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BK Academy of Chess  is a great place to improve your chess skills as well as get tons of entertaining and informative chess information. Class is in session and you are invited to participate, because together we build, and over-the-board we even the score!


    • The Evergreen Game

      BK Academy of Chess presents the Evergreen Game, a famous chess game played in Berlin in 1852 between Adolf Anderssen and Jean Dufresne. Together we build and over the board  we even the score!     Subscribe  @  http://www.you... | Read More

    • The Opera Game

      Learn about the famous chess game where Morphy wins brilliantly in this legendary miniature, mating on the 17th move with his last two pieces. It is an excellent demonstration of the importance of rapid development of one's pieces, the value of s... | Read More

    • The First Smothered Mate

      Learn an instructive mating pattern from a game by Gioachino Greco, an Italian chess player renown for recording some of the  first chess games known.  He studied the Giuoco Piano and published his analysis in the form of short games highlighti... | Read More

    • The Famous Double Bishop Sacrifice

      Learn an instuctive castle busting combination from a famous chess game  between Emanuel Lasker and Johann Bauer played in Amsterdam in 1889. This sacrificial combination shows up repeately, most notably in the games between Nimzowitsch and Tarr... | Read More

    • Famous Chess Swindles, Part 3 - Corrected

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    • Famous Chess Swindles, Part 3

      Learn about the -Monsterous Swindle, a stunning example of using active play to save a lost position, as conducted by the British grandmaster Tony Miles, an accomplished swindler. It comes from the game Miles versus Short, London 1980. To... | Read More

    • Famous Chess Swindles, Part 2

      Learn a very instructional endgame tactic from the game dubbed the "Swindle of the Century,"  the game between Evans and Reshevsky, from the 1963-65 U.S. Championship. Together we build and over the board  we even the score!   Subscrib... | Read More

    • Famous Chess Swindles, Part I

      Learn about a famous chess swindle played by the most famous Swindler, U.S. Champion Frank Marshall,  a gifted tactician who was one of the world's strongest players in the early 20th century. Together we build and over the board  we even the... | Read More

    • Endgame 101: King and Pawn vs King: Pawn Endgame

      Learn about one of the most important chess endgame fundamentals, the king and pawn versus king. Learn how to quickly decern whether a given position is a win or a draw, and learn the technique for playing this endgame.  | Read More

    • The Adventures of Black Knight, No 4

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