These puzzles get progressively harder from one to the next. See how many you can solve! Fee: This puzzle is tricky but very cute when you realize the a…
Fee FEN: 8/8/8/8/7k/6pq/R1R5/4K3 w – – 0 1 Puzzle 2: Fi FEN: 1N6/8/K7/3k4/3p3B/
Dear parents and coaches, I got the following question from Amy, a chess mom in Ohio: “I have heard about doubled pawns. What are they, and why are the…
of doubled pawns being a clear advantage: Here, White has doubled pawns on b2
Hi ChessKids! Welcome to 2019. Why not make it a New Year’s resolution to play and study more chess? In Part One, Two, and Three of my series, we …
The position looks fairly equal here since Black has more space for now and the b3
Professor: Good afternoon, class. A congenial, but less than enthusiastic response was detectable. Professor: The class tournament is coming up, and so I’ve …
If instead 1. b4, then 1…Ka7 2. b5 Ka8 3. Kc7 Ka7 4.
If you haven’t read the first article on the Stonewall Dutch, you might want to start there. This is our second game in the opening, and here black chooses a…
of playing f5, Nf6, e6, d5, Bd6 and c6, black SHOULD play f5, Nf6, e6, Bb4, 0-0, b6
Dear Chess Coaches! Miniature games are an excellent tool for chess lessons. They are short, so the student won’t get bored, and they are usually exciting an…
sure to show what happens if Black tries to keep his pawn on c4, by playing 3…b5
After more than six weeks of competition, the ChessKid/Judit Polgar Guinness World Record Tournament ended Saturday with an exciting two-hour final event, st…
A big congratulations to NiceGiantAnt and GM2B who tied for first place!
ისწავლე ყველაფერი მოჭადრაკეების საყვარელი მანევრის – იტალიური ფიანკეტოს შესახებ.
მოკლედ, როდესაც თეთრებს თავიანთი კუ b2-ზე ან g2-ზე გაჰყავთ, ვამბობთ, რომ ფიანკეტო
არსებობს მოულოდნელი საჭადრაკო სვლები, რომელთაც მოთამაშისთვის უმეტეს შემთხვევაში გადამწყვეტი უპირატესობა მოაქვთ. Შუალედური სვლა სწორედ ასეთია.
ქვემოთ მოცემულ პოზიციას დააკვირდი. თეთრებმა ლაზიერი b5-ზე დასვეს. ეგონათ, რომ შავებს
By WIM Alexey Root Would you want to trade $9 for $3? How about giving up $9 to get $5 back? If your answer to those questions is
The bishop on h1 can move to g2, f3, e4, d5, c6, b7, or a8.
