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...

Finishing Update

During Inland Chess Academy's Spring Break Chess Camp last week, I presented four sessions. My topics were weakness, patterns, coordina...

Assess the Pawn Ending Update

Black to move Black exchanged rooks and went on to win. Was the rook exchange technically correct?

Pawns Update

Lesson of the Week The after-school chess club that I run at a small private school in my city is divided into two groups--beginning and a...

Twelve Blitz Games Update

A few days ago, I bemoaned my rating woes--the constant, often futile quest to maintain an online blitz rating above 1900. At the same time,...