The Deadly Decoy! | ChessKid.com https://www.chesskid.com/learn/videos/the-deadly-decoy
Decoys lure an opposing piece to a bad square that allows you to play a winning tactic
Decoys lure an opposing piece to a bad square that allows you to play a winning tactic
My coach Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan told me that the tournament I just played in (The Berkeley International) was my second real tournament—otherwise …
I got 4.5 out of 10 which is not too bad considering the strength of the tournament
This is Paul Swaney a.k.a. Think Ahead presenting another article about teaching chess in a slow and steady manner. In my last article, Walk Before…
well as introducing the idea of „zugzwang,“ where every move you have to make is a bad
Hi Everyone! My weekly column is changing: Previously I had been showing famous games for young chess players; Now my column will focus on advice and lessons…
long-term things, such as weak or strong pawns, important strategic outposts, good and bad
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…
But don’t feel bad for Carissa — a few days after the Guinness Finals she became
In my last article I described in detail how I qualified for the first ever 2013 National Girls Invitational in Wisconsin. I also shared what I learned, howe…
I scored 3.5 of 9 – not bad for a 14-year old teen.
This article is by WIM Alexey Root Do you want to see the future of your chess opening? Then use this Crystal Ball trick: Imagine your position with just you…
If you have a bad pawn structure, you may have to win with your pieces in the middlegame
Kids playing chess, Titles, Titled players, Shreyas Royal, London Chess Classic.
he began to make some bad moves and I managed to calculate a very nice win despite
This article is by WIM Alexey Root Previously we learned the values of the bishop, rook, and queen. Just as for those three pieces, the values of the kn…
In the bishop, rook, and queen article, we saw that a bishop is a bad bishop when
It might have seemed like I died and fell off the planet of blogging… but! It has just been a crazy, but awesome summer for me. I realize …
I played it and it just seemed hard for him to stop me without making it bad for