As requested by Oblomov a study example (in which the initial move number is larger than 1). The code needed for this example can be found in the post about Using more than one chess board.



Btw I like this study especially the part in which promoting to a queen results in a draw.

The 34th game of the 1927 world chess championship match between Alekhine and Capablanca is a classic example of the technique to win by placing a rook behind the own passed pawn. The game is shown as a demonstration of the LT-PGN-Viewer.

Update April 2010
This method to publish chess games doesn't work anymore. For demonstration purposes the following screendump is shown.


1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 c5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Ba2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 g6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. e4 e5 19. Nf3 Kg7 20. h3 h6 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qa5 Nc4 24. Qxa7 Nxb2 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxb7 Nc4 27. Qb4 Ra8 28. Ra1 Qc6 29. a4 Nxe4 30. Nxe5 Qd6 31. Qxc4 Qxe5 32. Re1 Nd6 33. Qc1 Qf6 34. Ne4 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Rb8 36. Re2 Ra8 37. Ra2 Ra5 38. Qc7 Qa6 39. Qc3+ Kh7 40. Rd2 Qb6 41. Rd7 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qb8+ 43. g3 Rf5 44. Qd4 Qf8 45. Rd5 Rf3 46. h4 Qh8 47. Qb6 Qa1 48. Kg2 Rf6 49. Qd4 Qxd4 50. Rxd4 Kg7 51. a5 Ra6 52. Rd5 Rf6 53. Rd4 Ra6 54. Ra4 Kf6 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Ke3 h5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Kc3 Kc5 59. Ra2 Kb5 60. Kb3 Kc5 61. Kc3 Kb5 62. Kd4 Rd6+ 63. Ke5 Re6+ 64. Kf4 Ka6 65. Kg5 Re5+ 66. Kh6 Rf5 67. f4 Rc5 68. Ra3 Rc7 69. Kg7 Rd7 70. f5 gxf5 71. Kh6 f4 72. gxf4 Rd5 73. Kg7 Rf5 74. Ra4 Kb5 75. Re4 Ka6 76. Kh6 Rxa5 77. Re5 Ra1 78. Kxh5 Rg1 79. Rg5 Rh1 80. Rf5 Kb6 81. Rxf7 Kc6 82. Re7 1-0

This post shows some of the traps in the Sicilian opening and may be useful by itself, but the main purpose of this post is to give a demonstration of the possibilities of publishing chess games on a blogspot site.

Update April 2010
The method stopped working and the post has been replaced by some images taken from a screendump from the original post.



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 ( 2...Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bf8 9.Bd3 d6 10.Qe2 Nd7?? 11.Nxe6 Qb6 12.Nc7+ 1-0 )( 2...e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nd2 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.f4 Nc6 9.c3 g5? 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.Qh5+ Ke7 12.f5 Nf6? {makes it even worse} 13.Bc5+ 1-0) 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 (4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 e6 6.Bc4 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qe2 Ng4 {Black sets a trap. This is not a good move, but if White continues with} 9.Bb3?? {the game is over and out} 9...Nd4 0-1 ) 4...e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 b5?! 8.O-O Bb7 9.Re1 d6 10.a4 b4? 11.Nd5 exd5 12.Nxc6 dxe4?! 13.Bxe4 Ne7 14.Qf3 f5 15.Bd5 1-0



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 ( 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.e5 Nxe5? 8.Nxe5 dxe5? ( 8...e6 {is not without problems, but at least better} ) 9.Bxf7+ 1-0 ) 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 ( 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qf3 Bd7? 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe6 e4 ( 11...Bxe6 12.Qxa8 {is probably best} ) 12.Nxg7+ Kf8 13.Nxe4 Bc6 14.Bh6 Bxe4 15.Nh5+ 1-0 ) ( 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Re1 e6 10.e5 Bxg2 11.exf6 Bb7 12.fxg7 Bxg7 13.Nf5 Bf8? 14.Rxe6+ 1-0 ) 6...e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 h6 12.Qh3 O-O-O 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Nd5 Qa5? {may be at nice move at first sight, but look what happens to the queen} 15.Nb3! Qxe1 ( 15...Qa4 {can not be played because of} 16.Nb6+ ) ( {and} 15...Qxa2 {meets} 16.Nc3 ) 16.Rxe1 1-0



