"Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized, simply because it is not important enough. If you load your memory, you should know why. Memory is too valuable to be stocked with trifles. Of my fifty-seven years I have applied at least thirty to forgetting what I had learned or read, and since I succeeded in this I have acquired a certain ease and cheer which I should never again like to be without." -- Emanuel Lasker, Lasker’s Manual ...

Challenge a coach -- get ready to practice with other kids on your team at LiChess. We are working toward VHE Chess club play with each other online. Some of you already have an account at https://lichess.org and we want to make use of it for us to practice before the Team Playoffs. [File: 6687b120-10d0-4a3e-822c-f3946add3a95] When you go to the coach page you will have a chance to challenge to an "unlimited" game. That way you won't run out of time. When you make a move, we will have a ch...

Chess players who want to improve look to the "Chess Miniature" to see ideas of master players, or master vs. amateurs, to see how ideas are assembled. Kid Chess club members, this week we are looking at two miniatures today. [Event "Barcelona"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "1935"] [White "NN"] [Black "Esteban Canal"] [Result "0-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Alapin Opening"] [StudyName "Farris - learn explosive miniatures from Chernev"] [ChapterName "Barcelona ...

Chess Review - see Endgames - Master Games Help with Vision. As you look at the ideas on the board, you can play "guess-the-move" and see how your ideas start to meet with Chess Masters from History. [Event "Havana"] [Site "Havana CUB"] [Date "1913.02.24"] [EventDate "1913.02.15"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [Black "Abraham Kupchik"] [ECO "C49"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "135"] e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 ...