A stalemate sounds like a checkmate but couldn’t be farther from it. Learn why it is so important in chess and everything else you need to know about it.
A stalemate happens in chess when it is a player’s turn to move, but they have no
During the 2014-15 school year, Franklin Academy in Boynton Beach, Florida set out on an experiment. Chess had already been implemented across the cur…
Each week since, students have been begging to watch the amazing ChessKid videos,
Professor: Good day, class. Would you rather be a knight? Or would you rather be a bishop? Zephyr: That’s quite a “hello,” Professor. Lucia…
But sometimes I’d rather have a knight.
By Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky What Makes a Draw? Perpetual Check An important variety of a forced repetition is perpetual check. A perpetual ch…
You have to realize that the opponent’s threats or superior forces will win the game
Crushing the Castle: Not Giuocking! By, Mrs Jessica E Prescott (nee Martin) aka BoundingOwl Buon Giorno amici! (Good day friends!) To…
I have to tell you a secret.
By Scott Talley It had the makings of a brief encounter, but when Tamyre Watkins and the chess coach Kevin Fite came together in the office of Sampson…
Fite that day my grades could have dropped, or I could have even been kicked out
The Future Citizens Foundation has a chess club at the Taylor Farms Center for Learning that meets two afternoons a week and on Saturdays. The Center for Lea…
The chess sessions have between 8 and 16 kids on any day and beginners are always
By International Master Bryan Smith In Part I of
You might not have known this rule before, but now you do. Let’s practice it!
Losing is never fun. Most of us would agree that it feels better to win than to lose, but there are certain times when you may lose because of lack of experi…
Therefore, after a loss, ask your opponent what you could have done better.
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…
I don’t usually recommend retreating, but sometimes you have to.
