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Welcome to our blog! Here we post weekly articles to help our students learn more efficiently and keep them engaged with chess. Our posts consist of puzzles, useful material to study, helpful advice, and more from our expert instructors.
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Weekly puzzle (12/28)
Category: Skewer Difficulty: Advanced
Ashley Yan
Dec 28, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (12/21)
Category: Mate in 2 Difficulty: Easy
Ashley Yan
Dec 22, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (12/14)
Category: Simplification Difficulty: Advanced
Ashley Yan
Dec 17, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (12/7)
Category: Endgame tactics Difficulty: Intermediate
Ashley Yan
Dec 6, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (11/30)
Category: Discovered attack Difficulty: Advanced
Ashley Yan
Nov 29, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (11/23)
Category: Pawn endgame Difficulty: Advanced
Ashley Yan
Nov 22, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (11/16)
Category: Back rank Difficulty: Intermediate
Ashley Yan
Nov 15, 20201 min read
Challenge puzzle (white to move)
Difficulty: Extremely advanced Category: Checkmates Try to challenge yourself with this puzzle! This puzzle nicely combines sacrifices...
Ashley Yan
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (11/9)
Category: Exchange sacrifice Difficulty: Intermediate
Ashley Yan
Nov 8, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (11/2)
Category: Mate in 2 Difficulty: Advanced
Ashley Yan
Nov 1, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (10/26)
Category: Deflection Difficulty: Intermediate
Ashley Yan
Oct 26, 20201 min read
What opening should you play?
In total, there are over 1,000 possible openings and variations in chess, all varying degrees in terms of positional theory, tactical...
Ashley Yan
Oct 19, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (10/19)
Category: Trapped piece Difficulty: Intermediate
Ashley Yan
Oct 18, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (10/12)
Category: Back rank Difficulty: Easy
Ashley Yan
Oct 12, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (10/5)
Category: Windmill Difficulty: Advanced
Ashley Yan
Oct 5, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (9/28)
Category: Fork/double attack Difficulty: Intermediate
Ashley Yan
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (9/21)
Category: Mate in 3 Difficulty: Intermediate
Ashley Yan
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (9/14)
Category: Sacrifice Difficulty: Advanced
Ashley Yan
Sep 17, 20201 min read
Tactics exercise book
One of the best ways to improve your chess skills is to practice tactics. By going over more puzzles, it helps you recognize certain...
Ashley Yan
Sep 14, 20201 min read
Weekly puzzle (9/7)
Category: Mate in 2 Difficulty: Intermediate
Ashley Yan
Sep 12, 20201 min read
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