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…
it might develop: Here are some notes on doing this lesson: * Let the children find
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[This is a letter sent to ChessKid from Babaldeep Singh, mother of Ziana. ChessKid reprinted it here with the family’s permission.] Ziana, also k…
She loves the Chesskid app and website and we often find her watching ChessKid videos
Aloha! Today we are going to look at a puzzle called the Saavedra Position. Saavedra was a Spanish priest who lived in the 1800s, and who found s…
Can you find a way for black to force a stalemate? This move is also a fork!
Howdy friends! Up now is a mini-series on Brilliancy!! That means we will see some incredible moves, often from what looks like a normal or even …
Can you find it? So of course white is allowed a move here.
Young chess prodigy, FM Shreyas Royal, nearly scored his first IM norm by half a point but made it to 2350+ FIDE! Final rounds in review with chess puzzles and tips.
However, the game fizzled out into a draw when I did not find the top engine moves
The power of the knight…he’s different from all the other pieces, right? He can jump, go in two directions, hop over anything in his way. Is a knight, toge…
Find Black’s best move here. — — In a closed position, it is the knight which
Guten Tag! It’s time to practice pinning again, with Mrs Jessica E Prescott (aka BoundingOwl). These pin positions are not super easy so be sure …
You have to find the best move!
She is the most cool-headed 13 year old I have heard of: Ashritha Eswaran. Round 1 of her first U.S. Women’s Championship just happened in St. Louis, Mi…
Then, as White is about to mate-in-one, Black finds the perfect move!
Attack! You may know that former World Champion Garry Kasparov is an amazing attacker in chess. Did you also know that he won a human rights award becau…
— — The next forcing move is harder to find.
