From  ChessKid, 50 wonderful free videos for beginners!

How to Play Chess — Beginner Videos ✨   

Go to that link and scroll down for 50 different videos/lessons. Your child can watch these and learn at their own pace.

Having a chess set at home is a great idea too. This is the perfect time for adults to learn at the same time and play their children.

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Free Chess Course For Beginners

https://chessfox.com/free-chess-course-for-beginners/

HOW TO PLAY CHESS VIDEOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGuYHXfgDxY  12 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCSbzArwB10   31 minutes

After you understand how to play

Castling | How to Play Chess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcLYgXCkucc

How Do I Castle in Chess? | Castling | ChessKid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2CBlNGLwUw

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After Castling in Chess | Back Rank Mates | ChessKid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBXBE0F78xw

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5 Main Objectives of a chess game

https://chessfox.com/introduction-to-the-5-main-objectives-of-a-chess-game/

Chess Openings – Ultimate Guide to the Openings of Chess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOGeEZ7iYSg

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4 MOVE CHECK MATE VIDEOS....and more analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFQjoWaJtjk   14 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyLxWIbjXUU  3 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YezT87PSv6o  42 seconds

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13 Chess Middle Game Strategic Goals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBZL_uUX-7E

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How to do a rook roller mate in chess! Chess Basics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ccnENhxBE

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How to Checkmate with Queen & King | Chess Basics for Beginners | Chess Endgame Strategy to WIN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbh2pRvM3aU

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Chess Endgames: Checkmating with a Rook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOGeEZ7iYSg

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Checkmating with a Lone Rook

http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/basic/r_k_mate/r_k_mate.htm

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King & Rook Checkmate

https://completechesseducation.com/lessons/king-rook-checkmate/

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6 checkmate patterns you MUST know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBZLU1FXhcI&

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How To Spot Good And Bad Chess Pieces? Like This.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkX90kPV2PE

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The Pin | Tactics | ChessKid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpKC9SMvKs

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The Skewer | Tactics | ChessKid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KlDixnZMhM

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Chess Tactics | Double Attack! | ChessKid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2CBlNGLwUw

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Tactics | Discovered Attacks and Double Checks | ChessKid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpuK-ft7yPI

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More experienced players. No matter how advanced you are, many of these videos will be of tremendous benefit to improving your game!

They are also great fun to watch if you love chess analysis with the chess coaches being some of the best on the internet.

*How To Solve Chess Puzzles | Improve Your Tactics & Visualization

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWzltpXk2mg

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35 Vital Chess Principles | Opening, Middlegame, and Endgame Principles - Chess Strategy and Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXyJdetptXg

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21 Positional Chess Concepts   -   Chess Strategies You NEED TO KNOW - Chess Principles and Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYtXMJjqfvw

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8 Chess Concepts Every Chess Player Should Know - Chess Principles, Ideas, Strategies and Tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRy8A3-1A9I

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Top 18 Attacking Principles/Concepts In Chess - How To Attack Correctly - How To Sacrifice Pieces!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7ALEPcUaSU

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The Top 23 Checkmate Patterns | Most Important Mating Patterns In Chess | Chess Tactics and Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo93mIhnDz4

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7 Most Successful Gambits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjxYuTRG4RE

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Top 7 Aggressive Chess Openings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8XaRKCAfo

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Surprisingly Tricky, Extremely Fun - The Wasp Variation of the Elephant Gambit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlT3RjhuVHM   

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A Brilliant Endgame Study

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNe4d47u1p4

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Chess Masterclass: 5 Step Thinking Strategy | Best Tips, Tactics, Moves & Ideas for Beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_jUGO5agg

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ALL Chess Tactics Explained |Chess Strategy, Moves, Ideas & Basics for Beginners| How to Play Chess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4F77emUnqQ

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Traxler Counter Attack: Chess Opening Tricks to WIN Fast |Checkmate Moves, Strategy, Gambit & Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW81BAd2ins

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Fishing Pole Trap: Chess Opening TRICK to WIN Games Fast: Secret Checkmate Strategy, Moves & Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6bkHvDd79Y

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Legal's Mate Trap: Chess Opening TRICK to Fool Your Opponent & Win Fast: Secret Moves & Strategy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEu3xT--f_k

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Chess Opening Tricks to WIN Fast: Englund Gambit Traps, Moves & Ideas | Best Checkmate Strategy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NwwKqLd1OY

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Chess Opening TRICK to Fool Your Opponent: Tennison Gambit - Strategy & Moves to Trap Black Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZtVxicqkAs

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Two Knights Defense Traps: Chess Opening Tricks to Win Fast |Best Checkmate Moves, Strategy & Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v9KoTKAibA

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Poison Pawn Trap: Chess Opening TRICK to Win Fast: Secret Checkmate Moves, Strategy & Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UCUgfg2kdI

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Elephant Trap: Chess Opening Tricks in the Queen’s Gambit Declined | Tricky Moves, Tactics & Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OScG6p3buuo

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How To Learn & Study Chess Openings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IegDENuxU4

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Chess Visualizing: How To Remember Squares

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i9wcusTwSo

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10 Chess Tips To CRUSH Everyone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGFl4GjVvrA

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7 MOST COMMON Chess Mistakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXrKRA_KZ5k

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EASY CHESS ENDGAMES: King & Pawns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCsc24k-Q8M

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EASY CHESS ENDGAMES: Queen vs. Pawn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q-TjB6YYRI

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EASY CHESS ENDGAMES: Rook & Pawn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMZJ9P2Hnq0

Learning to do notation.

