Dear Chess Parents and Teachers! I received the following question from Theresa, a chess coach in Illinois: “I have heard about the exchange, to exchan…
“To exchange,” (a verb) on the other hand, means something
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…
Try your hand at finding the best move in this game
chair when FunMaster nearly hangs checkmate in their hand-and-brain
Dear parents and coaches, I got the following question from Amy, a chess mom in Ohio: “I have heard about doubled pawns. What are they, and why are the…
On the other hand, here is an example of doubled pawns
measures, and this definitely applies to the endgame at hand
The bad news is that if you continue to play chess, you will have to deal with many losses. The good news is that these losses are just stepping stone…
matter how tough the loss feels, shake your opponent’s hand
“Some situations seem so innocent,” Professor Pando observed. —- “Yet even the simplest positions can hide a clever tactic.” …
including castling short, castling long, and castling by hand
Taimanov’s Magic Horsey…by, Ms Jessica Era Martin Priviet! (Hello–in Russian) Today we will see how GM Mark Taimanov asked Mr World Champion A…
Taimanov’s game, it looks like white could have the upper hand
By International Master Bryan Smith In this article we are going to see a game which is known as the
Anderssen, on the other hand, castled as early as the
open for another edition of ChessKid Challenges, hand-and-brain
