Q: Can White win this position, with White’s turn to play? With only a King and a Pawn for White and a lone King for Black on the board, you might think there isn’t much you can do.. But then you ...

One has to be better than good to win at the World Chess Championship. One has to be nearly perfect. Fabiano Caruana, the world No. 2, was reminded of that today in his eighth game against the ...

Chess solution 2659 1..b5+ 2 Ka5 (2 Qxb5+ axb5 delays mate, but is hopeless) Qxb4+! 3 axb4 Ra1+ 4 Ra3 Rxa3 mate. Chess solution 2658 1 Bf6! is a double interception. If 1 . . . Bxf6 2 f8=Q+ wins. The ...

Making most of his advantage with the white pieces Anup Deshmukh posted a facile victory in the sixth round of the XIX Sant Marti International Open chess tournament at Badalona, Spain, on Wednesday.

Bacrot-Kramnik, Paris 2002. White to play. DK Black has just advanced his rook's pawn, one of my favourite attacking strategies. Why? Because it does not compromise my own king, and the lone pawn can ...