Few people (that know what they are talking about) would argue that having the white pieces in a chess game is considered an advantage… and I agreed w…
We played into the same line as we did in Copper State, but I had an improvement,
Finally!!! After sitting at 2280–2296ish on my FIDE Rating, it finally went over 2300 after my last tournament which earned me the FIDE Master title!!…
always have to play the most complicated lines if the simpler line gets you to the same
Learn everything the bishop and the way it moves in chess!
It’s more valuable than a pawn, worth the same as a knight, but less valuable than
This article is by WIM Alexey Root In this endgame, you will be the lone black king. You will draw against a king and pawn. To do so, you have to be str…
2) If you have to step back from the best place, step straight back along the same
This article is by WIM Alexey Root. Have you ever had the experience of someone stepping on the back of your shoe because they were walking too close behind …
The photo shows three children on the same file, in front of a desk.
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players because one of their pieces attacks two or more pieces of an opponent at the same
In my first article I wrote about how important it is to teach your students how to take accurate notation, and here is a recent anecdote to…
I told this same story to my own students, and it really drove home the point of
Hey, my name’s Alec, I’m twenty-three, and I used to be addicted to playing chess. So much so, in fact, that my fellow chess players (as w…
secret that I and the movie character have a lot in common: I grew up in the very same
UPDATE – The contest is now over! We will be posting the winners shortly and we will be repeating a similar contest in the fall! The battle for Fast chess su…
If the same kid has the most wins and the most games played, then his opponent will
Hi chesskids! The State Grade Championships took place yesterday in Charlotte, NC, and many of my students played! After round one, I was surprised to see …
After round one, I was surprised to see the majority of them had the same exact opening
