The Latvian Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
A gambit is a chess opening in which a player sacrifices material with the aim of achieving a subsequent positional advantage.
The Grünfeld Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
In chess, a smothered mate is a checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because it is completely surrounded by its own pieces.
In chess, scholar's mate is the checkmate achieved by the following moves, or similar:
The Two Knights Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The Hastings 1895 chess tournament was a round-robin tournament of chess conducted at the Brassey Institute in Hastings, England from 5 August to 2 September 1895.
In chess, an X-ray or X-ray attack is a tactic where a piece indirectly controls a square from the other side of an intervening piece. Generally, a piece performing an X-ray either:
The Vienna Game is an opening in chess that begins with the moves:
The Scotch Game, or Scotch Opening, is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The Frankenstein–Dracula Variation is a chess opening for Black, usually considered a variation of the Vienna Game, beginning with the moves:
The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves:
The Dunst Opening is a chess opening in which White opens with the move:
Rosendo Carreon Balinas Jr. was a chess grandmaster from the Philippines. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1975 and the International Grandmaster title in 1976. He was Philippines' second chess grandmaster. Balinas was a lawyer by profession, as well as an award winning chess writer and journalist.
In chess, a desperado is a piece that is either en prise or trapped, but captures an enemy piece before it is itself captured in order to compensate the loss a little, or is used as a sacrifice that will result in stalemate if it is captured. The former case can arise in a situation where both sides have hanging pieces, in which case these pieces are used to win material prior to being captured. A desperado in the latter case is usually a rook or a queen; such a piece is sometimes also called crazy or mad.
Giulio Cesare Polerio was an Italian chess theoretician and player.
In chess, the Muzio Gambit, sometimes called the Polerio Gambit, is an opening line in the King's Gambit in which White sacrifices a knight for a large lead in development and attacking chances. It begins with the moves:
The World Chess Championship 1889 was the second official World Chess Championship, and was between Wilhelm Steinitz and Mikhail Chigorin. It took place in Havana, Cuba. Steinitz defended his world title, and was the first of the two players to reach 10½. He won the match 10½-6½.
The Traxler Counterattack, also known as the Wilkes-Barre Variation, is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
