Chess Strategies- Skewers and Pins
The skewer and pin can be one of the most powerful weapons that a chess player has but they are not always easy to come by. Your opponent usually will not leave his most powerful pieces hanging for you to skewer and pin. In this video we take a look at some advanced techniques that all chess players should know when looking for different skewers and advanced pins.
hey tht bishop cn jst be simply captured by our bishor forking the king n the queen rite?
Comment by abdurrazzaq100 — March 18, 2010 @ 3:31 pm
You should make a second part!
Comment by ChessTutorials — March 18, 2010 @ 4:00 pm
realized what cammand2 was talking about befor iread and scrolled down to c if anyone else saw it agree
Comment by thatguyzyx — March 18, 2010 @ 4:18 pm
Nice Vids…. Esp the last example….. Keep going.
Comment by linugiri067 — March 18, 2010 @ 5:18 pm
thank you !
Comment by entenfang — March 18, 2010 @ 6:05 pm
Nice work
Comment by lsefia — March 18, 2010 @ 6:41 pm
I think you made a bit of a mistake on the one with white queen on e8 (one where white lacks a king), You should go for Qb6 for check, this forces Ka5, then go Ra3*, for here white will win a queen for free. if B king flees then Rb3*, if B king flees again, then Black loses queen (White rook still alive). If black king caps rook then White queen Caps B Queen, while also forking the B king and Rook, If Black insted Blocks the Ra3* with Queen The exact same will result.
Comment by cammand2 — March 18, 2010 @ 6:42 pm
At any time it is nice to refresh your mind with these potential situations, and if you didn’t know about these before, it becomes doubly helpful!
Many thanks for posting this video thechesswebsite!
Comment by Catsfaith — March 18, 2010 @ 7:01 pm
Fantastic
Comment by Lance3375 — March 18, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
I’m assuming this video is intended for beginners
Comment by casanova0102 — March 18, 2010 @ 8:23 pm
do you know what level a player who does not notice pins and skewers? 1200- 1300?
Comment by fogfrogblog — March 18, 2010 @ 9:14 pm
thanks
Comment by akk222 — March 18, 2010 @ 10:02 pm
thanks for the advice, it might just help me get into the advanced team of my chess club =D
thanks again
Comment by incredaniel — March 18, 2010 @ 10:50 pm
thanks for the kind words.
the intro is from glee cast “don’t stop believing”
Comment by thechesswebsite — March 18, 2010 @ 11:25 pm
You’re vids are the best on the web. Thanks. I’ve seen several and most don’t offer the much. You’re illustrations are very helpful.
What’s the name of the artist on your intro song?
Comment by Maalic4 — March 18, 2010 @ 11:32 pm
don’t stop believin
Comment by thechesswebsite — March 19, 2010 @ 12:12 am
what’s the name of that song
Comment by PautKalun — March 19, 2010 @ 1:02 am
Yeah I think I forgot to put him in there, sorry. Let’s put him at a safe square like h3.
Comment by thechesswebsite — March 19, 2010 @ 1:19 am
at 4:11 where is the white king
Comment by ghod19 — March 19, 2010 @ 1:57 am
Thanks for the clarification. I did not notice that initally. The step you mention is definitely better.
Comment by esrujan — March 19, 2010 @ 2:30 am
well i didnt think it was equally best cause instead of Qa4 from black, he could just play Kb4, and white no longer can take the queen on that move. Qa4 is not the only legal step. You may want to look a little deeper on your own first. Just my thoughts.
Comment by thechesswebsite — March 19, 2010 @ 2:32 am
In the example at 4:32, you said Qb8 is not the best move. I think it is equally good as the move you suggested Rb3.
The sequence will be like this:
1. Qb8+, Ka5 2. Ra3+, Qa4, 3.RXa4+,KXa4….
The result is the same. Ka5 is the only legal step for black after Qb8+ and Qa4 will be the only step that is possible. KXa4 will make sure black gets Rook at least.
Comment by esrujan — March 19, 2010 @ 3:17 am
Well honestly black’s best move would have been not to originally move his bishop to d5, but once he did, it was best just to give that piece up. Once black captured with queen on d5, he can capture the white bishop or move back to f7 but honestly the game is pretty much lost by that point as white is just up too much material for black to do much.
Glad to hear the videos are helping.
Comment by thechesswebsite — March 19, 2010 @ 3:26 am
Would black’s best move be to drop his queen back to F7 in the last situation (like at 7:00) ?
I just started getting into chess and your videos are really helping me, so thanks.
Comment by yankees01923 — March 19, 2010 @ 4:12 am
I’m not sure of his exact religious beliefs. In his middle years he expressed his concern with the belief in God. This may have been in part due to Fischer being anti-American and somewhat feeling the two were related. After Fischer went away nobody really heard from him, so it’s tough to say if he found religion for himself or not. Hopefully he found some truth to believe in but I am not sure if he did.
Comment by thechesswebsite — March 19, 2010 @ 4:43 am