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ChessBase for Coaches: Creating a Worksheet

We're still here. Lately, I (Jeffrey Ashton) have been writing for ChessBase. I have two articles:
https://en.chessbase.com/author/jeffrey-ashton
and
https://en.chessbase.com/post/chessbase-for-coaches-creating-a-worksheet

I've taught over 3000 lessons on Zoom since March 2020, and our family is getting a little bigger in May. Thanks for all of your support.

ChessBase for Coaches: Creating a Worksheet Whether for in-class work or for homework, worksheets help students review and practice chess. Creating worksheets—then printing, formatting, and sharing them—are tasks that every chess coach undertakes. In this article, National Master Jeffrey Ashton shows how ChessBase makes these tasks easier...

Panda Chess Academy is now on WhatsApp.

Panda Chess Academy is now on WhatsApp.

Panda Chess Academy is now on WhatsApp.

Panda Chess Academy is now on WhatsApp.

Great news!

Looking forward to a great school year!

Wishing everyone well! We've been very busy with our online activities during the pandemic. We look forward to re-opening in person chess sometime in the near future!

Please ignore any suspicious emails! Covid scammers spoofing emails I think. I won’t send attachments. - Jeff

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.

https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=4lutnhgzcEMj2o0jySmvf+jxr6m07XCxoOBu5M86lS+J19kE4ylnojLkGAHmICnB

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.

ChessPanda Baltic Defense ChessPanda Baltic Defense

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/