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INTRODUCTION 1
yours faithfully,
Ivan Mukuye
03
INTRODUCTION 2
Kind regards,
Gonza Simon.
04 BOARD NOTATION
a8 b8 c8 d8 e8 f8 g8 h8
a7 b7 c7 d7 e7 f7 g7 h7
a6 b6 c6 d6 e6 f6 g6 h6
a5 b5 c5 d5 e5 f5 g5 h5
a4 b4 c4 d4 e4 f4 g4 h4
a3 b3 c3 d3 e3 f3 g3 h3
a2 b2 c2 d2 e2 f2 g2 h2
a1 b1 c1 d1 e1 f1 g1 h1
05 BOARD NOTATION
PAWN
KNIGHT - N CAPTURING - X
BISHOP - B
LONG CASTLING - O-O-O
CHECK - +
ROOK - R CHECKMATE - #
WHITE WINS - 1-
0
KING - K
06 CONTENTS
chapters
01
CHECKMATE
02
KING AND PAWNS
03
KING AND QUEENS
04
KING AND ROOKS
05
STALEMATE
06
SACRIFICES
07
Comrades books.
CHAPTER
01
CHECKMATE
09 CHECKMATE
DEFINITION
.
White has got a queen. However black can
also get a new queen by Re1+ followed by Rb1
and then a1=Q+. The king has been deflected
away from the queening square.
12
CHECKMATE
.
Here Ba6+ deflects the king away
from f1 to e1. This is met by Rg1
which is a skewer. This will cause
loss of a rook in a few moves. Can
you find out how?
13
CHECKMATE
.
Rh6 is a very good deflecting move. The king
must take on h6 and move away for defense
pf pawn f6. Then the queen gives a
checkmate Qf6.
14 CHECKMATE
.
Here Qf5+ causes a deflection either of the
King or its g-pawn. If Kh4, then Rh2
checkmate. If pawn g4, then Qf3 followed by
Rh2 checkmate again
16
CHECKMATE
.
Re8+ deflects the king away from the defense
of the f6-pawn.
19
CHAPTER
02
KING
AND
PAWNS
20 KING AND PAWNS
DEFINITION
.
Here Allan of Uganda took the
Nc3 and then followed with
Nxe4, winning a pawn.
.
The black rook takes on f4 and breaks
down the defenses of white. Now if the
white rook takes on f4, the black queen
gets in with Qxg5+ and then takes the
rook or checkmate on g2, depending on
white’s reply.
30
CHAPTER
03
KING
AND
QUEEN
31
.
White sacrifices the queen Qxb8+ which
pulls the black king out. Then white plays
Re8 forcing Nc8 by black and it gets
pinned (check book 2). Then pawn d7!!
Boom. Winning.
34
KING AND QUEEN
.
White plays Qxf6+ which forces black to
play Bg6. Now white plays Rh5+, the
King must take the rook and face
checkmate from the queen. Can you see
it?
35
KING AND QUEEN
.
Here black played a check Rf8 and got
surprised by Qxf8+. The black king took the
Queen on f8 thus getting decoyed into a
fork by Nxe6 and followed by Nxc7,
winning.
36
KING AND QUEEN
.
White plays Rxc7+ and black king takes on
c7. White then plays a skewer (check in book
2) by Qa7+.
37
KING AND QUEEN
.
White plays Qxc4 and black is happy to
take Qxc4. But the queen has been
decoyed into a fork (checkout book 2) by
the white knight by Nxd6+ followed by
Nxc4, winning. Notice the pawn on e7 is
under a pin by the white rook on e1.
38
KING AND QUEEN
.
Rxh7+ decoys the black king to h7. White now
follows with Qxg6+ followed by Qh5 and mate
will follow after.
39
KING AND QUEEN
04
KING
AND
ROOKS
41
KING AND ROOKS
DEFINITION
.
Katimbo Frank, a veteran seasonal player
of Uganda after playing pawn to h3, black
played Bh5. White went pawn g4 and
Bishop escaped to g6. But then pawn f5
trapped the bishop and gained advantage
to win the game.
.
Here Kingoina Oruke of Kenya played c3
and the white knight escaped to b1,
then black played pawn to b4 to
strengthen the grip on his c3 pawn.
Notice how the white knight on b1 lacks
space and can not move away safely. It
is a trapped piece.
.
Look at Blacks Queen on a2. White
played Ra3, and this was lights out for
that queen on a2.
46
KING AND ROOKS
.
Black saw how stuck the white
Queen was at a3. And therefore, a
piece that is stuck must be
attacked and captured. Ra8!!
Trapping the white queen.
47
KING AND ROOKS
.
Here Bg5 puts the black queen in a trap.
Notice that the f-pawn is pinned (check out
Book 2) to its rook and can’t capture the
bishop because of the checkmate Qxf8.
48
KING AND ROOKS
.
Notice how stuck the white queen is at the
corner. A stuck piece must be attacked. So
Rf8 closes down the trapped queen. Notice
the rook is protected by its bishop.
49
CHAPTER
05
STALEMATE
50
STALEMATE
DEFINITION
CHAPTER
06
THE
SACRIFICE
58
SACRIFICE
DEFINITION
In chess, a discovered
attack is a direct
attack revealed when
one piece moves out
of the way of another.
Discovered attacks
can be extremely
powerful, as the piece
moved can make a
threat independently
of the piece it reveals.
59 SACRIFICE
.
Rxh3 is very strong. After kxh3, there is
Rh8 and mate follows after Qf5!
64 SACRIFICE
.
Look at how black gave up a bishop
thinking he will checkmate after a
combination of moves. But after Rxe6,
the move by white Rf8 is met by Re8, an
x-ray defense.
65
EXERCISES
.
book 3