The opening is the first phase of a chess game. Learn the principles of a chess opening and important theories behind common book moves.
Don’t move the same piece more than once early in a game.
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Professor: Hello, class. They all greeted the professor as if saying goodbye. Professor: Don’t look so glum. Rachel: Isn’t this the last class? Zephyr: All g…
Professor: It’s essentially the same game, but a little different.
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time control is 5+1 (five minutes plus one-second increment per move) which is the same
Many of you have asked how to get better at chess. Besides practicing your tactics here, playing and analyzing your games, and not hanging pieces, her…
Maybe you’re from the same country, or he or she has broken a record (Sergey Karjakin
Recently ChessKid added the ability for coaches to host live tournaments, but now ChessKid is going to host weekly live tournaments for the entire wor…
Swiss System“ which means that no one is eliminated — you play ChessKids with the same
It’s important to attack — that’s how you’re going to make checkmate! But you also need to balance your understanding of attack with defense. Here ar…
If you can do two things at the same time, gaining a tempo we say, you are probably
Today, I am focusing on an area of chess that is extremely important not only for chess players but for chess coaches. In the last couple of months, a…
This video inspired me so much that I continually ask myself the same question the
Learn everything about the fianchetto, an Italian word that chess players use all the time!
The same is true for Black if they put their bishops on b7 or g7.
