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...

Basic Tactics: Pins and Forks Update

Yesterday, my beginning chess club saw an obscure miniature and then completed the worksheet Beginning Tactics 3. Beginning Tactics 3 Fi...

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...

Learn from Others' Errors Update

My students this week are seeing a series of positions from my games in the 25th Collyer Memorial Chess Tournament. From the same positions,...

Karel Traxler's Brilliancy Update

Lesson of the Week My advanced students spent half an hour on the game that gave the Traxler Counter-Attack its name. Reinisch,J -- Tra...

Lesson Plan: Pawn Endings Update

Some children have a tendency to push passed pawns too soon. In most pawn endings, the king must lead the pawn. This week, I plan to work wi...

The Final Lesson Update

My after school chess clubs meet from October through April. The end date varies from year to year, but corresponds with the Washington Stat...

Lesson of the Week Update

All of my students this week saw this position with an opportunity to suggest the best move. Many succeeded. Some of my students saw the who...