Last fortnight, we discussed ‘Pattern Recognition in Chess’, aided by basic checkmate patterns like the Back Rank Checkmate with the rook and the Queen. Let us continue where we left off in our ...

Chess players are often associated with having a memory as strong as a Rook..oops, I mean an Elephant! “Do you remember all your games?” is a common question posed to chess players! Now that would be ...

Despite the endgame being where many chess games are won or lost, many beginners overlook learning the phase, opting instead to study more glamorous aspects of chess, such as tactics, checkmating ...

Chess is a two-player board game that begins with each player controlling 16 pieces. The challenge in each chess game is to checkmate the opponent’s king. How strategically and quickly you find the ...

Jack Pursey is an Evergreen Editor from England who began working at Game Rant as a List Writer in August 2020. Jack enjoys games from a wide range of genres but has a soft spot for puzzle and ...

As world chess champion Magnus Carlsen defends his title against Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin in this month’s championship in New York, a smartphone app called Play Magnus invites users to test ...