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Hi Parents and Coaches! Today I will describe a lesson I often teach to beginners in either chess camps or individual lessons. This would be for children who…
might develop: Here are some notes on doing this lesson: * Let the children find
Guten Tag! It’s time to practice pinning again, with Mrs Jessica E Prescott (aka BoundingOwl). These pin positions are not super easy so be sure …
You have to find the best move!
She is the most cool-headed 13 year old I have heard of: Ashritha Eswaran. Round 1 of her first U.S. Women’s Championship just happened in St. Louis, Mi…
Then, as White is about to mate-in-one, Black finds the perfect move!
The power of the knight…he’s different from all the other pieces, right? He can jump, go in two directions, hop over anything in his way. Is a knight, toge…
Find Black’s best move here. — — In a closed position, it is the knight which
Young chess prodigy, FM Shreyas Royal, nearly scored his first IM norm by half a point but made it to 2350+ FIDE! Final rounds in review with chess puzzles and tips.
However, the game fizzled out into a draw when I did not find the top engine moves
Attack! You may know that former World Champion Garry Kasparov is an amazing attacker in chess. Did you also know that he won a human rights award becau…
— — The next forcing move is harder to find.
A question and answer column by National Master Andy Lee Welcome to the my first Q & A article on chesskid.com! I’m National Master Andy Lee, and I…
people play chess so that they can be creative and competitive, and these folks find
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…
Topalov finds a good place for the queen, offering a trade instead.
The world championship match is going on right now in Sochi, Russia! Magnus Carlsen, from Norway, is defending his title. Vishy Anand, the former world champ…
Can you find the mate-in-three threat? That’s right! It’s a Blind Swine Mate.
