"Knights on the Rim are Dim" and other Chess rules.

[Buttoneer]

If you're a chess player you might remember that quote. I also remember another one: "A rook on the 7th (rank) is like a bone in the throat"

Are there any chess players here? Do you play online?

"Laws of Chess do not allow a free choice: you have to move maybe you like it or not”
-Lasker

[lastlib]

1. "Chess, like love, like music....

...has the power to make men happy." --Grandmaster Siegbert Tarrasch

Yes, AVID chessplayer here, although I don't play online--I just don't devote the time to it. Much prefer over-the-board play with live people I can see.

[thomski64]

2. ..a knight on the edge has only 4 moves.....

..one on a corner square, only 2
move. It demonstrates the importance of the center of the board. Chess.com is free , there are tens of millions of players, worldwide.

[perfessor]

3. Pin it and win it.

Also forks, skewers, x-rays and check-offs.
Morphy - The pride and sorrow
Capablanca - the Cuban genius
Tal - the wizard of Riga
And Magnus, simply the GOAT

You can find me on Lichess several times a week.

Cheers!

[Buttoneer]

4. Lichess is my preferred online chess site. n/t

[brush]

5. I used to have a book called "Chess traps, pitfalls and Swindles."

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Back in the '70s. Ever heard of it?

[perfessor]

7. I remember that one!

I got it from the library, probably my first exposure to chess literature.

[JoseBalow]

6. Give me e4-e5 or give me death