2022-2023 GoFundMe for the ChessKidz

How would your children like to participate in some chess classes and chess tournaments with no cost to you? ChessKidz GoFundMe Project Please spread the word on the current GoFundMe project for ChessKidz children programs. Covid put a big damper on the projects, but chess will continue with your help. Simply share this with your […]

Famous Chess Quotes

“When you see a good move, look for a better one” (Emanuel Lasker) “The Pin is mightier than the sword” (Fred Reinfeld) “We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer’s nature” (Rudolf Spielman) “All I want to do, ever, is just play Chess” (Bobby Fischer) “A […]

A new ChessKidz look

As our first recent blog post we at ChessKidz believe that it would be fitting to announce that DEW Foundation made it possible for this amazing new website. We want to say thank you very much for helping us further the mission of promoting chess as a technique for lifelong learning! They have done this […]

Some Benefits of Chess

Life-skills Learned from a Game: Children enjoy their leisure time with activities that are easily available. Teachers, parents, and other family influences encourage children to participate in programs that provide benefits to his or her learning and development. So what kind of activity is easily available and provides developmental benefits? The answer is chess! Chess […]

The Amateur’s Mind

If your rating is anywhere from 1000 to 1900 you can find some value in working through The Amateur’s Mind by IM Jeremy Silman for a guide to improving your play. The main ideas are much like his book Reassess Your Chess, but this work has more material dealing with some of the thought processes […]

Learn to Lose Well

I recently read an old book titled Bringing Out the Best in People by Alan Loy McGinnis and it made me think a lot about what motivated me to want to spend a lifetime digging into analysis and research on a topic so obscure as chess. Being that I am a student and practitioner of […]