In Part 1 we saw the beginning of the game Rotlewi-Rubinstein. Not a whole lot has happened, but wait until you see the second part of the game! Rotlewi made…
But he wasn’t going to have any of that!
Welcome to chess, a game played by millions worldwide! In this article, we will help you learn how to play chess. Let’s start learning the chess rules!
The Rook You have two rooks; each one starts on a corner square.
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ChessKid returns for its Second Annual
Our plan is to have a minimum of five devices in every classroom available for elementary
Starting in 2016, ChessKid will dedicate one week a year to encouraging chess in schools (in every school) for at least one hour. Taking a page from t…
Our plan is to have a minimum of five devices in every classroom available for elementary
Hikaru Nakamura was a chess prodigy, like Magnus Carlsen and some others such as Paul Morphy and Jose Capablanca. He became a national master of the United S…
Black’s bishop is very strong on d5 and White’s pieces have to defend the f3 pawn
Learn everything about the fianchetto, an Italian word that chess players use all the time!
To do that, you would have to play 1.g3 first.
Hello chesskids! Today we will learn about holding off the opponent’s attack. Sometimes it is necessary to weaken your king position to improve other aspects…
The following game demonstrates these principles: That exciting game may have
By International Master Bryan Smith I learned chess in my seventh grade math class. My math class was taken over by chess fever – all of the kids played ches…
How could we have been playing for months and not know all the rules?!
Good day, ChessKids! I hope you’ve been practicing! You know that whenever you move a pawn, the game changes fundamentally. That’s because pawns never go bac…
When you have a pawn majority, push your "candidate" pawn.
