Are you the team from Alabama? I kept hearing this question during the weekend of elementary nationals, and I realized others were noticing what …
Looking at each individual kid’s rating in that section, one would not have expected
Professor: Good afternoon, class. I hope this past week has been spectacular. Zephyr: It was for me. I got to go to a concert. I heard Beethoven’s
I wish I could have been there.
Good afternoon friends! This is Mrs Jessica E Prescott, aka BoundingOwl, with some chess puzzles for you. These puzzles are checkmate in two move…
Right now the king is trapped, but we still have to put him in check.
Hello and welcome to the third of three articles on how to play the Stonewall Dutch. The Dutch is a fun and easy, attacking opening to play against 1. d4, 1….
That way, your pieces have a better chance of working together well.
Hi again! If you read part 1 of
is the type of move that if Alekhine didn’t see it and play it, it might never have
Professor: Bonjour, class. Class: Bonjour, to you as well, Professor. Lucian: What’s with the French? Thomas: Were you trying to confuse us? …
Lucian: I don’t have to pronounce it the French way.
Professor: Hello, class. I see you’re back for more after last week’s discussion. Zephyr: We certainly are. Hale: You had me thinking of fortresses all…
Lucian: It’s what they have at a zoo. Ryan: Thanks for being so informative.
This article is by WIM Alexey Root Previously we learned the values of the bishop, rook, and queen. Just as for those three pieces, the values of the kn…
A king cannot be traded, so we don’t have to worry about what he is worth!
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…
Sometimes you may have to just show them this move, while pointing out that it opens
This is Christopher Yoo. The Californian is now in the record books. He looks like an ordinary kid, just like every other ChessKid, but he has big news. …
I’m sure many of you have parents that help you with your chess or at least support
