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Become a Chess Puzzle Guru

Want to be a chess puzzle guru? If so, click here! This article features Jeffrey Ashton, owner of Panda Chess Academy. Please press "I like it!"
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Become a Chess Puzzle Guru The acronym “AMA” stands for “American Medical Association” or “Ask Me Anything.” Another AMA acronym means “Ask Me Another,” a National Public Radio show featuring Puzzle Gurus. National Master Jeff Ashton is an aspiring Puzzle Guru, selecting and creating chess puzzles for his stud...

ChessBase for classroom chess instruction

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ChessBase for classroom chess instruction Although ChessBase is the international standard for top players, it also facilitates teaching chess to groups of children. For the past 15 years, for 10-20 hours per week, US Chess Master Jeff Ashton has taught using ChessBase. Ashton’s Panda Chess Academy transitioned from in-person classes to o...

We have had online classes for almost two weeks now. We offer classes 7 days a week for intermediate-advanced students. For details, please send us a Facebook message.

This is a very good example of why you should not resign. White sacrifices his queen (because it istrapped) and his opponent attempts an illegal mate, losing because of touch move.

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Congratulations to World Champion Ju Wenjun! Thanks Nigel Short, Shohreh Bayat, Hou Yifan, and to all of those who made this one of the most memorable Women’s World Chess Championships. Hats off to contender Aleksandra Goryachkina, 21 years of age. Game 8 demonstrated your brilliance. Also, Happy New Year!

ChessPanda Baltic Defense

The Baltic Defense from white’s point of view.

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Wenjun Ju takes the lead in the Women’s World Chess Championship (a few hours ago). 3 games left. Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) would have drawing chances, but makes a critical mistake (see diagram below) with ...Kb4, cutting off her own king. See the rest of the game here: https://lichess.org/study/nc1H7XwC/o3KExPPa#104. And for the official site: https://wwcm2020.fide.com. The score of the match is 5.5-4.5.

Wenjun Ju takes the lead in the Women’s World Chess Championship (a few hours ago). 3 games left. Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) would have drawing chances, but makes a critical mistake (see diagram below) with ...Kb4, cutting off her own king. See the rest of the game here: https://lichess.org/study/nc1H7XwC/o3KExPPa#104. And for the official site: https://wwcm2020.fide.com. The score of the match is 5.5-4.5.

Happy New Year! Tournaments resume today at 6:30pm.

Merry Christmas!

Wow! Huge Congratulations to Rachael Li of Texas, who has achieved the US Chess Master rating at just nine years old, easily breaking the record for the youngest female chessmaster in US Chess history. Details: https://new.uschess.org/news/rachael-li-9-youngest-female-us-chess-master-ever/

One Move at a Time with October Guest Dr. Alexey Root, WIM - US Chess

One Move at a Time with October Guest Dr. Alexey Root, WIM - US Chess Welcome to the October 2019 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which Dan Lucas, the Senior Director of Strategic...