👋 Hi Chess Enthusiast

In Today’s Newsletter, we will revisit and recap all the lesson we have seen so far to refresh the concepts.

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^{In our first issue, we learned the 8 opening principles of Chess.}

The eight opening principles include

A) Development Mindset.

B) Bring your minor pieces out before the major pieces.

C) Castle your king before move no.10.

D) Don’t move the same piece twice before move no.10.

E) Dont bring your queen out early.

F) Develop your pieces towards the center of the board.

G) Connect the rook.

H) Develop your pieces with purpose.

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^{In our second issue, we learned about check vs checkmate.}

When you attack your opponent king and your opponent can escape from that attack, then it is called a check.

In Checkmate, you will be attacking the king again, but this time the opponent king cannot escape; wherever they try to move, their king will get captured.

So, checkmate is a situation where your opponent's king is under attack and is not able to escape from the attack.

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In our third issue, we learned about a middle game tactic called Pin

A pin is a concept that one can use to restrict one or more of your opponent’s pieces. Usually, the piece that is pinned blocks the attack of a valuable piece or king.

There are two types of pins. They are Absolute pin and Relative Pin

In an absolute pin, we pin a piece along with the king while on the relative pin, we pin a piece using along with a valuable piece like queen or rook etc.

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^{In our fourth issue, we learned about a middle game tactic - Skewer}

A skewer is a concept in which the more valuable piece will be attacked (Can be a king also), forcing it to move, and exposing a lesser valuable piece at the back which can be captured. Skewer is just a reversal of the pin concept.

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There are two types of skewers. They are Absolute skewer and Relative skewer.

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^{In our fifth issue, we learned about a middle game tactic - Fork}

A Fork is a tactic in which a single piece attacks 2 or more pieces at the same time. Fork concept is also called as double attack.

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^{In our sixth issue, we learned about a middle game tactic -}

A discovery is a dangerous trick that you can use to surprise your opponent and win the game. It happens when a player moves one piece out of the way to reveal a previously blocked attack by another piece.

There are two types - Discovered Check and Discovered Attack

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That concludes this edition of our newsletter. Keep practicing, keep learning, and keep pushing the boundaries of your chess skills.

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In the next newsletter on Thursday, we will learn about a concept called X-Ray Attack.

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Author,

Ramalingam Karthik

Chess With Ramkar

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