Tag: Hugh Patterson

Last week, we worked through the beginning of a student game, played between two eight year old’s with roughly eight weeks of chess instruction each. I was going to show…

Last week, we dug into defending weaknesses in your position. Today, I’ll introduce you to this idea via a beginner’s game. I am using beginner’s games rather than the games…

Last week, we examined the concept of attackers and defenders from the attacker’s point of view. This week we’ll briefly look at being a defender, how to defend against middle-game…

Last week, we took a closer look at the principle of attacking and defending as it applies to the middle-game. The basis of this principles was; if attacking, you want…

The game of chess can be divided into three phases – the opening, middle and endgame. Each of these phases has a specific set of principles that are designed to…

Last week, we looked at creating simple combinations, and examining some basic ideas that help you set your tactics up. I highly recommend that you invest in some tactics oriented…

Last week, I mentioned that we would be examining defending against discovered and double discovered attacks/checks as well as looking at how to employ a double discovered check. I am…

This week, we are going to look at discovered attacks. There are actually four types of discovered attacks to examine; the discovered attack, the double discovered attack, the discovered check…

We’ll wrap up our look at tactics over the next three weeks and move onto a set of middle-game principles that will greatly help you during this game phase. As…

Over the last few weeks, we have examined the fork, specifically how to employ this tactic. This week we will look at the fork from a defensive position. In other…