Tactics are short-term opportunities to gain an advantage. This is generally a material advantage but not always. As mentioned in other lessons, entire books…
Can you find the fork? Black to move. Answer: b5! The pawn attacks both rooks.
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See if you can find this superb tactic for Black in the opposite-sides castling position
Check out part two of FM Shreyas Royal’s recap of his performance at the Sparkassen A Open in Dortmund, where this young chess prodigy performed at a grandmaster level!
back with part two of my experience at the Sparkassen A Open in Dortmund; you can find
Follow young chess prodigy FM Shreyas Royal’s journey to achieving the IM title. Recount his experience earning his first IM Norm in Part 2 of the series with chess tactics and games from the tournament.
White to play, can you find the tactic that I missed? Rxg7!
Hi ChessKids! Do you know who the U.S. Champions are? GMs Gata Kamsky and Irina Krush (who both won last year) played against a very tough field to take the …
This tactic ended the game, as GM Sergey Erenburg could find no good solution, and
Chess.com’s Champions Chess Tour announces a ChessKid Cup Drawing Contest! Draw one of the chess players for a chance to win some awesome prizes.
Find all drawing entries and winners‘ artwork here.
Hi! Mrs Jessica E Prescott (aka BoundingOwl) here to discuss the idea of chunking in chess. Sound weird? Read on. A combination is a …
First, pretend it’s black’s move so you can find the mate threat.
GM Elsha Moradiabadi teaches Afghan refugees in an English Language Learning class at Stough Elementary in Raleigh, North Carolina, how to play chess.
In such cases, how do you find a way to train them the basics of chess?
Hi there, ChessKids! Today, I’ll answer ImpossibleHeat’s question:
flipping to an opening you’ve already heard about, eg. the Tarrasch Defense, and find
FM Tani Adewumi won his section at the 2022 New York Spring Invitational with 7.0/9. With it he earned his first IM norm, and got his rating over 2300. He now needs only two more norms and 100 rating points to become an international master.
Can you find some of the moves he found to earn the norm?
