[Update: 202 ChessKids made it to 100 games or more!
eligible, ChessKids cannot play more than 10 games against other ChessKids under the same
The 3rd Annual ChessKid USA Girls Championships is taking place on May 6th, 2023
You will also not have a phone, tablet, or any other electronic device in the same
Learn everything you need to know about the chessboard- the home for all the chess fun! Square names, files, ranks, the right way to set it up, and more!
The first name is the same as the one from the file where the square is.
“A while back,” Professor Pando began, “I came upon the following interesting position. Oh, by the way, it was created by a very famous che…
His name was Sam Loyd.” — “It’s a curious position,” Lucian intoned. — “
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…
Neither one of my coaches thought it was a good idea for me to play and Sam came
In Part 1 we learned about the sixth world champion, Mikhail Botvinnik, who could play chess like a robot. In fact, when he was very old and had retired…
attacked Botvinnik’s queen, but also trapped a rook and attacked the rook, all at the same
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is an even better move with the same idea.
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The top four scores from a school in the same section will comprise a team.
The world’s super-grandmasters were all once ChessKids, too. Yes, there was a time that GM Magnus Carlsen couldn’t castle. At one point, GM Hikaru Nakamura d…
tie his own shoes It’s a good reminder that every chess player starts from the same
Knight Knifing Knavery…by, Ms Jessica Era Martin (aka BoundingOwl) Deadly discovered attacks happen all the time. Trust me: my students p…
By the way, black can always do the same tricks as white.
