A lot of kids don’t like seeing their opponents play 1. d4 when they are black. Why? It’s slower and less exciting than 1. e4, plus it’s less common, so most…
Your „bad“ light-squared bishop can be developed with Bc8-d7-e8-h5 (the most common
In Part 1 of
It looks bad for White – how can he save his e6 pawn?
UPDATE: The Abort Button is now gone. It has been replaced with a Resign Button (so be careful where you click)! From now on, when a game in Fast Chess start…
At ChessKid, aborting without good reason is considered bad sportsmanship .
The bad news? FunMasterMike is singing again.
Hi Kids! In the first part of
That’s bad sportsmanship.
Buon giorno chess kids! How many times a week has your coach told you to castle? A million? Maybe you should castle more. I wonder w…
Morphy announced a checkmate in a few moves, and I’m sure you can see, too, just how bad
I am finally back home and back to blogging. It seemed like such a great idea to take you all with me on my long road trip and update my (last) blog ev…
Not too bad after a day of traveling!
Hello! As stated in my previous article, I will be focusing on chess strategy. Especially among scholastic players, I have noticed the tendency to flounder a…
Bg5, keeping black’s bad piece on the board, also following the third principle.
A question and answer column by National Master Andy Lee Q: In my most recent tournament, my opponent offered me a draw. How do I know whether or not t…
Don’t feel bad about taking a draw if you feel sick or tired, if you are sure that
Good day ChessKids! There are a lot of great questions on our forum. Many of you have questions about the opening. In general, I suggest just doing CDC and n…
That does NOT make the opening bad.
