World Chess Champion
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen
Rated 2872!
Born: November 30, 1990 (age 29 years) in Tønsberg, Norway
After winning the World Blitz Chess Championship in December 2019, Magnus now holds all three titles–the Classical Chess, Rapid Chess and Blitz Chess Champion!
Magnus at 2872! Will he reach 2900 in 2020? 28-points to go!
Top 10 Players in World – January 2020
Top 10 Women in World – January 2020
#1 – China’s Yifan Hou
Yifan Hou
Rated 2664
Born: February 27, 1994 (age 25 years) in Xinghua, China
Top 10 Women in World – January 2020
Overall at 2664, Hou Yifan is now the #75 strongest rated chess player in the world!
Hou Yifan Relinquishes Title!
Hou Yifan relinquished her Women’s World Chess Champion title in 2018 to pursue her studies at Oxford, and played only a few Classical Chess games in 2019.
2020 Women’s World Chess Championship
The 2020 Women’s World Chess Championship is between World Champion #2 ranked China’s Ju Wenjun (rated 2584) and her challenger, Russia’s #4 ranked Aleksandra Goryachkina (rated 2578).
The match is taking place now in January 2020 in two parts–one part held in Shanghai, China and one part in Vladivostok, Russia.
Ju Wenjun
Women’s World Chess Champion
China’s Ju Wenjun
#2 Rated: 2584
Aleksandra Goryachikina
Challenger
Russia’s Aleksandra Goryachikina
#4 Rated: 2578
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Beginner’s Book – Chess Rules For Students
Chess Rules For Students is a workbook for students learning the game of chess and for beginning students returning to the game. No previous knowledge of chess is necessary. Parents unfamiliar with chess will find this booklet a valuable guide to their child’s new interest.
Chess Rules For Students is designed with students, coaches, and parents in mind. Reading level is appropriate for grade-school use. All major rules of chess are covered, and algebraic notation worksheets are included. Each page is in easy-to-use worksheet format.
A student-friendly Answer Key makes self-correction fun!
Beginners & Intermediate Book – Checkmate! Ideas For Students
Checkmate! Ideas For Students is a workbook for beginning and intermediate students. Checkmate! covers the tactics used in checkmate attacks with clear explanations, diagrams and arrows to pinpoint the key features.
Unlike many other basic checkmate books, Checkmate! categorizes the checkmates by the tactics used to force the checkmate–like Pins, Sacrifices, Removing the Guard, Attraction, Clearance and Attacking Flight Squares–rather than only the checkmate pattern itself.
The worksheets and Answer Key are clear and simple for the student to use, and easy for the parent, teacher and coach to correct! Fun!
Intermediate & Advanced Book – Chess Tactics For Students
Chess Tactics For Students contains 434 carefully selected problems in worksheet format.
Chess Tactics has been extensively field tested with elementary, middle-school, and high-school students over a four-year period. This book is ideal for independent seat work as well as for homework and classroom instruction.
The worksheet format and Answer Key enable self-correction with minimal dependence or direct help from a chess teacher, coach, or parent.
