6 “SWISS” GAMES Register: 5:00 p.m. Or Pre-register email ChessKidz@ChessKidz.org Round 1: 6:00 p.m. Other rounds ASAP. Time Control: G/15 Entry Fee: $15 USCF Membership Required ChessKidz – Northern Nevada Chess Center 199 E Moana Lane Reno, NV 89502 ♔ Friday Monthly Action Tournament ♖ Dates: April 11, May 9, June 13 The Northern Nevada […]
ChessKidz has returned to after school chess! Please check our calendar for rough dates on current sessions. Courses & Classes Calendar Tournaments & Online Club may run in conjunction with after school chess. Consider supplementing the learning experience. Online Chess Club
How would your children like to participate in some chess classes and chess tournaments with no cost to you? Share this today! ChessKidz 2025 Fundraiser Please spread the word on the current GoFundMe fundraiser project for ChessKidz children programs. Covid put a big damper on the projects, but chess for the children can return with […]
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Welcome back to the one day chess tournament event. This year we have a new venue, the ChessKidz club! Please join us this year for the In Search of Future Masters tournament at the club. Other schedules and events are in the making. Keep up to date by visiting the calendar often – https://www.chesskidz.org/events/ ISOFM […]
We are really looking forward to seeing everyone again at Brookfield school. This year we have scheduled the year end tournament for June 10 and it is now a one day event. This event provides the very best way to gauge the level of the students who are part of the after school program as […]
ChessKidz is proud to announce that the In Search of Future Masters tournament has been organized for June 3 and 4 at Brookfield School. This is an event that is open to all the students in the Reno/Sparks area and may even see some participation from children from neighboring states. It is a non-elimination tournament […]
“When you see a good move, look for a better one” (Emanuel Lasker) “The Pin is mightier than the sword” (Fred Reinfeld) “We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer’s nature” (Rudolf Spielman) “All I want to do, ever, is just play Chess” (Bobby Fischer) “A […]
As our first recent blog post we at ChessKidz believe that it would be fitting to announce that DEW Foundation made it possible for this amazing new website. We want to say thank you very much for helping us further the mission of promoting chess as a technique for lifelong learning! They have done this […]
Life-skills Learned from a Game: Children enjoy their leisure time with activities that are easily available. Teachers, parents, and other family influences encourage children to participate in programs that provide benefits to his or her learning and development. So what kind of activity is easily available and provides developmental benefits? The answer is chess! Chess […]
If your rating is anywhere from 1000 to 1900 you can find some value in working through The Amateur’s Mind by IM Jeremy Silman for a guide to improving your play. The main ideas are much like his book Reassess Your Chess, but this work has more material dealing with some of the thought processes […]
I recently read an old book titled Bringing Out the Best in People by Alan Loy McGinnis and it made me think a lot about what motivated me to want to spend a lifetime digging into analysis and research on a topic so obscure as chess. Being that I am a student and practitioner of […]
Alexander Kotov said in his book Think Like a Grandmaster, a grandmaster must: 1: Be well up in modern opening theory. 2: He must know and keep in his memory the principles behind typical middle game positions learned from both games of his own and from those of other players. The more you know and […]
About three years ago I was analyzing the Pro Chess DVD by GM Yasser Seirawan and decided to create an outline for myself and others to follow along with. It helps to see each idea visually on paper while watching the video and interpreting the information from your TV or PC screen. Follow along and […]