The second world champion, Emanuel Lasker, is known as the most philosophical of great chess players. In fact, he was such a philosophical chess player, that…
Lasker wasn’t an expert on opening theory, and he often got a bad position early
We left off at a dramatic point in the game Edward Lasker versus George Thomas. It was an offhand – casual – game, in a chess club, not a tournament. Many sp…
Some are smoking cigars (which is bad for you, but very common in those days, especially
And are eggs good for you or bad for you?
A weekly question and answer column by FIDE Master Andy Lee. Q: What does it mean to fianchetto a bishop? Why would I ever want to do this? — J…
suggest that you should always fianchetto your bishops, or that the Ruy Lopez is a bad
How to Play Halloween Chess…by, Mrs Jessica E Prescott (aka BoundingOwl) Hello chessers! Today we will learn a new game. It is called GHOST CHE…
But this is a bad choice! What can black do now?
Professor: Howdy, class. Here the class responded with a collective “hi.” Professor: We have a new class member being added to our roster today. …
Black has no choice but to play a bad move. Thomas: Nice going, Idris.
Bruce Pandolfini is one of the world’s most beloved and recognized coaches, who recently won USCF’s Dan Heisman Award for Excellence in Chess. &nbs…
That would be bad. Black could lose two rooks. That would be worse.
Mates in 1, 2, 3, and 4: Rook and Bishop Torture…by Ms Jessica Martin (aka BoundingOwl) Rooks and bishops are like mini-queens, right? Well, in this …
All of white’s moves will be bad: Zugzwang! Excellent work!
Getting home from Greece, I felt like I had face planted right into the ground! Definitely not running at that point!! I couldn’t believe h…
It wasn’t that bad going there….of course some of it may have been caused from coming
WIM Alice Lee won the Girl U-12 section of the 2021 FIDE Online Cadets and Youth Rapid Super Final in December 2021. This is her third consecutive world cadet championship, after two previous World Cadet wins (Girl U-12 in 2020 and Girls U-10 in 2019).
In the second game, I had a bad position out of the opening, and she played well
