Questions about the Skewers poster

What’s on the Skewers poster?

The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. A skewer attacks a valuable piece through to a lesser one behind it.; Pin: lesser in front. Skewer: greater in front.; Rook checks a king with a rook behind = The king must move; you take the rook; Bishop skewers queen to rook = Wins the exchange; Defence = Interpose, or counterattack; Common mistake: Confusing pins and skewers → Look at which piece is in front. Skewers on the king are absolute: he must move, so the piece behind is always lost.

Who is the Skewers poster for?

Skewers belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning tactics can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Skewers poster?

The valuable piece is in front. When it moves, you take what was behind it. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Skewers belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Skewers?

Back Rank Mate, Calculating and Checkmate Patterns sit alongside Skewers in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Back Rank MateCalculatingCheckmate Patterns

Is the Skewers poster free to download and print?

Yes. Skewers downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Skewers poster print at?

Skewers is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Skewers loses nothing.Printing guide