A kingside mating attack with a key lesson to learn.

Mating attack time. You might easily find the first move, but you have to find the second move as well to continue the attack.

Take out a stopwatch! I played this finish in a five minute game on the ICC and had 51 seconds left in the given position. 30 seconds later, my opponent resigned. Can you match that by finding the winning continuation in ...Read More

To say White pieces are awkwardly placed is an understatement; however, there is a way out to win.

We go a nice response on the previous king and pawn ending that looked like a draw but wasn’t. Here’s another one. It looks like both kings need to hang around the kingside without one getting any advantage. It is, ...Read More

I guess this is Rinck week. I love this position because it can be so instructional to beginners. They learn to race their pawns to queen first, but sometimes the race isn’t always to the swiftest. Some students might ...Read More