Dear Chess Coaches! Miniature games are an excellent tool for chess lessons. They are short, so the student won’t get bored, and they are usually exciting an…
* On moves six and seven, have the student guess White’s moves, which are good
Welcome back! Today Mrs Jessica E Prescott (aka BoundingOwl) will show you how Blackburne got his name! We will see his 17 move victory with the …
Remember one of the requirements is that black not have a pawn on g7.
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Chess is a game of planning. Strategies are long-range plans that can occur at the beginning, middle, or end of the game. Yasser Seirawan, in Winning …
Entire books have been written on this subject and our purpose is to share a few
Learn the en passant rule, a pawn capture that is so weird that will make it look like you are cheating!
It does have limitations, though.
In Part 1 of
Both sides are trying to get their pawns to the other side of the board first, and have
Hello! Today we will be learning how to carry out a lightning attack against the opponent’s king. Once you create a temporary weakness in the opponent’s king…
these ideas: This short game was very fun to play, but black’s attack would not have
Disco Dancing with Double Checks, by Ms Jessica Martin (aka BoundingOwl) Today we will learn how to duke it out over the chessboard with the discovered doubl…
TIME OUT: they have to deal with your check first, and meanwhile you are capturing
Discover the world of illegal moves in chess, and how to handle them when they occur. Elevate your chess game with these essential tips!
They also have a special rule that lets them leap forward two squares at their first
Several traditions and rules in chess reinforce the ideal of treating your opponent with respect. The U.S. Chess Federation’s Official Rules of Chess (…
If you have made a mistake in recording your moves, can you ask for help from the