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.h4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.h5 Nbd7 9.hxg6 hxg6 10.Bh6 Bxh6 11.Rxh6 Kg7?! 12.Qd2 Rh8?? {mate in 6} 13.Nf5+ Kg8 14.Rxh8+ Kxh8 15.Qh6+ Kg8 16.Qg7%23 1-0

This is just an example game (taken with permission from the WordPress Chess Teaching blog) of another way to publish chess games with the LT-PGN viewer that probably also is working in Firefox.
I'll describe this method in more detail later, if needed.

Update April 2010
This chess publishing method stopped working and the content of this post has been replaced by some original screendumps.



1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O f6 8.Nc3 dxc3 9.Bxd5 fxg5 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Bxg5 cxb2 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Bxe7+ { as in Freytag Walter - Rosner Dirk, 2003} 14...Ke8 15.Ba3+ Kf7 16.Re7+ Kf6 17.Rb1 Rd8 18.Rxc7 Be6 19.Be7+ Ke5 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 21.f4+ Kxf4 22.Rxc6 Bd5 23.Rc5 Be4 24.Rb5 Bxc2 25.Rf1+ Ke3 26.Rxb2 Rd2 27.Rf3+ Kd4 28.Rf7 Kc3 29.Rbb7 Be4 30.Rfc7+ Kd4 31.Rd7+ 1-0

This game between Howard Staunton and Elijah Williams is very illustrative of the importance of the different kind of oppositions in chess. As you will see Staunton has lost the game, but you have to know that the virtual opposition was something nobody was aware of in 1851. Without these kind of guidelines it is very difficult to play this kind of endgame the right way.

I use this game as an example of the possibilities to publish Chess games on a blog site. This time I have used Chess Publisher.

The main drawbacks are the lack of clickable moves and the fact that It is impossible to add the winning variations. Compare this post with the Staunton - Williams post on Chess Teaching.

[Event "London m6"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Howard Staunton"]
[Black "Elijah Williams"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.c3 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Bh4 Bd6 13.Bg3 Nc5 14.Nd4 Bxg3 15.fxg3 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Rfe8 17.Rae1 Bh5 18.Qb5 a6 19.Qa4 b5 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Nxb5 Qc6 22.Qh4 axb5 23.Qxh5 Nf6 24.Qe5 Qb6+ 25.Kh1 Rxa2 26.Qf5 Qe6 27.Qb1 Ra8 28.Qd3 Qc6 29.Qf5 Qe6 30.Qd3 Qc6 31.Nf3 Qc4 32.Qd1 Re8 33.Nd4 b4 34.Nf5 Re6 35.Qf3 bxc3 36.bxc3 Qe4 37.h3 Qxf3 38.gxf3 Re2 39.Nd4 Rd2 40.g4 g6 41.Ra1 Nd7 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.Rd8 Ne5 44.Rxd5? Nxf3 45.Nxf3 Rxd5 46.Kg2 Rc5 47.Kg3 Rxc3 48.h4 h5 49.g5 f6 50.Kf4 Rxf3+ 51.Kxf3 fxg5 52.hxg5 Kf7 53.Ke3 Ke6 54.Ke4 Kd6 55.Kd4 Kc6 56.Ke5 Kc5 57.Kf6 h4 58.Kxg6 h3 59.Kf7 h2 60.g6 h1=Q 61.g7 Qd5+ 62.Kf8 Qf5+ 63.Ke8 Qg6+ 64.Kf8 Qf6+ 65.Kg8 Kd6 66.Kh7 Qf7 67.Kh8 Qh5+ 68.Kg8 Ke6 0-1

This site is not about chess lessons, but about publishing chess games on blog sites. On the Wordpress Chess Teaching site a lot of chess lessons can be found. At the moment there are more than 50 chess tutorials on almost all the stages of the game and for all levels of play on this Chess Teaching site. You can get a quick overview by looking at their chess lessons index page, but you can also start at this introduction post and follow all the chess lessons by means of the next chess lesson link.