Paul Morphy Plays the Evans Gambit | Tactics Time!
Jonathan Schrantz challenges you to find the best move. Find a mate or win material with pins, forks, skewers, and more. If you find a good move, see if you can find an even better one.
2016.11.06
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The Complete Semi-Slav Part 7: Botvinnik (16. Rb1 Lines) | Chess Openings Explained
Jonathan Schrantz explores the Moscow variation in the penultimate edition of his Semi-Slav series. More passive than the Botvinnik variation, Black holds solid against White’s superior development.
GM Blog: What makes a good player?
In three points; dedication, love of chess, and consistency!
GM Blog : Developing a learning vs. winning mindset
Let’s face it. Everyone likes to win. Winning is fun. It fills you with joy and pride, and gives you bragging rights. Unfortunately, too many chess players, coaches, and parents put way too much emphasis on winning.
Championing Chess Through Curriculum: How Best Practices from Schools Can Improve Chess Education
Happy New Year, chess fans! Welcome back from the holiday break. This first research blog in 2017 discusses the K-12 reform movement known as “standards-based education” and how it is being adopted within the chess-in-schools movement.
GM Blog: A Child’s Game
The two highest ranked players in the World under age 21 recently played a match. Hungary’s Richard Rapport and the Chinese player Wei Yi played from 20th to 23rd December in Yancheng, China.
A Call for Research on the Gender Gap in Chess
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis (CCSCSL) prides itself in empowering local students to succeed both in academics and in the game of chess. Through its in-school and after-school programs, the club reaches nearly 4,000 students each semester with roughly equal participation by male and female students.
GM Blog: The Best of Times
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,…” Thus began the famous opening paragraph of Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities.
Tournament Blog: Thanksgiving Open 2016
Over 100 chess players gathered this past Thanksgiving weekend at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint louis to compete in the Club’s annual Thanksgiving Open tournament.
More Research, More Problems: Fidelity of Implementation in Chess Education Research
My first involvement as a GM in residence at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis has been everything that I expected it would be, and more.
