Luaces touts benefits of learning to play chess 8 Mar 2010 at 5:21pm When Juan Luaces looks around local parks and schools, he sees unfulfilled possibilities for the desert's youth.
Mechanics' Institute chess tournament for amateurs honors 1920s California ch... 6 Mar 2010 at 5:17pm The Mechanics' Institute Chess Club - the oldest chess club in the U.S. - conducts its 10th A.J. Fink Amateur Championship March 13 and 14.
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Knight Forks
24 Oct 2008 at 8:22pm
Here's a video I found on YouTube that does a great job of illustrating knight forks. Most of it is pretty elementary, but at the end, it shows a great examp...
Queens Gambit Game With Analysis
10 Oct 2008 at 11:06am
Here's a nice queens gambit game with analysis and lots of nice little pointers. What really struck me was how strong white's outpost position at B6 was -- w...
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