Cool Chess Class: How to Checkmate with Knight + Bishop

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We've got a nice post going at Chess King about how to checkmate with a Knight and Bishop. Click on the image below to learn this basic chess technique with Chess King and chesskillertips.com. Have fun learning and playing chess.

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Endgame Chess Class: How to Win Queen versus Rook Endgame

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When was the last time you got stuck in a Queen versus Rook endgame and did not know how to force a win with your Queen? No matter how many times that's happened before, you could learn to do it right the next time around in such a chess position. 

First, above is the puzzle diagram. Try solving and understanding it by yourself. White to play and win.

Click on diagram to head over to Chess King and learn this basic chess endgame lesson with a super podcast video hosted by Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk.

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Easy Saturday Chess Puzzle - White to play and checkmate in 3!

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No troubling you with very difficult chess positions this weekend. How about a simple checkmate in three?
Enjoy.


White to play and checkmate in three. Don't forget to look at our super chess puzzle video database at chesskillertips.com. 

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Friday chess puzzle: White to play and checkmate in two!

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Time for some chess puzzles. Here is a nice checkmate in two. Do you know how White can win this?
White to play and checkmate in two!

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Strategic chess puzzle for chess-y weekend

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How about a cool chess puzzle with real strategic thinking? This is from our super database www.chesskillertips.com where Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk teaches chess for free. Don't forget to send us your comments. 

	LEVEL: Difficult    CATEGORY: Middle Game From the game Alexandra Kosteniuk - Shen Yang, Beijing 2008. White plays and wins. True strategical thinking required.
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Miracles do happen in chess puzzle

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How about a fun chess class?

CKT 055: Miracles almost happen.
	LEVEL: Intermediate    CATEGORY: Middle Game A position from the game GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave against GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. What would have happened, had Maxime played 1. h8 = Q?

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Two chess puzzles to brighten up your Sunday

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How about chess puzzles from our award-winning database at www.chesskillertips.com where Chess Queen Alexandra teaches chess. For now, here are two puzzles for you today - one easy and one difficult. Enjoy.

CKT 051: A Lesson in Geometry
	LEVEL: Difficult    CATEGORY: Study Solution of Christmas Competition Position 3. Study by Troitzky, 1910. White plays and wins.

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CKT 050: No Hesitation at all
	LEVEL: Easy    CATEGORY: Middle Game Solution of Christmas Competition Position 2. Taken from a game Paulsen - Morphy, New York 1857. Find Black's next move.

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Sit back for a chess class with Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Sit back for a chess class with Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk. The Intermediate study is from our award-winning database at www.chesskillertips.com. You just cannot miss it.

CKT 049: Invincible Rook
	LEVEL: Intermediate    CATEGORY: Middle Game Solution of Christmas Competition Position 1. End of game Steinitz - Van Bardeleben, Hastings 1895. White plays and wins.

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Surrealistic Cavalry - Chess class for Sunday

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It's a Sunday. It's time to study a little chess then.

CKT 042: Surrealistic Cavalry
You can run the video for your Sunday chess class. You can also access all the wonderful chess studies from our award-winning chess podcasts' database at www.chesskillertips.com. Tweet From Alexandra Kosteniuk's www.chessblog.com Also see her personal blog at www.chessqueen.com	LEVEL: Very Difficult    CATEGORY: Study An amazing 1937 study by Korolkov, with an incredible final mating position. Watch and listen to Alexandra run you through the solution.

Easy chess puzzle for the weekend

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Time for our weekend chess class!

CKT 040: Give him a move
	LEVEL: Easy CATEGORY: Problem Mate in 3 chess problem by Galitsky. Prove to Black that he'd be better off without his pawns.

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Your short-notice transatlantic flight (for love) or a checkmate!

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There are two reasons why you would be ready to take a transatlantic flight in the next two minutes - If there's a love waiting on the other side or if there's a checkmate!!! So, we give you the second reason to take the flight in our chess class today - hosted by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk from the World's No. 1 www.chesskillertips.com. Enjoy.

