The new ChessKid Lesson Planner tool for teachers & coaches! The Lesson Planner is a week-by-week guide for teaching chess. If you’ve never taught c…
worksheets Extra Activities: supplemental written curriculum pages, extra videos on the same
Mikhail Tail, the 8th world chess champion, was known as the “Magician From Riga” because of his highly creative play and tactical wizardry. The coaches at Magnus Chess Academy think that Tal’s games are so magical that they decided to make a chess summer camp all about him. Register for the June 26-30 ‚Learn from the Greats: Mikhail Tal‘ summer camp today.
Well, Tal’s opponents were often sitting at the chessboard wondering the same thing
“I’d like you to consider a position I often show in many of classrooms,” Professor Pando said in his usual clarion voice. “Of course…
actually the past not the future; Bounding Owl’s article shows many variations of the same
The preliminary findings of a multi-year study across the state of Alabama seem to indicate that chess instruction may improve student performance, especiall…
Those same findings closely parallel how students performed in the deductive reasoning
In one of my previous blogs, someone made a comment basically saying that if you play for rating points maybe you should quit chess. He goes on to say …
you imagine if someone put in D work and someone put in A work and they got the same
Join the ChessKid Summer Camp Challenge, a fun, five-day at-home program packed with puzzles, bot battles, fast games, videos, and creative strategy projects. Perfect for keeping k
See if your child’s “easiest bot” was the same for you, or do you have a different
Middlegame begins when chess pieces are developed and the kings are safe. Here are some tips and strategies for the middlegame. Read on ChessKid.
Forks consist of a single piece attacking two or more pieces at the same time.
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).
I was completely winning, but I blundered into 2 pins (both on the board at the same
WFM Elizabeth Spiegel, the 2019 Chess Educator of the Year, talks about her transition to remote learning.
No one has to wait their turn, but at the same time, kids can take the time they
participate in this year’s ‘Hour of Chess’ allows everyone to have fun and learn at the same
