) A common way to win the queen is to pin her to the king with a rook: for instance with the black queen on e5 and the black king on e8 and no other pieces on the e-file, the move Re1 by White would pin Black's queen.

Place all white and black pawns on their usual squares, and place Black's pieces to exactly mirror White's ( so, Black should have on a8 the same type of piece White has on a1, except that bishops would be on opposite-color squares ).

White's queen is far outmatched by Black's pieces, which dominate the board and will soon overrun White's position.

Atkins originated an important defensive strategy in the Queen's Gambit Declined: an early ... Ne4 by Black in order to exchange off a pair of minor pieces and ease the pressure on Black's position.

Kxf7 5. Nxe5 + Nxe5 ( the Jerome Gambit ), an extremely dubious opening where White sacrifices two pieces in the hope of exposing Black's king and obtaining a mating attack.

White exchanged pieces and played against Black's weakened queenside, a typical plan in this variation.

Black's intent is to block or otherwise restrain White's central pawns and, if allowed to do so by inaccurate play by White, eventually undermine the White pawn centre by well-timed pawn advances of his own or by attacking the White pieces defending the centre.

14. Rg1 ( White cannot take either of Black's two hanging pieces: 14. Bxh3 Nd3 #; 14. hxg3 Qxg3 #.

h6 14. Rf3 Black's pieces were ill-placed to counter White's attack.

However, as most of Black's pieces are on the queenside, continuing with pawn pushes like f7 – f5 is probably too weakening, as Alekhine demonstrated in his game against Seitz in 1925.

The only pieces preventing the e-pawn's promotion are the black queen and knight, and once they are gone, the e-pawn has a free path to promotion because Black's pawns are helpless to stop it.

Pion coiffé Howard Staunton-Taverner ?, date unknown ( White's pawn on g2 is the capped pawn, with which he must give checkmate ) 1. Nc3 e5 2. Ne4 d5 3. Ng3 Covering the pawn to make it less assailable by Black's pieces.

White's pawn push to e4 slashes at empty space, while Black's pieces are poised to undermine White's centre and attack the queenside.

White was able to mate since his minor pieces were clustered around the Black king, while Black's pieces were either undeveloped or trapped in the white camp and so unable to defend.

Today, Alex Yermolinsky has an excellent record with the White pieces and Alexei Shirov has been Black's chief proponent in this variation.

In the Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation pieces ( White's bishop and Black's knight ) rather than pawns are traded.

In both cases, Black can easily avoid the trap, but 2. Qf3 does not pose the impediments to natural development of Black's pieces that 2. Qh5 does.

The game is celebrated because of Black's sacrifice of all four of his minor pieces.

In algebraic notation the starting squares are c1 and f1 for White's bishops, and c8 and f8 for Black's bishops.

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The Mysterons claim to be peaceful beings, but are wage a " war of nerves " against the people of Earth following Black's devastating assault on the Mysteron city.

It is due to this remarkable ability that they are able to re-create their city following Black's attack.

There are no general formulae for American options, but a choice of models to approximate the price are available ( for example Roll-Geske-Whaley, Barone-Adesi and Whaley, binomial options model by Cox-Ross-Rubinstein, Black's approximation and others ; there is no consensus on which is preferable ).

Black's defences, with white's replies, are:

There are two solutions to the problem ( note that in helpmates, Black's moves are given first ):

Black's two main defenses are the two captures on e3, but each one allows a different Plachutta interference by White on move 2.

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Black's usual choice is 7 ... Bb7, but 7 ... Ba6 is also possible to target the c-pawn, and 7 ... h6 8. Bh4 c5 and 7 ... c5 are sometimes played as well.

Another approach for Black is to play 4 ... c5, after which White plays 5. d5 to keep his central pawns together reaches a Benoni-style position, and Black's main replies are 5 ... b5, 5 ... 0-0, 5 ... Bxc3 + and 5 ... Nh5.

An SPG-type problem is to find the shortest game in which White's and Black's corresponding moves are mirror images of each other.

Black's knives are exceedingly rare and are prized by collectors.

Several examples of Black's knives are on display at the Historic Arkansas Museum as part of the American Bladesmith Society collection.

Black's method of research, his discoveries about adrenergic pharmacology, and his clarification of the mechanisms of cardiac action are all strengths of his work.

The statue has been criticized for appearing very similar to many of Black's other works, most of which are displayed in public universities or public spaces.

Visitors to Ashbourne can view the full list at The Green Man & Black's Head Royal Hotel where it is displayed on a series of wooden display frames that are updated yearly.

Its acquisition in 1967 of rights at the Montreal Expo eventually grew into a 125-store chain, Astral Photo, the remnants of which are now owned by the Black's Photography chain.

Black's alternatives to 5 ... Na5, the Fritz Variation 5 ... Nd4, and Ulvestad's Variation 5 ... b5, are related as they share a common subvariation.

5 ... e5 is often considered something of an error on Black's part and 5 ... Bd7 can transpose to one of the more common variations, such as the Classical or Dragon, but there are also a number of independent lines.

Some of Black's alternatives are 7 ... Qb6, the Poisoned Pawn Variation popularized by Fischer, and 7 ... b5, the Polugaevsky Variation, which has the tactical point 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7!

It will frequently transpose into a standard line such as the Taimanov Variation or Paulsen Variation, or else White can play 3. c3 in the style of the Alapin Variation, where Black's queen may not be so well placed on c7.

White's other major try for advantage is 4. Nc3 Nxe5 5. e4, securing a lead in development and leaving Black's queen awkwardly placed on e7.

The main line continues with 5 ... Nbd7 ; though a bishop move 5 ... Bd6 or 5 ... Be7 is seldom seen, as masters realized early on that at e7, the bishop was passively placed and does nothing to further one of Black's aims, the freeing move ... e5.

) 9. d4, White's two extra pawns, strong center, and lead in development, combined with Black's awkwardly placed king, give White strong compensation for the sacrificed knight.