Hi ChessKid, my name is John Salisbury. I am a professional chess coach, founder of the Miami City Chess Club, manager of the United States Chess League Miam…
Do you have 15 minutes a day to learn something new?
Learn how to deliver and defend against the king and rook checkmate. It’s one of the most essential checkmates to know and use in your games.
So, we don’t have a way to make the box smaller.
***Contest has ended! Thanks to everyone who participated!*** Announcing the first ChessKid.com Video Contest – a chance for all ChessKids to be creat…
additional rules: The video must be written by and acted out by kids (you can have
So, you are rated 500 but you should really be 800. Or even 900. Or really over a 1000 if you think about your strengths. So why aren’t you? I mean, yes, it’…
And I have just the answers! By, Mrs Jessica E Prescott (aka BoundingOwl).
Dear Readers! In today’s game we are going to see a strange phenomenon. A rook waltzing along the seventh rank, under attack but unable to be captured. …
A lot of pieces have been traded, but the players have exactly the same pieces –
The first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Eastern (6 p.m. Central, 5 p.m. Mountain, 4 p.m. Pacific) is National Fast Chess Hour on ChessKid.com. …
Edit: We now have another Fast Chess Hour the first Tuesday of every month: 7pm London
The US Chess/ChessKid Online Elementary Championship is coming August 8-9 for all U.S. kids in grades K-6.
Players will now have twice as good a shot at taking home a prize like a plaque or
Middle and high school students use ChessKid during the school day and after school in Madison, Alabama. We illustrate why and how ChessKid is the chess resource for all students, and how it can be a blueprint for yours as well.
Every school system is cautious about the online programs students have access to
With all of the talk and excitement about chess boxing I thought I might suggest something new: “Chess Eating” or maybe you can call it &ld…
I still have 6 pieces from the chess board left (each piece weighs about 30 to 60
Hi Coaches! Site-generated and coach-generated live tournaments (in Fast Chess) are still being
“ worked on, but for now, here’s how one coach uses the features that currently have
