Have you ever felt really tired or stressed during a tournament? Although it may seem strange, your diet and exercising habits affect your game. We ca…
Try not to eat the bad ones during a tournament.
Hi Kids! In the first part of
That’s bad sportsmanship.
Buon giorno chess kids! How many times a week has your coach told you to castle? A million? Maybe you should castle more. I wonder w…
Morphy announced a checkmate in a few moves, and I’m sure you can see, too, just how bad
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
Hello Kids, Parents & Coaches! Need a quick refresher on that tricky knight move from last week’s lesson? Or maybe you just want to revisit an earl…
Position Topic #10: A Really Bad Check!
You guessed it – something bad!
This is a quick guide to a video series: In this series, PlayfulSquirrel aka IM David Pruess examines what do after the pieces are developed. He shares his t…
When you don’t castle against masters, bad things tend to happen!
In this (and the next) week’s article, we will see a game by the legendary Alexander Alekhine. In this game, Alekhine begins an attack out of nowhere, in a p…
game, Alekhine begins an attack out of nowhere, in a position which at first looks bad
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Remember, once you’re matched up, it’s bad sportsmanship to not play the game.
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
