Chess Tutoring, Chess Coaching, Chess Classes with NM Will Stewart

  Can one teach a child to play chess while they’re still in diapers? Children can learn chess very early, some as early as two years old! The key is to teach them at the correct speed for them. It will vary from child to child, so the educator must be alert to the subtle indicators that a child is ready to continue on to the next subject. It is important not to thrust all [...]

In this article, we consider an unusual cocktail of tennis, chess, and celebrity sparkle. In today’s 24/7 media driven world, it’s almost impossible to turn on the television without seeing some sort of Celebrity based reality show. In the US and UK, for instance, there’s Celebrity Apprentice, Dancing with the Stars, I’m a Celebrity … Get me out of here!, Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Big Brother, Celebrity Master Chef, and numerous others.  As individuals, it [...]

  1) Chess is for nerds: Not so! One of the greatest things about the sport is that it attracts people from all walks of life. Whenever I played in tournaments I was always amazed at how a doctor would be playing a carpenter or a school teacher would be playing a plumber. Besides would you call John Wayne, Timothy Dalton (one of our James Bonds), Bill Cosby, Tom Selleck or Will Smith a nerd? [...]

An anonymous 17th-century monk denounced the demonic appeal of chess for the following 6 reasons.  Sometimes I really understand where he was coming from.  My comments are in italics (Will Stewart). The 6 Evils of Chess 1) It is a great time-waster. How many precious hours (which can never be recalled) have I profusely spent in this game! WS: After tying for 1st in the Under 2200 section of the 2009 World Open and winning a [...]

In today’s beginner series we are going to cover the 3 basic principles of the opening using an example of one of the most famous chess games ever played. Before you even start thinking about memorizing specific openings you should always have these 3 principles in mind: Control the center – Controlling the center is absolutely vital because it is the “crossroads” of the board. It is very hard to advance on an opponents position [...]

I’ve found much better articles on the net regarding the origin’s of chess that would be better than anything I can put together so I thought I would post this great analysis done by author Jean-Louis Cazaux. This analysis is much more technical and delve’s into the real origin’s and evolution of chess. You can read the original article at Jean-Louis Cazaux’s website By: Jean-Louis Cazaux For many people, the eldest ancestor of Chess is an [...]

I get asked if I know much about the origins of chess and instead of giving a dry history of it I thought I’d share an old myth about chess that I enjoy. Chess Myths or Chess Facts – Where did chess really begin? The origins of chess are just as unknown as the secrets of the universe. The first trace was found in India. There is a chess myth, which is told to all [...]