Hello! As stated in my previous article, I will be focusing on chess strategy. Especially among scholastic players, I have noticed the tendency to flounder a…
Bg5, keeping black’s bad piece on the board, also following the third principle.
A question and answer column by National Master Andy Lee Q: In my most recent tournament, my opponent offered me a draw. How do I know whether or not t…
Don’t feel bad about taking a draw if you feel sick or tired, if you are sure that
Good day ChessKids! There are a lot of great questions on our forum. Many of you have questions about the opening. In general, I suggest just doing CDC and n…
That does NOT make the opening bad.
Losing is never fun. Most of us would agree that it feels better to win than to lose, but there are certain times when you may lose because of lack of experi…
Understand that if you go into the next round feeling bad your chances of losing
Tricks are for kids, by Ms Jessica Martin (aka BoundingOwl) Besides pins and skewers (pronounced skyoo-ers), I think double attacks are my favourite kind of …
In chess, a bad fork is one where you attack something that can attack you back.
There are many young players out there, and many that have dreams of becoming GMs and maybe even one of the top in the world someday. I am definitely o…
tournaments including getting my second Norm, but I had balanced those out with some bad
This is a quick guide to a video series: This series is for beginner and intermediate players; both can watch the whole thing. The series lays out the very b…
First up is: realizing a piece is on a bad square and moving it to a better one.
The Venus Fly Trap….Feed Me, Seymour! By, Ms Jessica Martin (aka BoundingOwl) Good afternoon chess players! Today we are going to learn about a…
Bad news bears. You see the mate of course. Here goes a mate in five!!
I got my first IM Norm in the 2023 Winter NYC GM/IM Norm Invitationals, which took place from January 12-January 16, 2023 in New York City. In this article, I will analyze some of my games, as well as talk about the emotions I had during the tournament and how I felt after the tournament.
went into a position where I was up an exchange, but poor time management and some bad
Young masters Ryo Chen, Tani Adewumi, and Brewington Hardaway all participated in their first Norm tournaments and performed great!
An even score in your first-ever invitational is not bad at all.
