Writing and Publishing Update

My First Kindle Book Yesterday, I published Essential Tactics: Building a Foundation for Chess Skill (2018) as a Kindle book. If it does ...

Elementary Checkmate Update

There is nothing difficult about this checkmate in two, but it is notable. This position arose in a blitz game this morning. Much of that ga...

Kindle Chess Books Update

"The Good, the Bad, the Ugly" I do not have a Kindle. While at Best Buy, I looked at them, even playing a game of chess with one...

Making my Point Update

In " Bishop and Knight Checkmate ," I offered some mild criticism of Kevin at thechesswebsite.com . In his YouTube video teachin...

Checkmate Patterns Update

Some readers of Chess Skills may have been disappointed that my postings have been limited the past two months. Much of my chess time has b...