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.
In closed positions, central pawns are blocked and none have been exchanged.
In chess, a blunder is a bad move that can cost you a game. Learn the difference between blunders, mistakes, inaccuracies, & how to avoid them on ChessKid.
An inaccuracy occurs when a player makes an acceptable move but could have made a
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We do this to see which ChessKids have become the best puzzle solvers on the site
This article is by WIM Alexey Root
An outside passed pawn (on the a-, b-, g-, or h-files) is harder to catch than a
Welcome to the ChessKid.com Glossary and Dictionary, which contains a list of commonly used chess words, phrases, and terms.
For example,if a player had a and b pawns, and they were both passed, this would
Young chess prodigy FM Shreyas Royal plays against top-rated chess players in the European Individual Chess Championship. Crossing 2400 FIDE and is well on his way to earning IM norms.
I did not have the slightest clue of how to play.
Halloween is coming up! This week we’ll learn how to force a draw with the Philidor, then play ghost chess! This is for ChessKid Ellie. Philidor and Lucena a…
Those (the Q,R,B) can all go through ONE of their own pieces.
In this guest post by FM Alice Lee, she shares her experience at the 2023 Canada Transnational event, where she earned her 3rd and final IM norm.
I was happy to have won against such a strong player, and I knew that with my results
IM Alice Lee recounts her experience at the 2023 Women’s World Team Championship!
The format was as such: Twelve teams were divided into two pools (Pool A and Pool B)
Garry Kasparov once said,
When asked why he works out so much, he said that you have to be very fit in order
