by Sarah Hegarty | Dec 2, 2018 | Blogs, Chesslab Teachers
If you are thinking of setting up a chess club for children – or even if you are already running a club – you may be wondering what the best approach is to teaching the children the basics of the game. Even for experienced chess players it can be a daunting thought –...
by Sean | Nov 9, 2018 | Blogs
The 2018 World Chess Championship starts today at The College, Holborn, London. Champion Magnus Carlsen will play 12 games against challenger Fabiano Caruana in what should prove to be a very tough match indeed. The official website can be found here. Further reports...
by Sean | Nov 7, 2018 | Blogs
The 6th London Chess Conference, organised by ChessPlus, will be held in London on the weekend of 8-9 December. The theme of the conference is The Future of Chess in Education and many speakers are being assembled to deliver high-quality material. Of particular...
by Sean | Nov 2, 2018 | Blogs
The forthcoming World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, which will take place in London later this month, has already been mentioned on this blog and further coverage will follow in due course. With excellent timing, there begins...
by Sean | Oct 24, 2018 | Blogs, Chess Lab Children
Back in June, we focussed on the four-move checkmate (often called ”Scholar’s Mate”) and said we would return to see how easily it can be prevented. It seems the update will be too late for some, as examples of this early catastrophe are still...
by Sarah Hegarty | Sep 24, 2018 | Blogs
Unlike some other modern individual sports – such as tennis and golf – the best chess player in the World is determined through the ‘World Championship Cycle’ rather than a ranking system or a series of ‘Majors’. Chess does have a ranking system – and there is...
