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ChessKid Fiesta con WIM Ivette Garcia and GM Jorge Cori

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Were you familiar with the term "Mysterious Rook Move?" It's not as mysterious as you'd think!

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Are you ready for today's ChessKid Fiesta with WIM Ivette Garca and GM Jorge Cori? Airing at 11:30AM Pacific You can join us here on Facebook Live!

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Have you played Kramnik chess? Suggested by Vladimir Kramnik, this variant has all of the same rules--except that both players cannot castle!

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Join ChessKid's First International Seminar Online! The meeting will be held over Zoom on August 22nd, with speaker WIM Alejandra Guerrero.

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Have you been following NM Brewington Hardaway's incredible story? He penned a firsthand account of the 2016 NY State Scholastic Championships and it's up on ChessKid today! Read to find out how he became a New York State Champion PS You can play him on ChessKid tonight! He'll be logged on at 4PM Pacific. Make sure to send BrewMaster a friend request to see him in your "friends" tab in Fast Chess! Freebie Link

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FunMasterMike and the BrewMaster

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School has been going virtual. This can be stressful, especially if you are unsure how to proceed. Whether you are a teacher, coach, or parent, these materials can help you supplement your child's education in a way that is fun, engaging, and useful. Freebie Link

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Want your entire school to have ChessKid accounts? Some schools are making the move to get their entire school registered on ChessKid. For schools and programs registering 100+ kids on ChessKid you are eligible for an Enterprise Account, which gives you increased control and more teacher management capabilities. Freebie Link

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Beat the Squirrel!

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New Show AlertHave you been keeping up with NM Alice Lee? She has a new show with ChessKid! Check website calendar soon for upcoming episodes of FunMasterMike and Alices Chess Palace

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Can you believe this was almost 70 years ago?

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This competitor from tournament with Freebie Link promoted three pawns as a rook...a knight...and another rook?! Do you think there was any sound reasoning behind this? FMM disagrees he's hesitant to promote this promotion! Full video of the tournament here Freebie Link

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ChessKid has recently upgraded and overhauled analysis board. Read here for some great ways to use it for online lessons, from a teacher himself! Freebie Link

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FunMasterMike and Alice's Chess Palace

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US Chess Tournament Day 2

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US Chess Tournament Day 1

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ChessKid Presents Beat FunMasterMike

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Beat FunMasterMike FB Live!

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It's time for another photo competition This weekend is the inaugural Freebie Link /ChessKid Online Elementary Championship. A whopping 2,100+ Kids have signed up! If your ChessKid is entered into the competition, post a photo and tag us. Make sure to use the hashtag . favorite three photos will win a FREE one year gold ChessKid membership. Click here to read more about the tournament, photo competition, and livestream this weekend.... Freebie Link

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Did you miss the ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship? We listed all of the content from July's tournament in one place. That way, you can relive it at your own pace. Thanks to all the players, fans and hosts. We will see you for the second edition in 2021! Congrats again Ryo Freebie Link

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During today's Mighty Monthly Matchup, FunMasterMike runs through his ideas for where this ChessKid should move, and why! Pawn to B4 do you agree or disagree? Watch for FMM's rationale.

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Do you say "I adjust" or "j'adoube?" Make sure you know one of them, or you may be obligated to move the piece by the touch-move rule!

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Watch this video to practice calculating with PlayfulSquirrel. He joined us for a ChessKid takeover last week Beat the Squirrel! Was his show mis-named? Did anyone manage to beat the squirrel, or did he climb up his tree to escape the hungry ChessKids? Watch the full episode here to find out Freebie Link

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NM Brewington Hardaway is known to some as the top-rated 10-year-old in the country (he's 11 now)! This year, he's joined us for his very own program with FMM FunMasterMike and the BrewMaster. Need another reason to watch? Here are a few!

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Congrats to winner, NM Ryo Chen! This tournament pitted some of the world's best young chess players against each other. July has certainly been a journey! Here are some of favorite moments from Saturday's final round. Watch the full video here Freebie Link

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In a THRILLING finals, NM Ryo Chen of Texas defeated FM Marco Materia of France by a score of 9.5-4.5 to become the first-ever champion of the ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship! Read below for recap and analysis by FunMasterMike Freebie Link

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And we're on to the ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship Finals. This Saturday will be #1 seeded Marco Materia vs. #2 seeded Ryo Chen. Who will win? Tune in on Freebie Link Freebie Link

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Here's update Break Servers we're encouraging you to give us technical difficulties. We are hosting a huge tournament with Freebie Link !... Find out who ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship finalists are. The final installment is this Saturday. Read about July Puzzle Duel event Freebie Link

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We're partnering with Freebie Link to bring you their first country-wide event for ALL elementary-aged kids! Many major scholastic events have been canceled in recent months. We are excited to bring you a large, open tournament that will stretch coast to coast and connect young chess players nationwide! Read here to find out more about the inaugural US Chess/ChessKid Online Elementary Championship:... Freebie Link

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Celebrating ? We suggest you spend it with us and ! Play one game for each year you've been alive. If you're 9, play nine games! If everyone does this, servers will crash. This is a FunMasterMike tradition--he won't tell us how many games he plays though Spread the word to your ChessKid friends log on for this special opportunity to give us tech issues (WITH permission)! ... Read here Freebie Link

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Semifinals are THIS Saturday. Follow Freebie Link for French coverage of the ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship and more content! C'est un vnement ne pas rater! (This is not an event to be missed!)

