Happy Thanksgiving and Hanukah. Happy and healthy holidays! I will be on Sat at the National Chess Congress in Phila. I also plan to attend Nationals in Orlando, Liberty Bell Open and USATE. Please check my current specials: http://www.iamcoach...
Here is the next set. I will not post the answers or solutions until after a week or so, to give readers a chance. You are welcome to post your solutions and explanations. Please don't use computer help. The best response can request a copy of my ...
Chess coach has a bag with 4 chess clocks. He distributes them evenly to the 4 players before the round starts. Yet, one clock still remains in the bag. How come?
Here is the next set. I will not post the answers or solutions until after a week or so, to give readers a chance. You are welcome to post your solutions and explanations. Please don't use computer help. The best response can request a copy of my ...
Igor's Chess Doubles - ICD #4 - A Bishop or A Pawn, which one do you pick? Here is the next set. I will not post the answers or solutions until after a week or so, to give readers a chance. You are welcome to post your solutions and explanations....
Igor's Chess Doubles - ICD #3 - GM Alex Yermolinsky's mystery! Here is the next set. I will not post the answers or solutions until after a week or so, to give readers a chance. You are welcome to post your solutions and explanations. Please don'...
Igor's Chess Doubles - ICD #2 I got a number of favorable responses after posting my first set. No one who contacted me got even 20 (out of 22). So, here is the second set. I will not post the answers or solutions until after a week or so, to giv...
Igor's Chess Doubles (ICD) #1 I enjoy coaching! Early in my coaching career, I realized that in spite of 1000s of books being available on virtually every chess subject, certain training options are not available to those interested in improving....
Improve your Chess via Active Learning ACTIVE LEARNING is any strategy that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing (*) The overall strength as well as strength and weaknesses pertained to various aspects o...
I will be hanging out at the World Open (http://www.worldopen.com/) today (Wed) and Saturday afternoon. Please stop by and say "hello." If you have questions, want my Chess Exam or Teacher's manual books autographed (www.IamCoach.com), please chec...
Sat 3/31 - final comments, scroll down below. ============================================================================== Hi, Recently, I came across the following position. I think White has to play 5.h3 here. Someone who posts (or submi...
Follow @ChessExam It has been prety busy several months, but I am hoping to have time to do one of my favorite thing - creating new puzzles or finding some older cool ones, my students haven't seen before. Here is one - enjoy! No solution given,...
Hello Chess Friends! I wish all of you Awesome Holiday Season and Happy New Year. Best of luck in Chess and Everything Else in 2012! Igor http://www.iamcoach.com/chess/happy_holidays.htm
Please check the following Black Friday Specials! I have put a side a couple of hundred of copies of my latest Chess Exam You vs. Fischer at an incredibly low price! Also, you can save on premium membership for my new website Check my new si...
The following situation isn't that rare - a lonely P is slowly but surely advancing towards promotion while the opponent's pieces unable to do anything to stop it. This is great when you are the one who has the P. On the other hand, the feeling mu...
I have decided to create a special promotion of my latest book recommended by Pandolfini. Get it for only $10, a $12 saving! Click here. Sample pages Limited supply! I am thrilled to learn that the legendary Bruce Pandolfini recommends my Chess E...
In this article, you will see an interesting pattern that I call -'sandwiched.' I won't go into details here, as I don't want to spoil your chance of trying a couple of examples before reading my explanation. White to Move White to Move ...
Hi, I'm thrilled that many of my readers nominated my latest book Chess Exam: You vs. Bobby Fischer to be 2010 ChessCafe.com Book of the Year. I put a lot of time and effort into my project and always thrilled to hear from my readers. Po...
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all Chess Fans! I wish you health, happiness and great success at the chessboard! Igor (news and New Year specials)
Happy Holidays! I have some books/items on special every month. But around the holidays, I have a couple of super specials. This time it is a bargain offer in my latest book (see review in the November Chess Life) and my private lessons. Plea...
Black Friday Special Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! Attend chess camp without leaving your house. New books from Mongoose press. Chess is booming on the scholastic level! My main recommendations for parents and coaches have been very much th...
Current Specials From Wikipedia - "Luft, the German word for "air" (sometimes also "space" or "breath"), is used by some chess writers and commentators to denote a space left by a pawn move into which a castled king may move, especially such a...
Current Specials Hello, Recently Convekta (www.ChessOk.com) released several new training courses. I am a big fan of their training CDs, especially Chess Endgame Training and CT-ART 3-0. When I learned of new courses, I was eager to check th...
From Q&A with Bruce Pandolfini on ChessCafe.com (06/23/2010) Question I know you have published a lot of books, so maybe you realize how chess publishing is exploding, with many incredible chess books being out there now. Is there one you ha...
Hello, If you are one of thousands of players coming to Valley Forge (20-25 min by car from downtown Philadelphia) to participate or watch the famous World Open Festival (6/25-7/4), please let me know. I will be spending a good amount of time at...
