This is a quick guide to a video series: In this series, PlayfulSquirrel aka IM David Pruess examines what do after the pieces are developed. He shares his t…
When you don’t castle against masters, bad things tend to happen!
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Remember, once you’re matched up, it’s bad sportsmanship to not play the game.
In this (and the next) week’s article, we will see a game by the legendary Alexander Alekhine. In this game, Alekhine begins an attack out of nowhere, in a p…
game, Alekhine begins an attack out of nowhere, in a position which at first looks bad
But one of the best skills in chess is making the most of a bad situation!
There are many young players out there, and many that have dreams of becoming GMs and maybe even one of the top in the world someday. I am definitely o…
tournaments including getting my second Norm, but I had balanced those out with some bad
Young masters Ryo Chen, Tani Adewumi, and Brewington Hardaway all participated in their first Norm tournaments and performed great!
An even score in your first-ever invitational is not bad at all.
Read the title, sounds delicious right? If you said yes… I have no comment. Four things (along with the people who said yes) mig…
If you haven’t seen the video on Chess.com TV, I feel bad for you… it was very exciting
What is chess strategy, and how can it help you win more games? Learn everything about it in this article!
After all, how can you use your pieces‘ full power if they are all on bad squares
FM Tani Adewumi won his section at the 2022 New York Spring Invitational with 7.0/9. With it he earned his first IM norm, and got his rating over 2300. He now needs only two more norms and 100 rating points to become an international master.
problem is that if 1…Na4 and Black „wins“ back the pawn on c3, he enters a really bad
Dear parents and coaches! I received the following question from Nikola, a chess coach in Portland, Oregon:
made a bad situation worse, by losing the queen.
