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…
“I could have become the worst student ever, but you can’t play chess and be bad,
Young chess prodigy FM Shreyas Royal plays against top-rated chess players in the European Individual Chess Championship. Crossing 2400 FIDE and is well on his way to earning IM norms.
getting my knight to a good square and exchanging my bad bishop.
Impossible, you say. There is no way that crickets and chess have anything to do with each other, right? Well, you would be wrong, and if you wan…
living crickets down the kid’s backs to help them get the concept of "space gone bad
In one of my previous blogs, someone made a comment basically saying that if you play for rating points maybe you should quit chess. He goes on to say …
that you can’t JUST play for rating points, working to increase your rating is not bad
Chess can be very hard… Chess IS very hard. Recently I discovered just how hard it can be. I was invited by Susan Polgar to play in …
This is not entirely bad because I got some good experience, but it can be tiring
Young chess prodigy FM Shreyas Royal is on the road to becoming an International Master. Take a look at his close encounter with crossing 2400 and the many chess tactics he learned from his games.
I got an equal position after having a bad one but did a horrible miscalculation
Hi Parents and Coaches! Today I will describe a lesson I often teach to beginners in either chess camps or individual lessons. This would be for children who…
If Black does not take the knight, he will be left down a pawn with a bad position
This is a quick guide to a video series: This series, authored by PinkHamster and his many sound-effects, is one of our longest series. Why? Because the open…
of the first nine videos – Black captures all the pawns, but then gives them all bad
Chess has many benefits for youth. Playing chess is proven to help with school performance. It also cultivates good character and EQ in kids. Try ChessKid.
Just like in life, in chess choices have consequences — good and bad.
Professor: Happy Independence Day, Class! Lucian: You mean happy July Fourth, don’t you? Zephyr: They’re the same day. Thomas: That’s the w…
Thomas: Too bad you can’t remember.
