During the 2014-15 school year, Franklin Academy in Boynton Beach, Florida set out on an experiment. Chess had already been implemented across the curriculum…
Each week since, students have been begging to watch the amazing ChessKid videos,
What a year 2022 was for ChessKid! So many new programs, upgrades, achievements, and improvements to make learning and playing chess more fun for you.
Interactive Voices Although everybody loves playing against the FunMasterMike bot, have
Have you been participating in our Mighty Monthly Matchup?
In summer 2022, ChessKid’s first ever Unrated Girls Only Tournament was held in cooperation with FIDE, bringing together 232 girls from 55 different countries. Read more about it here!
It is immensely inspiring for young chess fans to have some of the world’s best players
Hey there chessers! Has your coach ever written on your notation sheet:
Have you ever hung a piece and had it captured for free?
What if I gave you a mate in 4? That’d be straight up hard! What if someone suggested to you that there was checkmate in 4 moves in your game? &n…
I bet you would have to work to find it!
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.