CKT 033: Transatlantic Flight
	LEVEL: Easy CATEGORY: Problem White plays and mates in two moves. Chess Problem published in Musical World, 1860.

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Beautiful and difficult chess study from 1903

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Hi everyone,

What are you doing this Sunday? Having fun? Catching up with some sleep? Planning for the week ahead? Whatever you're doing, you surely got time for this cool chess class? Right! So, here goes. Enjoy.

CKT 032: She can't hide
	LEVEL: Difficult CATEGORY: Study 1903 Study by Henri Rinck. White plays and wins. Beautiful and more complex examples of the Enfilade technique introduced in CKT 002.

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Your daily chess class with Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Let's get down to some concrete chess tactics today. Calculations are the essence of it all. Even your intuition has to build on the solid foundation of calculations. Stay tuned for the World's No. 1 chess podcast www.chesskillertips.com hosted by none other than Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk.

CKT 031:Concrete Tactics Please
	LEVEL: Intermediate    CATEGORY: Middle Game A position from the game Fressinet - Postny, Warsaw 2005, white plays and wins. Presented by Guest Star Laurent Fressinet.

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Your chess video class hosted by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk

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A classic chess study for our ongoing chess class based on our award-winning www.chesskillertips.com database. You cannot miss it today. 

CKT 030: Morphy's Immortal Game
	LEVEL: Easy    CATEGORY: Game The Immortal 1858 Game between Paul Morphy and Duke Carl and Count Isouard.

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Your chess video class hosted by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Okay no difficult problem tonight for the chess class. Think easy and you got a sweet mate in two from our No. 1 database at www.chesskillertips.com. You would love the solution but we're sure you'll get it too. 

CKT 029: Pawn Block
	LEVEL: Easy    CATEGORY: Problem Chess problem, mate in two moves.  Composed by Paul Morphy.

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Retro chess study from award-winning www.chesskillertips.com

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

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The complexities of chess thrill your soul forever and more. The deeper you go, the deeper there still is to go. So, how about this retro study for our chess class today? Enjoy. It's from our super award-winning chess studies database at www.chesskillertips.com.

CKT 028: Can Mate in One be Tricky?
	LEVEL: Intermediate CATEGORY: Retro A tricky mate in one with a useful moral, presented by Guest Star Almira Skripchenko. Composed by Karl Fabel, New Statesman, 1963.

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Your chess video class hosted by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Hi everyone,


Time for a difficult middlegame in our chess class today. Enjoy.

CKT 027: A Strategy Master Class
	LEVEL: Difficult    CATEGORY: Middle Game Anatoly Karpov gives Unzicker a lesson in strategy of particularly high level. Find the best strategic plan for white.

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Your chess video class hosted by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk

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How about Nirvana? In only seven steps? Stay tuned for our chess class today from our super database at www.chesskillertips.com. Enjoy.

CKT 026: Seven Steps to Nirvana
	LEVEL: Difficult CATEGORY: Middle Game End of the game Robert Fontaine - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Aix-les-Bains 2007. Black plays and mates in 7 moves. Presented by Guest Star Almira Skripchenko.

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Your chess video class hosted by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Hi everyone,


How about trying to do the impossible on the chessboard with Sunday's chess class? Here is your host Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk with a short and sweet but super-strong chess lesson from the award-winning www.chesskillertips.com podcast.

CKT 025: Try to do the Impossible.
	LEVEL: Intermediate    CATEGORY: Study Should White resign or play on? 1922 Study by Kraemer.

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Your chess video class hosted by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Hi everyone,


Have you been browsing the World's No. 1 Video Podcast in Podcast Alley - Chess Killer Tips at www.chesskillertips.com? Well here's today's chess class hosted by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk from this super database.

CKT 024: Twice Quiet does it.
	LEVEL: Difficult    CATEGORY: Study White plays and wins. 1927 Study by Leonid Kubbel.

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