Crushing the Castle: Anastasia’s Mate Puzzle Set…by, Mrs Jessica Era Prescott (aka BoundingOwl) Hi friends! It’s summer vacation! Are you…
Play some b-ball, your chess is great for now! 6 out of 6 pick up tix.
Hi! Mrs Jessica E Prescott (aka BoundingOwl) here to discuss the idea of chunking in chess. Sound weird? Read on. A combination is a …
The tricky part is A) finding them in your own games when not prompted; and, B) putting
This is a summary of a presentation at the London Chess Conference (2015) by Amanda Aldercotte. Playing chess involves an array of cognitive skills &n…
greater improvements in this cognitive domain than their peers (graph above, section B)
Halloween is coming up! This week we’ll learn how to force a draw with the Philidor, then play ghost chess! This is for ChessKid Ellie. Philidor and Lucena a…
Those (the Q,R,B) can all go through ONE of their own pieces.
შეისწავლე ჭადრაკის დაფა – ჩვენი გართობის მთავარი ადგილი! გაერკვიე უჯრების, ვერტიკალებისა და ჰორიზონტალების დასახელებებში, ასევე, ფიგურების განლაგების წესებში.
როგორც ყველა თქვენს მეგობარს). თანმიმდევრობით მარცხნიდან მარჯვნივ მათი სახელებია: a, b,
Moves that usually look very tempting but appear to be blunders are known as chess traps. Learn everything about them and beat your friends quickly!
the Ruy Lopez opening after Black has chased away White’s bishop with their a and b-pawns
Professor: Happy Independence Day, Class! Lucian: You mean happy July Fourth, don’t you? Zephyr: They’re the same day. Thomas: That’s the w…
Black then has three moves (A) 1…Kd5; (B) 1…Kb5; or (C) 1…d5.
Barev! That says Hello in Armenian. World Champion Tigran Petrosian was from Armenia, and was known as Iron Tigran because he was so hard to beat…
Because his rook controlled the b file, the white king was trapped!
Professor: Hello, class. Why so pale and wan? Class: (No response.) Professor: Well, allow me to enliven your day by introducing two new classmates, Thomas a…
but the group worked out what appeared to be a winning line that relied on the b-pawn
Dealing with Fear by National Master Kayden Troff I played in a tournament this past weekend in California (11 hour drive each way). From the title you can …
hang out with GMs, Khachiyan and Ramirez, and IM Jacek Stopa as well as, the class B
