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A team of cutting-edge chess players who also love open-source on GitHub. We’re here to celebrate the global game of chess with a vibrant, tech-loving community.

♛ Top Novice Pitfalls

Fools mate

Scholar's mate

Scholar's rook fork

The weak f7 pawn (f2 for white)

Back row mate

Corridor mate

The copycat trap

Checkmate on h7 (h2 for white)

Checkmate on g7 (g2 for white)

Arabian mate

Anastasia's mate

Damiano's mate

Lolli's mate

Epaulette mate

Boden's mate

Smothered mate

Legal's mate

Immortal Game mate

The poisoned pawn

The Vienna push

The hanging bishop

The pinned knight

The master check

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Fischer vs. Spassky - Game 6, 1972 World Championship

Move: 1. e4

Garry Kasparov's Triumph

Garry Kasparov becomes the youngest World Chess Champion in 1985 after defeating Anatoly Karpov.

Garry Kasparov winning the World Chess Championship in 1985.