By Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky What Makes a Draw? Perpetual Check – Part Two Pieces other than the queen, by themselves, don’t have…
The first move is easy to find, but then it gets trickier…
Checks, Captures, Queen Attacks! By International Master Daniel Rensch As a young and beginning chess player, it is easy to focus ONLY on your own ide…
That person sitting across from you isn’t just waiting for you to find "that brilliant
Many schools have chess teams that compete at national tournaments sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation. Some teams are funded by the school or a non-profi…
capture the feel of walking into a ballroom with that many competitors trying to find
Hey everyone! This is BrewMaster. Today I’ll be showing my match vs Satria Duta. If you don’t know who Satria is, he is an extremely talented kid…
Find the winning move for white in this position!
Spring is here again and the warm weather seems to have flushed all the chess players out of their hiding spots and into national competition. Records are be…
Speaking with students competing here in Columbus they find enjoyment in chess to
Once upon a time, this ChessKid played chess! I don’t usually show you my games (have I ever?), but here is one I think is worthy. 🙂 I’m always harping on C…
Can you find my super-awesome tactic? Black’s queen is toast!
Congratulations to all of you who have a Spring Break coming up from school! This gives you a good stretch to commit to finally leveling up your chess game. Here are 10 things you can do on ChessKid this Spring Break.
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“Some situations seem so innocent,” Professor Pando observed. —- “Yet even the simplest positions can hide a clever tactic.” …
.” —- What winning move did Lucian find?
Bobby Fischer remains a legend. Sure, he was kind of a strange guy, but his chess was phenomenal. Today we will look at a few puzzles from games …
Can you find a discovered attack that will win the queen?!
The second world champion, Emanuel Lasker, is known as the most philosophical of great chess players. In fact, he was such a philosophical chess player, that…
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