More than a funny word, zugzwang is an important chess concept. Learn everything about the zugzwang!
Since all of White’s moves are bad, but they have to move anyway, we say that White
Hi there, ChessKids! So,
describes a situation where you do not want to move, because all of your choices are bad
Young chess prodigy, FM Shreyas Royal, played in an IM Norm tournament, crossing 2350 FIDE! Full game in review and chess tips.
It also shows how important it is to be „solid“ and how draws are not always a bad
FM Brewington Hardaway shares his experience as he receives his second IM norm at the 2023 Marshall Chess Club NYC Winter IM Norm Invitational!
Considering my tournament situation, a draw against the top-rated player was not bad
More crazy tricks in the Spanish opening! I could write hundreds of articles on the Ruy Lopez because it has so many awesome tactics! Try your ha…
Not bad!
Hi ChessKids!I’m here to give an update on my chess career: recently, I got my final IM norm at SPICE Cup and am the youngest American female Internati…
of good tournaments (2018 and 2019 US Juniors Girls), but also a fair share of bad
One of the things I love about chess.com is that everybody is like one big family. Let me introduce you to my family. There is my protective big brothe…
Michael has helped me keep positive during my bad tournaments and always gives positive
Buon giorno ChessKids! Last week we discussed the first few moves of an extremely common opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3, attacking e5. Black had options to guard t…
Black had options to guard that pawn, most of which were bad in one way or another
How to make checkmate with only a Queen and a King, by Ms Jessica Martin (aka BoundingOwl) The queen is my favourite piece. She is the most powerful pi…
This is bad news for black here.
The Ever Powerful Pin: Stay put…or else… by Ms Jessica Martin (aka BoundingOwl) Hiya! Today we are going to learn about pi…
A relative pin means, well, you could move the piece, but it would be a really bad
