Instinct is a great natural ability that allows players to have certain feelings about their chess positions without making any concrete calculations. A player may feel t...

Ever wonder how pawns feel in a chess game? They are small, common, and unable to move backwards. The term special is hardly the proper description, not at least in the g...

In Brazil, chess teacher Davy d’Israel has created a real Chessity stronghold and dreams about a national chess program in schools. “Chess can teach children ...

It has been slightly over a month since the top female chess players fought for the 2016 Women’s World Champion crown in the Ukrainian city of Lvov. The championship ma...

We've all been there; Face to face with a ten-year-old armed with her giggles and ponytails, being mercilessly beaten, with our pieces butchered and King dragged out in t...

 Kinderen vinden deze film geweldig, een must see! 220DHc0Ii2I     "Lang Leve de Koningin" is een Nederlandse kinderfilm uit 1995 van Esmé Lamme...

Who doesn’t know about the Orange Color Country and its annual tournament? Although, there are tournaments that grab our attention and tournaments that we barely notice...

Chess connects and unites! Chess has its stereotypes. For too many people, the image of chess is that of two elderly white men sitting in a dark corner of a cafe, withdr...

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    The Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious chess tournaments in the world. Nicknamed ‘the ...

  A chess documentary, made by Kees Hoogeveen and Johan Wakkie, was launched today at Tata Steel Chess On Tour in NEMO Science Centre Amsterdam. Curious about th...

It’s very common for chess players to find themselves in situations where they have no idea how to proceed. These moments can be quite frustrating and cause a player to...

Motivation is an extremely powerful tool when it is used correctly. To begin with, ourmotivations are unbelievably interesting, they are engaging, surprising and little b...

Once I isolated myself inside a room at my house in rural Mysore, India. A river flows near by, along with several farm lands, and other houses. I spent several month stu...

Chessity in schools  (video)  ( English subtitle available)  In the past year, Chessity has introduced itself to a lot of schools. The brain benefits o...