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We had a great time this weekend at the ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship! Check out some funny lessons we learned along the way about hula hooping, blitz chess, FunMasterMike's French skills, and how (not) to flip a coin Read more for this Saturday's semifinalist matches and info Freebie Link

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The semi-finals of the CK Youth Speed Chess Championship are THIS Saturday! Who are you rooting for? Read more Freebie Link

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NM Brewington Hardaway vs CM Shreyas Royal ChessKid's UK vs US encore? Day 2 of the ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship is almost over! Watch the rest on Freebie Link

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Are you tuned in to the ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship? Watch two veritable prodigies play today on Freebie Link FM Marco Materia and Tani Adewumi! Marco is French and will be playing from Paris. He has won the France U8 and U10 Championships and at the time of invitation was the top 10-and-under player in the world. We know who Freebie Link is rooting for! Tani gained fame in 2019 by winning the K-3 section of the New York State Scholastic Championship. Tani's backstory landed him on the pages of the NY Times. His family escaped persecution from Boko Haram in Nigeria and moved to New York City. For a time, they were homeless, but thanks to the generosity of his school's chess club, he was allowed to learn the game without paying the normal tuition.

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The 2020 ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship features eight of the world's best 10-and-under players over three weekends in July, 2020. This match between NM Ryo Chen and CM Santiago Lopez Rayo was narrated by FunMasterMike and PlayFul Squirrel (David Pruess).

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Today its time for a Beat FMM REMIX! Head to Freebie Link for FunMasterMikes Puzzle Duel Challenge at 11AM Pacific. Dont forgetPuzzle Duel is FREE on ChessKid until July 15th. Challenge a friend before time runs up! Tag someone you would challenge

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Puzzle Duel is still unlimited and FREE until July 15th. Dont miss out on the fun! For this months event, FMM will be hosting a special episode. Turn on Freebie Link tomorrow to watch brave ChessKids challenge the FunMaster himself Read more here Freebie Link

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Instructive Ending Alert! Do you know WHY this game is a draw? If you've got a side pawn and a bishop left, you need your bishop to be on the same color as the pawn's promotion square. H1 is a light square--but black has a dark square bishop! Even if black plays perfectly, this is still a draw. Watch FMM explain:

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The 2020 ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship will feature 8 of the world's best 10-and-under players over three weekends. Read for more info on the players and opening-round matches! Freebie Link

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Our friend NM Brewington Hardaway is playing Fast Chess with the brave challengers of Freebie Link today at 4PM Pacific (10 minutes). Don't miss the chance to challenge him his username is "BrewMaster!" For updates on ChessKid event schedule, bookmark calendar! Freebie Link

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Have your ChessKids tried out new Puzzle Duel promotion yet? We've made unlimited, FREE access available to ALL CK users for the next two weeks! Challenge FunMasterMike, play your friends, or host an event for your classrooms and teams! Freebie Link

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Surprise! As some of you will remember, we hosted a big event for the second half of May called Puzzle MAYven! For the two-week period, we made all of the puzzles on the site free. We had so much fun with Puzzle MAYven that we decided to do another event! After talking about the BEST possible feature, we decided Puzzle Duel was the perfect choice. This way, you can play against your friends! ... ALL ChessKid users will have unlimited access to Puzzle Duel for 2 WEEKS starting midnight tonight! Read more here Freebie Link

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A fun moment from Sunday's event not only did Coach Jay of Freebie Link co-captain Team USA--he also vowed to randomly ingest a Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean for each loss taken in round 1. Can you say "A Jelly Bean Bet with Coach Jay and Team USA" ten times fast? Watch him apprehensively face up to his promise (we would be nervous too if the jelly bean was sausage-flavored). Despite this setback, Team USA pulled through for the win. Congrats to team USA and thank you to all of the incredibly talented people who made this week possible!

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There was a breathtaking display of skill in the opening contest of UK vs USA Rising Stars event Tani has won the US draw odds for the 10-on-10 match this Sunday. Join us and Freebie Link on Freebie Link . Check out this video for gameplay and commentary from FunMasterMike and Malcolm Pein. Read the recap below! Freebie Link

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The big showdown between Tani and Shreyas is TODAY! This match will kick off the ChessKid USA vs. UK events this week, co-organized with Freebie Link . These two stars live thousands of miles apartand they both have incredible stories to tell. Read more at the Freebie Link link below Freebie Link

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Here's a tricky game between Brewington Hardaway and FunMasterMike. Who is one step ahead? Check calendar for more episodes of "FunMasterMike and the BrewMaster!" Freebie Link

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The 2020 Washington State Elementary Chess Championship was the largest online state chess championship in U.S. history, and featured a whopping 1170 players! At a time when most local and national events were cancelled due to COVID-19, members of the Pacific Northwest chess community collaborated with Freebie Link on Saturday, May 2 to host the Washington State Elementary Chess Championships online. Read more here! ... Freebie Link

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"I've personally thought of chess as a great equalizer. It doesn't matter if you're black, white, yellow or green. It doesn't matter if you're a boy or girl. It doesn't matter if you're nine or 90. If you have access to a chess set, you can learn. And if you can learn, you can enjoy it. Recently we announced winners of ChessKid grants. There were SO many amazing applications, and we really struggled to select winners. Most of them came from school systems that serve seve...rely economically disadvantaged or at risk students. We promise to post followup articles to share their incredible stories. We couldn't be prouder of the deserving schools and the communities they serve! Chess can be a force for good. As the world continues to evolve, we at ChessKid will adapt right along with it to carry out mission of making this great game accessible to as many kids as possible." - Carey Fan, ChessKid CEO Freebie Link

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