The Beginners Page
Welcome to the Beginners Page! This section and its following pages are dedicated to teaching some basic chess concepts: the fundamentals that will be useful in your chess games when starting off. These range from mating patterns, openings, how not to lose in 10 moves or less – and more! The pages are organized from…
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Additional Resources
Chess Academies These Chess Academies are arguably the most useful for cultivating growth and development in one’s chess skills – whether starting off, improving in tournament chess, and forming connections with fellow chessplayers and coaches. Academies offer a wide range of services: online camps, coach guidance, and many more. An additional benefit is that the…
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Local Chess Coaches
Listed below are highly recommended chess coaches near the Seattle area. These coaches are recommended because of: ease of availability, pricing, punctuality, and in general, their teaching quality. These are all excellent teachers with experience and unique teaching styles. In this present time of crisis, all of them support online classes. If none of them…
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Chess Book Reviews
How to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman Score: 5/5 How to Reassess Your Chess is widely considered to be a modern classic, and for me, it lives up to its reputation—and more. It is one of the finest instructional books I have ever read, chess book or not. This book is mainly focused on…
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Recommended Chess Books
The recommended books here are excellent for the improving amateur. These books emphasize fundamentals, and are of great instructional value for improving chess players. 1) Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan 2) Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan 3) How to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman 4) How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by…
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Chess For Kids
