Inspired by Morphy Update

Lesson of the Week This week's lesson for advanced students features part of a complex struggle that reveals how Yasser Seirawan was i...

Cultivating Youth Skills Update

My chess students range from absolute beginners who have just learned how the pieces move and are beginning to discover forks and pins to so...

Principle of Development: Early History Update

Morphy is sometimes credited with inventing the concept of development , or at least understanding it better than anyone else before those ...

Zwischenzug Update

Zwischenzug is also known as intermezzo . It is an in-between or intermediate move, often a check, thrown into the middle of a tactical seq...

Useful Knowledge Update

How do chess players develop their skill? There is no doubt that strengthening tactics--pattern recognition and calculation--is essential....

Beating the Italian Update

Last night, I finished with a perfect 3-0 to win my section of the Turkey Quads. I had not played in this event since 2018, and then it star...