Requirement 6a for the chess merit badge involves playing at least three games of chess, recording the games, recording chess notation, and then discuss…
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For the fifth year in a row, 30 talented American youngsters competed in the ChessKid Online National Invitational Championship (CONIC). US Chess-sancti…
Dean of Chess Academy" in New Jersey, he showed perfect defense in the face of a would-be
This is Christopher Yoo. The Californian is now in the record books. He looks like an ordinary kid, just like every other ChessKid, but he has big news. …
Soon-to-be master Christopher Yoo played White against the boy he took the record
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After this slight halt, I went for an attack with Rb1, a3, and b4.
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I had played this IM before and therefore knew he would play b5 after 1.d4 which
“Did you have a nice Halloween?” the Professor asked both Zephyr and Lucian who, once again, were in class together. — Both of the Profes…
They didn’t see how the bishop could give a check from b1. — “I can’t see how
Hi ChessKids!I’m here to give an update on my chess career: recently, I got my final IM norm at SPICE Cup and am the youngest American female Internati…
promotes to a queen then White plays Re8, followed by Ra8 if the queen goes back to b5
There are many rules and principles for the three different stages of a chess game: the opening, middlegame and endgame. In our last article, Top 5 Ru…
make a move, they are deciding something permanent about the game — something that cannot
As mentioned in the tips on chess etiquette, draws in chess can be reached by one of several ways: by mutual agreement, insufficient mating material, three-f…
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ChessKid returns for its Third Annual
telling your school leaders how much you love the idea of chess in your school might
