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Peter Leko's World Cup Fairytale Ends: Goodbye To One Of The Game's Great AmbassadorsIt's been amazing to see the former world title challenger roll back the years like he has in Goa. But now it's over. At least he was immediately back in the commentary booth.November 13, 2025·4 min read

Have You SEEN How Well Jospem Is Doing At The World Cup? Jose Martinez, We Salute You!As chaos reigns at the FIDE World Cup in Goa, the Clash of Blames star is playing brilliantly. Check out his piece sac against Sarana.November 12, 2025·3 min read

While The World Watches Goa, An Indian Takes Centre Stage At The President's Cup In TajikistanYes, we know the World Cup is wild and exciting. But on its rest day we just want to draw your attention to another international tournament World Chess has helped boost.November 10, 2025·3 min read

Nepomniachtchi Crashes Out Of World Cup In Latest Sign Russian Chess Is In The DoldrumsThe elimination of GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, Russia's number-one, in Round 2 typifies the state of Russian chess. He went out with a whimper.November 5, 2025·6 min read

Race For The Candidates: London Chess Classic Just Got Super-ChargedSuper GMs Alireza Firouzja and Nodirbek Abdusattorov need points—desperately. Time is running out to get to the Candidates.November 3, 2025·4 min read

Farewell, Divya! Only Woman Competing At Chess World Cup Is Knocked OutIndia's 19-year-old star-in-the-making GM Divya Deshmukh, the FIDE Women's World Cup winner, was in a field with 205 men. We really hoped she would make her mark.November 3, 2025·3 min read

Two Classics Of The Chess Calendar Unveil Line-Ups—And Hans Niemann Finally Gets An InviteTata Steel and the London Chess Classic are two events where politics and controversy rarely happen. They're just about good chess, and we love that. Enter GM Hans Niemann.October 29, 2025·5 min read

Ready, Set...Goa! Why The FIDE World Cup In India Will Be Spectacular (Even Without Carlsen)Upsets, knockouts and a competition where it's impossible to predict who'll win. The FIDE World Cup is fantastic. It starts on Thursday.October 28, 2025·5 min read

Magnus Back At Saint Louis For First Time Since THAT Hans Niemann Cheating ScandalThere's an angle Saint Louis hasn't included in the promo for the 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown. What happened the last time GM Magnus Carlsen was in the house.October 27, 2025·3 min read

Incredible Sportsmanship! World's Tallest Grandmaster Is Sick—So Opponent Offers DrawOn the 16th move, GM Aleksandar Indjic had to leave the playing hall at the European Club Cup in Rhodes. An ambulance was called.October 22, 2025·2 min read

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Chess Fork

One move, two threats: a fork attacks two pieces at once, and only one can be saved.

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A pinned piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable one behind it.

The reverse of a pin: the valuable piece is hit first and the one behind it falls.

Discovered Attack

A piece steps aside and uncovers an attack from the piece it was blocking.

Back Rank Checkmate

Mate on the last rank: the king's own pawns leave it nowhere to run.

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