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I picked up an interesting book at SuperNationals: “The Chessmaster Checklist” by Andy Soltis. Rather than suggesting that the reader go through a step by… Read More »Book Notice: The Chessmaster Checklist

Our next endgame, from the Asian Youth Girls Championship, gives us an opportunity to explore some basics of positions with a rook and a pawn… Read More »Rook and Knight Pawn vs. Rook

Our next example is a back-and-forth rook endgame from the 2023 Iberoamericano Championship. Along the way, we are going to see a mix of thematic… Read More »A Tactical Rook Ending

Our next example, from the Twickenham Junior u18, is filled with critical positions: The expected result of the game changes 6 times in 14 moves!… Read More »Dance of the Kings

One thing I like about searching for positions is that you often find instructive examples of things you weren’t looking for. Here’s one such gem… Read More »A King and Pawn Adventure

Today I will continue analyzing instructive endgames from the Mega Database between players rated under 1400. This one comes from a game between Melissa Monteiro… Read More »Instructive Endgames Part Two

Today I’m thinking about the endgame. A student at one of our school programs recently won the Girls u14 National Championship (congrats Audrey!), and I… Read More »Endgames in Scholastic Chess