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

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

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.

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.

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 ...

Chess programs, however, treat the king as a flexible asset ... featured an h-pawn push to disrupt Black’s kingside, a move engines often favor for long-term pressure. Asymmetrical Structures: Engines ...