There are 4 bishops in a chess board & each player has 2 bishops in the Start. White bishops are located in c1 & f1 and Black bishops are located in c8 & f8. One bishop is in between King & Knight & other one is in between Queen & Knight. So we called them as Advisers for King & Queen. Always next to them. Bishop is a special chess piece which can't reach all of the squares in a Chess board. Each player has 2 bishops and we called then Black bishop & White Bishop without considering player color and only considering the Start square color. So White player has 2 color or 2 color controlled 2 bishops. So White bishop travels only in white Squares & black Bishop travels in black Squares. Keep in mind that is not Player's color but the travelling square Color.   We normally called them King's Bishop & Queen's Bishop. Also one bishop can cover Only a haft of the board



Below image is Describing about Bishop's is movements. He always travel in diagonally. Because He has access to travel in only one color.   Black bishop's maximum travel length is comer to corner. That is b1 to h8 as the image. also for White bishops will be h1 to a8. Same as most chess pieces bishop also can't jump over other chess pieces.

We normally say that Rook is more powerful than a Bishop. But Bishop is more powerful than a Knight. Bishop is a called a minor Chess piece. But he is more powerful in the End game. There is some stories with wrong Bishop. That means we need King's Bishop but we have Queen's Bishop. So that leads to a Draw just  because of this wrong Bishop matter. it is Better to keep in mind both Bishops are important. So don't exchange for Knights without having a plan.

In some games it will ends up with opposite color bishops. That makes very hard for the Defender. Also Some times Knights get better in Double attack called Fork.  Fork will be discussed in another post.

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Chess Rook - (Chess pieces)

Chess Rook

Chess Rook is a major piece in a Chess board and very powerful in End Game. In General we called it "Castle".  Rook is joining with the King for Castling process which is a special move in Chess game. That is the Only move we use in Chess which moves 2 chess pieces at-once. In a Chess board it has 4 Rooks which are 2 White & 2 Black in colors. White Rook original locations are a1 & h1 and Black rook original locations are h1 & h8. Actually those squares are the corners of a Chess boards. Rook travel in horizontally & vertically in a chess board. He can't jump over any chess piece. But he will do this in Special move which is called "Castling" which I have mentioned above. So this means Rook or castle can travel faraway at once. Maximum  travel distance will be 8 Squares. That is from one Boarder to Other boarder with a Clear Road.

In the below image shows about Rooks Travel paths. Normally we called Rook as a Major piece. most of players consider rook is almost equal to Queen. Queen is the most powerful piece in a Chess board. Therefore we already get alarmed when Queen is moving. But that won't happens with Rook. Also Rook is coming to play in the End Game. it will get 5 points in Chess Score board for a Castle. That shows Rook has a major role. When Chasing a pawn This is the best chess piece in End Game. He can cover full row in Single move. So it is very hard to escape from Rook with End game.

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Chess King - (Chess pieces)

Chess King

King is the most important chess pieces in a chess board. There are 2 kings in a Chess board & each belongs to each player. A player who plays White will has a white king & player who plays black will has a black King. Although King is the most important piece in a chess board it is very weak piece. Normally Chess King has a Cross on top of the piece as in the image. Also normally King is the tallest chess piece in a Chess board. Shape is almost closer with Queen other than Cross (+) Sing.

In the game Primary Objective is that to capture the opponent's King. When even Opponent's King been threaten you have to say "Check" to inform about that. So opponent will have a change to escape or protect his King. When the opponent's King can;t move to safe place or can't protect Game will be over. That is called "Check mate". Game objective has achieved.


White King's Start position will be e1 & Black King's is e8. King is always next to Queen at the Start stage of the game. The Chess King can move to a single square distance in any Direction (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) if that square is not checked by opponent. This is described in below image. in the image king is located in e4. Now He can move to any location by 1 Square. That means in all 8 directions since no black pieces around him to make him check.

One of the most important fact about Chess is that we can move our own piece to a square which is already occupied by our own piece.This is true for King piece as well. if we have our own piece on e3. then we can't move King to that position. But if that was a opponent's one Then you can remove him & cap occupy if that is not checked by another piece.

Basic Rule:

If we need to remove any opponent piece from the board we have to capture that piece's square by reaching or moving to that same square. Not like in checker, we are not going to jump over the pieces (Other than Chess Knight).Always a square is belongs to a current occupier. This can be a chain of attacks for a single square.



Next post will be about King Castling. Important fact in later stage game.

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