Tag: Alexander Beliavsky

Checkmate to your Queen Sir!

by Josh on February 10, 2014 in Chess, Musings • 0 Comments

Today I’d like to spend some time talking about my second favorite kind of checkmate; the ever elusive “Queen Mate”. This typically happens when the queen is trapped by a piece of lesser value (usually minor pieces and pawns do this quite well). I have some examples to show and then (in breaking with some previous posts) I’m going to… Read more →

The 2013 FIDE World Cup

by Josh on July 23, 2013 in Chess, Current Events • 4 Comments

The 2013 FIDE World Cup Today I’m going to talk about [what I think are] the most exciting match-ups in the 2013 World Cup. Warning: this one is heavy on the text, if you want the Tl;dr version just read the things in bold. Read more →