Chess Blog & Academy News

Build a sustainable fitness routine alongside your chess study. Compare aerobic activities and strength work, progress gradually, and adjust your routine around tournaments.

Prepare for a chess tournament with practical guidance on familiar meals, water, sleep and rest days. Build a routine that fits the schedule without adding pressure for young players.

Is your child ready for chess? Learn what to look for, how to begin with simple activities, and when to consider lessons or wait.

A practical guide for players recovering from a loss, a draw after missed chances or an unsatisfying win. Learn how to reset, review the right moments and choose one useful practice task.

Learn to track pieces, captures, and changing attacks in your mind. Six graded chess visualization exercises with diagrams and separate answers.

What should you say when your child loses a chess game? Start with support, offer conversation or space, and leave the detailed chess review for a better moment.

Find a useful plan by improving an underused piece. GM Ulvi Bajarani explains rook lifts, bishop diagonals, knight routes, and safe queen centralization through four examples from his own games.

Plan a school chess club’s first semester with practical guidance on approvals, budgets, instructors, beginner groups, lessons, and safe pickup.

Learn when to promote a pawn to a rook, bishop or knight instead of a queen. Study stalemate traps, knight forks and practice positions.

Review your chess games before using an engine: record your thoughts, investigate critical moments, test alternatives, and choose one lesson to practice.