The lesson this week is that king-pawn endgames often devolve into a race. The fat king usually loses. Reach Eric Morrow at ...

All the rules of chess are discussed below: 1. The King can move one square in any direction: forward, backward, diagonal, or across. But it cannot move to a square which is under threat.

King Henry VIII was not very fast. Neither was King George III, among others. Power perhaps is fattening or a heavy burden, ...

The machine could defend its king and reach checkmate, although it could take up to 63 moves, and standard chess rules would call a draw on 50 moves without a capture or pawn move. In 1920 ...

Or maybe you attempted to play chess and realized ... You are scored based on the number of moves that it took to checkmate the black king. Try to win in the lowest number of moves.

Chess is a game of strategy and tactics. Players must use their chess skills and intelligence to outmanoeuvre their opponents and checkmate their king. One of the most challenging types of chess ...