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	Mark Lowery's Exciting World of Chess - Moving Pieces and Advancing pawns - Part 3 of 4
		Skewer: is used to refer to the situation where a less valuable opposing piece or pawn is located behind another opposing piece which is being attacked by a player's piece such that if the opposing piece is moved, the less valuable fighting unit behind is subject to being captured.
		A pin and a skewer are two variations on the same general principle - a player's piece is attacking a forward opposing piece or pawn, which if moved will subject another opposing piece or pawn behind it to capture, or in the case of a pin involving the opposing King, then subject it to check.
		In the relative pin diagram, Black's Knight at f5 is not skewered because Black's pawn at g6 behind is adequately defended by Black's pawn at h7 and Black could also move his or her Knight from f5 to e7 thereby also protecting Black's pawn at g6.
	www.markalowery.net /Chess/Chess_intro3-3.html (1260 words)

	Skewer (chess) - Chesspedia, the free chess encyclopedia Pushedpawn.org
		In chess, a skewer (or thrust) is an attack upon two pieces in a line and is similar to a pin.
		In fact, a skewer is sometimes described as a "reverse pin"; the difference is that in a skewer, the more valuable piece is in front of the piece of lesser value.
		In the diagram to the left, with Black to move, the fl queen is skewered by White's bishop.
	pushedpawn.org /test6/Skewer_(chess).htm (304 words)

	Welcome to The chess page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chess is a game in which you have to think a lot.
		The skewer is very useful.It is used by the bishop,the rook, and sometimes the queen.
		Suppose you give a check to that king with a bishop, by placing it on the diagonal line where the opponent's king and queen is. The opponent will move his king, but that will leave the queen open to you, so you can take it.
	pages.zdnet.com /arvindxyz (1605 words)

	Chess Rules
		Chess pieces may be drawn on oak tag worn front and back (like sandwich signs) by students serving as playing pieces to wear.
		The chess pieces move to the space on the chess board that they are instructed to.
		Additional not-for-profit chess organizations that may serve as resources for your students may be found at the Chessville.com.
	www.teachnet-lab.org /ps101/chornik/chess/chessrules.htm (1808 words)

	Book Review: Chess Tactics For Students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		"Chess," as Richard Teichmann observed, "is 99% tactics." Anyone who doubts the truth of this remark hasn't taught the game recently; a large part of becoming a good player is achieving almost unconscious mastery of the elementary tactics of chess.
		An illustrative diagram or three to show off the pin, fork and skewer and the beginner is left to his own devices -- which, all too often, means that he is left floating in a sea of brilliant combinations he has no hope of understanding.
		With the movement to introduce chess into schools gaining momentum, there is a real need for usable chess curriculum materials of just this sort.
	www.chessforstudents.com /chesstacticsreview.html (675 words)

	X-ray (chess) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In chess, an x-ray or x-ray attack is a tactic that involves the action of a piece being felt "through" a piece of the opposite color.
		It is different from the skewer, the pin and line clearance, with each of which it is often confounded.
		Here, the action of the White bishop on f4 is felt "through" the Black bishop on g5 (see algebraic chess notation).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/X-ray_(chess) (129 words)

	The London Chess Centre
		Artur Mandler was one of the giants of 20th-century chess endgame study composition; he had a mastery of the natural endgame study which has perhaps been equaled only by his friend Richard Reti and the famous Russian composer Nikolai Grigoriev.
		The two greatest challenges for beginning chess players are not only to survive the openings phase, but also to choose appropriate attack and defense formations in the process.
		Chess Strategy in Action can also be read on its own as an outstanding collection of modern games with thoughtful and enlightening annotations.
	www.chesscenter.com /books2003.html (3784 words)

	Confessions of a chess novice
		Expert and intermediate chess players attempted to choose the best move in five chess positions while their eye movements were monitored.
		It is argued that expert chess players perceptually encode chess configurations, rather than individual pieces, and, consequently, parafoveal or peripheral processing guides their eye movements, producing a pattern of saccadic selectivity by piece saliency.
		All chess teachers notice that newcomers to the Game of Kings often miss a long-distance pin when the same students would spot it right away if the pinning piece were adjacent to the pinned piece.
	chessconfessions.blogspot.com (7921 words)

	Chessville - Instruction - Beginner - Basic Tactics - The Skewer
		A piece is said to be skewered if it is under attack from an enemy piece in such a way that it is forced to move (i.e., the only remotely rational response is to move), thus exposing another (usually less valuable) piece of the same color to capture by the enemy piece.
		You may notice that pins and skewers look a lot alike geometrically: in both cases, the relevant pieces are arranged in a line.
		Whether the potentially exposed piece is more valuable (pins) or less valuable (skewer) than the attacked piece is often (but not always) what distinguishes the two.
	www.chessville.com /instruction/instr_begin_basic_tactics_skewer.htm (473 words)

	Chess Strategies and Techniques quiz -- free game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is a chess situation: suppose White has a rook on d4, and Black's king is on g8, with three pawns on f7, g7, and h7.
		Another chess term- what is the term used for an 'in-between move', or a forcing move that is different from what would be normally expected?
		There are several openings in chess, all characterized by a move, a position, etc. In which opening does White move his knight to f3 on the first move?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=70929 (266 words)

	Excalibur Electronics News - Chess Tips
		(Chess players denote a weak move with a question mark, and a real clunker with two.) Black's knight on f6 is pinned to his queen on d8.
		In a skewer, the more valuable piece is attacked and forced to move, exposing a less valuable piece to capture.
		He is especially interested in chess lessons that produce the maximum benefit in the least amount of time.
	www.excaliburelectronics.com /chesstips.html (1523 words)

