by John Bain | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives
The Queen’s Gambit The Queen’s Gambit is a fictional story–a very popular 7 part miniseries produced by Netflix. The story follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, played by actress Anya Taylor-Joy, during her quest to become the... Read more 
by John Bain | Oct 13, 2020 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Women World Champs 2020
Shohreh Bayat Chief Arbiter*2020 Women’s World Chess Championship According to an Opinion piece written by Shohreh herself and published by The Washington Post in February 2020, she defected from Iran and found asylum in Britain. After the last game of the 2020... Read more 
by John Bain | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Prodigies in Chess
Facing COVID-19 Challenges Since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City schools suspended teaching and all activities–including the Intermediate School 318 Brooklyn Castle Chess Club. The COVID-19 pandemic sadly impacted some of the... Read more 
by John Bain | Aug 30, 2020 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Prodigies in Chess
Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi An 8-Year-Old Nigerian Refugee to USA! by John Bain While living in a homeless shelter with his mom, dad and brother, seven-year-old “Tani” won the 2019 New York K-3 Chess Championship. He was undefeated at... Read more 
by John Bain | Aug 30, 2020 | Blog, Chess Puzzles
ChessPuzzles.com https://www.chessforstudents.com/wp-content/uploads/ChessPuzzlesAd-Facebook.mp4 Solve Checkmate Puzzles! and Improve Your Chess! “In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the endings can be... Read more 
by John Bain | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog, Famous Chess Games
World Chess Championship New York City, USA November 30, 2016 Tiebreak Game 4 “The Magnificent Checkmate!” Norway’s Magnus Carlsen defended his World Chess Championship against Russia’s Sergey Karjakin with a magnificent checkmate to end the 16th and final... Read more 
