After school clubs run October to April. Saint George's School, where I have been coaching for 13 years, meets twice per week, but the children are divided ...
Twenty years ago, I created a series of scholastic chess awards for young chess players. The awards are named for the pieces in order of value: pawn, ...
As noted in “Pawn Award”, I created my awards based youth chess curriculum twenty years ago. It provides structure to lessons in after school clubs and ...
Josef Kling and Bernhard Horwitz, Chess Studies, or Endings of Games (London, 1851) was one of the earliest books to emphasize chess endings. It was ...
As tournament director for my city’s youth events, I see a lot of examples of basic skills not yet learned.In one game today, I spent quite a bit of time ...
Young chess players are quick to attack pieces directly. Learning to anticipate the opponent's plans and prevent them does not come naturally. In my ...