	Chess Tactics for Kids - Murray Chandler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chess enthusiasts of all ages and levels will find this book an instructive delight.
		One of the fastest and most enjoyable ways to improve at chess is by learning these thematic manoeuvres.
		Chess Tactics for Kids makes improving easy and fun, and is full of helpful explanations on how to approach chess games with confidence - and success.
	www.chesscenter.com /chesskids/item3714.htm (201 words)

	Beginners
		There are different variations for the board set-up depending on the type of chess that is being played, but I am not going to get into those.
		The Skewer results when the movement of one piece gives an opportunity to capture another piece.
		In this case, the bishop skewered the king because the king is in check and once the king is moved, the queen is captured.
	www.clubs.juniata.edu /chess/live/beginners.html (1205 words)

	Chess -- Skewering and Pinning
		Skewering and pinning are essential and favorite moves for many chess players.
		The skewer refers to threatening a highly valued piece such as the queen.
		Do not skewer unless you do in fact intend on taking the piece with lesser value.
	www.101chesstips.com /skewering-and-pinning.jsp (301 words)

	Chess Tactics - LITTLEWOOD - Chess House
		The author takes the reader from a basic knowledge of the elements of tactical play to the identification of more complex and concealed combinations such as those that arise in the hurly-burly of competitive chess.
		Pin, skewer, double and discovered attack, decoy, deflection, interception and overloading are just some of the colorful themes defined and illustrated by a wealth of striking practical examples.
		Moreover at the end of each chapter readers are invited to test their new-found knowledge and skill by solving the challenging test positions.
	www.chesshouse.com /ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=6515 (166 words)

	Everyman Chess \| Home
		Bobby Fischer's spurt towards the chess summit (1970-1972) marked the approach of a new era, affecting all aspects of the game, and opening theory in particular.
		Virtually all chess games possess a combination, either one hidden in the shadows of analysis carefully avoided or one that provides a decisive blow.
		Winning Chess Tactics - revised shows you how to put the tactics of the world’s chess legends to work for you.
	www.everymanchess.com (391 words)

	Cookery Helper - Skewer
		A skewer is a primary component of the popular grilled shish kebab of Turkish descent.
		A shish kebab (meaning "skewer" and "roast meat" in Turkish) is made of marinated or seasoned meat and/or vegetables cut into uniform pieces and placed on a skewer.
		A Skewer (chess) is also a Chess strategy and tactics in chess.
	www.cookeryhelper.com /article/Skewer (210 words)

	Oldrich Duras vs Erich Cohn (1911)
		Since I'm not very good at chess anyways, if I were playing this game, I would probably have attempted to defend against mate at move 44.
		I reckon Duras chose the other order of moves to explicitly create the artistic affect of the twin (echo) skewers; one digonal and one vertical.
		It may seem strange to play with easthetic considerations in mind in a practical game, but Duras was also a master of composition of studies and problems.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1000634 (783 words)

	Winning Chess Tactics
		Tactics are the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush your opponent and quite possibly change the course of a game in a single move.
		Choose from the double attack, the pin, the skewer, deflection, the decor, x-rays, windmills and many more time-tested tactics.
		Board positions from actual games played by history's great chess tacticians are provided throughout.
	www.thechessstore.com /product/EM3330PP (123 words)

	Tamworth and District Chess Club
		The Homepage of the Tamworth and District Chess Club
		If you live in or near Tamworth and would like to learn Chess or improve your game then come along.
		Chess tactics with a couple of simple illustrative games
	www.angelfire.com /games4/tamworthchessclub/index.html (95 words)

	Boylston Chess Club Weblog: Other Chess Blogs
		The Boylston Chess Club (BCC) is a part of the Boylston Chess Foundation (BCF).
		Future Thoughts - The Harlan Lee Weblog - Logis (chess) - In Pursuit of # - FIDE Chess in Chicago - Chess Tips - Blog of a Chess Nut - Chronicle of My Chess Improvement - Forum Chess Blog - Chess Collector - Shaun M. Smith's Road to USCF Master - The Center Square
		Help us continue introducing people to the joys of chess and keep one of America's oldest chess centers up and running.
	boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com /2005/04/other-chess-blogs.html (697 words)

	Winning Chess Strategies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This tactic is useful because the moving piece can move anywhere due to the fact that the opponent will have to spend their next move getting out of check
		A skewer is where a piece is forced to move, and this allows the opponent to capture another piece instead.
		In the example on the right, fl must move his king to get out of check.
	www.irvington.org /webdesign-rios/forestParkChess/strategies.htm (243 words)

	The Chess Training Page
		All opening variations can be played through on interactive chess board
		Some good examples of human battles against top chess computer programs.
		Averbakh, Yuri (1993) Chess Endings - Essential Knowledge, Cadogan Press, London.
	www.sudburychess.org.uk /chessTraining.htm (186 words)

	Chess Corner - Chess Tutorial - Skewers
		A skewer is similar to a pin except in this case the piece of greater value (for example, the King, Queen or Rook) is in front.
		When the Queen moves out of the way, the Bishop captures the Rook.
		Below the Bishop is Skewering the Black King and Queen.
	www.chesscorner.com /tutorial/tactics/skewers/skewers.htm (136 words)

	Exeter Chess Club: An ABC of Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Here's a mental toolkit for the improving chess player.
		I think that for each of these elements there are different levels of understanding e.g.
		This document (abc2.html) was last modified on 21 Nov 1996 by
	www.exeterchessclub.org.uk /abc2.html (938 words)

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		The chess program used for this has a bug concerning the a8 (top left hand corner) square so try keeping away from there!
	www.chesskids.com /kidsgames.shtml (153 words)

	How to Play Chess For Beginners and Parents
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		How the Pieces Move, How to Checkmate, and More
		Software specifically designed to develop and improve tactical skills.
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