Chess can be quite a game of position that keeps you questioning your moves on the board. It's a game of strategy and counter strategy and you always have to be watching the pieces in play in order to respond with a good move. A piece on the board may seem doomed at first glance, so it's important not to fixate on the piece getting attacked because you may be able to attack a piece of higher value somewhere else on the board, saving your attacked piece and gaining a better po

This is a variation of Anastasia's mate where it's blacks move. White appears to have a solid position at first glance but it's important to keep an eye on the board. Black moves the Queen to h5 putting the white King into check. The white Pawn on g4 captures the black Queen in an attempt to protect the white King only to be juked out of his position on the board. The black Rook on square e4 is moved to square h4 securing the checkmate. The black Rook controls the h file and

This is a mating pattern in the game of chess named Anastasia's Mate. You may be wondering whose move it is white or black and the answer is that white has the first move. The white queen on the d3 square is moved diagonally to square h7 putting the black king in check. This forces the black king to capture the white queen. Then the white rook on square e7 is moved to square h5 securing the check mate. Th black king on h7 has nowhere to move because he is pinned down by the w