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even a rented conference room at a hotel, in the case of several players in the same
In this article, we help you understand why having a chess coach is essential for anyone who wants to improve as a chess player.
For example, when does it make sense to move the same piece twice in the opening?
From June 2-4, 42 of the most talented chess kids in the U.S. competed in the ChessKid Online National Invitational Championship (CONIC), held for the sixth …
Here several of them played in the same room. And so it was.
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
Pawn structure is the configuration of pawns in chess. Here are some good pawn structures you can try to improve your chess game. Learn on ChessKid.
Because pawns cannot be moved very fast, a pawn structure often stays the same for
Why is it that chess tournaments and holidays go together like pencil and paper, like hot dogs and ball games, like snow and Utah??? Do chess orga…
thing against us and of course we played the same thing (I mean he his is my coach
A weekly question and answer column by FIDE Master Andy Lee. Q: I recently learned the point values of all the chess pieces, but I don’t agree with them.&nbs…
Bishops are supposed to be worth the same as knights, but the knights are much trickier
One of the things I love about chess.com is that everybody is like one big family. Let me introduce you to my family. There is my protective big brothe…
Also, I have my big brother (my opening coach) IM Sam Shankland.
Hi again, here is second part of the article about chess notation (click here for part 1). By now, you already know the basics of
That’s why when two of the same kind of piece can go to the same square, you need
