The Free Press Journal

Checkmate In Chess: Make Your Game Stronger With These Moves And Patterns

Last fortnight, we discussed ‘Pattern Recognition in Chess’, aided by basic checkmate patterns like the Back Rank Checkmate with the rook and the Queen. Let us continue where we left off in our ...
The Gazette

Checked by your mate at Colorado Springs social chess club

Shirley Herman and Quinault Mackey other chess players ponder their next moves during a social chess club held at Wackadoo Brewing on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. The Balanced Rook Chess Club meets on ...
The Free Press Journal

You Must Know These Concepts of Checkmate Before Playing Chess

‘Check and Mate’... How many times wondered ‘Hey, what exactly does that mean?’ and ‘How do you even make it happen?’ Let’s get right on to it! A ‘Checkmate’ signifies the end of the game, so the ...
LancasterOnline

Checkmate: Interest in youth chess grows despite school funding cutbacks

Sam Cassidy twirls his red bangs as he contemplates his next move and sets the rook down. “Check.” His opponent, Amera Hemming, reaches out to move her chess piece and freezes her arm above the board ...
Business Insider

Here's A Delicious Chess Problem That Had Me Scratching My Head For Hours

One of my favorite things to do for amusement is solve chess problems, wherein the player is given a scenario on the board and then asked how to go about checkmating the other side within X number of ...
Los Angeles Times

Checkmate: Chess fever has arrived at Culver City High School

Junior Jaewon Kim shifted in his seat, staring down at the black and white chess board as he thought hard about what his next move would be. With time running out, he quickly advanced his rook up the ...