Chess Katz

08/15/2022

Follow our amazing coach, NM Abby Marshall, on Twitter! She posts some great insight into modern chess and has great chess content

National Master Abby Marshall

06/30/2022

This is a position taken out of our Wednesday Evening Tactics Clinic. Yesterday we had two players battling it out. White held the material advantage and greedily went after the pawn on b5. This is a huge mistake. Black did not punish white for this mistake and went on to lose the game. How should black have responded in this position to give themselves a fighting chance?

05/13/2022

I cannot take credit for this puzzle but wanted to share 🙂 This is one crazy bishop puzzle - some may call it a "final boss battle" 🙂
White to move and force a checkmate. Who can do it in the least number of moves? I have had many try but only few have prevailed

12/31/2021

09/18/2021

Happy to hear that more girls are getting into chess. When I first started playing in tournaments, often I'd be the only girl in competitions. Glad a new generation of girls are being inspired.

"The Queen's Gambit" is credited with a huge spike in sales of chess boards and activity with girls showing an unexpected interest. It's a real game changer ...

08/29/2021

Thinking of our Students, Friends and Families in New Orleans, Mobile and surrounding areas 🙏🙏🙏

04/12/2021

"What speaks to me (about chess) is the uniqueness to each game,” Gordon said. “I think because each person thinks a little bit differently, each game has different variables than the last one. There’s just a lot of really great life lessons that you can take out of chess. … I think that’s one of my favorite parts about it is it’s very competitive, but it’s totally cerebral.”

Nuggets newcomer Aaron Gordon prefers to hold the pieces in his hands. In a pinch, he’ll settle for the online app.

04/04/2021

Check out this video our student Nedas made on the back rank weakness! Nedas took our Friday Tournament Chess Class over the Summer and has defeated many players using it. ChessZZAM is right!

Link to my Lichess Study: https://lichess.org/study/l4dA7MC3Check out my other Chess Video Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwUai0A80Vke_7CkPWA_2AU...

04/02/2021

In our Wednesday evening Attacking Chess Class, White was inspired by our lesson on the Damiano's checkmate pattern. Can you find the forced checkmate in 3 moves?

03/22/2021

Throw back to when we ran event with the New York Liberty for the Garden of Dreams foundation. Who can name this NY Liberty basketball player?