They require students competing above 3rd grade to notate at many US Chess Federation rated tournaments, like the Scholastic Chess of Indiana tournaments in our state.

Each of the 64 squares on a chess board has an identity using its file(letter) and rank(number) 

Each piece, other than the pawn has a capital letter to identify it.

Here's more:

Chess Notation for Beginners

https://www.chessable.com/blog/chess-notation-for-beginners/

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Rules of Chess : How to Use Chess Notation : How to Play Chess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsibNyWsCbI

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How to Use Chess Notation | Chess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3H9M39bHsU      

Additional links/apps:

https://www.dadsuggests.com/home/best-chess-apps

Meet my Dad!

In the reports below, Dad was approaching 91 years old.

2024 update: Dad is 98 years old and still playing chess.

Father teaches son chess, son teaches thousands of children                       

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mg5a2DYyXQ

Never too old to learn new tricks

https://chessdailynews.com/never-too-old-to-learn-new-tricks/

                Re: Re: Re: Re: How to make the world a better place Jan. 9, 2020           

                Great chess tournament            

                            11 responses |             

                Started by metmike - Jan. 17, 2023, 6:20 p.m.     

       https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/92277/

We had 162 students signed up!

Next  years tournament will be on March 2, 2024. Sign ups begin in January.

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In addition, I was invited to be a board member for Scholastic Chess of Indiana. We've been competing in their tournaments for over 2 decades.

Here's their link:

https://scichess.org/

We will be hosting the INDIVIDUAL SCI regional qualifier at McCutchanville on January 6, 2023.

https://scichess.org/?page_id=535

Last year, our North Junior High TEAM finished 7th in the Scholastic Chess of Indiana state finals.

http://sci.joepye.net/2023EighthL.htm

The previous year, our North High School TEAM team finished 6th in the state finals.

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/82701/

We started our new 2023/24 chess season at the 5 schools I coach at.

323 students from grades K-12 are signed up.

An incredible 180 students are from just one  K-6 school, McCutchanville. 

I'm blessed to be a member of the Scholastic Chess of Indiana board of directors!

Working together with some very talented, like minded adults that are leading the state of Indiana in promoting scholastic chess and keeping our young people actively engaged in competitive chess. 

This was a wonderful video conducted by 2 of our board members, Bill Pilate, our president and James Dean that runs the states K-12 Canterbury Chess Club POWERHOUSE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-e39qLmdOI

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                Chess Coach Stories            

                15 responses |                

                Started by metmike - July 29, 2021, 7:23 p.m.            

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/72860/

Our next NJH Spring tournament on March 2, 2024 is already starting sign ups!!

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/101175/

Over the weekend, we finished the Scholastic Chess of Indiana Individual tournament championships/finals in Indianapolis, IN.

http://sci.joepye.net/24SCIIndEntriesResults.htm

Now we're looking ahead to the SCI Team regionals at the end of February in Jeffersonville, then the championships on March 23rd in Hammond, IN. 

https://scichess.org/?page_id=619

March 2024 update: We had 4 teams in the SCI Finals. 1 in each division(U3, U6, U8 and U12).

They all finished in the top half or close to it in the standings against the best chess players in the state of Indiana!

https://joepye.net/sci/2024TeamFinalsEntries.htm

                Early Father's Day            

                            Started by metmike - March 26, 2024, 12:13 a.m.            

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/102812/

From the Land of 10,000 lakes comes this wonderful email message:

Hi Mike,

I'm just getting in touch to thank you... your chess resources have come in handy! My name is Mrs. Echevarria and I'm the program director for our recreation center here in Minnesota. We're always looking for fun ideas to keep our community entertained when the weather isn't nice enough to go outdoors. I've been putting together a Chess activity guide for our members - you listed some wonderful sites to include! Thank you again :)

My student volunteer Max has also asked me to send you this beginners guide to chess that he found: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedwaymotors.com%2FInfo%2FGames-to-Play-in-the-Car-A-Guide-to-Chess&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cbdda965da48d490797aa08dc58da52a0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638482941929789035%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=If0wmYImIJgq%2F5ueDa1QYO2t5j1O9dIGYKD8DkM7am0%3D&reserved=0 ...Not only does it cover the rules, strategies and tactics, but there are some great websites to check out for joining tournaments and where you can play online!

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Thanks very much Max!

And thanks very much Mrs. Echevarria for everything that you do to help our young people grow into happy and productive,  adults