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.
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.
Can you find the tactic I used to get a winning position? I played Rxa7!
It’s important to attack — that’s how you’re going to make checkmate! But you also need to balance your understanding of attack with defense. Here ar…
Topalov finds a good place for the queen, offering a trade instead.
A question and answer column by National Master Andy Lee Welcome to the my first Q & A article on chesskid.com! I’m National Master Andy Lee, and I…
people play chess so that they can be creative and competitive, and these folks find
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The world championship match is going on right now in Sochi, Russia! Magnus Carlsen, from Norway, is defending his title. Vishy Anand, the former world champ…
Can you find the mate-in-three threat? That’s right! It’s a Blind Swine Mate.
