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Chess is one of the few games where children lose often — and that's exactly why it's so good for them. Here's how losing on a chessboard quietly teaches kids to handle setbacks, mistakes, and failure in real life.
The 46th Chess Olympiad has just kicked off in Samarkand, and the first two rounds were packed with shocks — a Thai IM toppling world number-two Arjun Erigaisi, a massive upset by El Salvador over Cuba, and Gukesh sliding under a 2700 rating. Here's what
Every chess move starts with a tiny pause — a moment where a child must stop, think, and only then act. That simple habit, repeated thousands of times over a board, quietly builds one of the most valuable life skills a child can have: self-control.
Six days into the 2026 Global Chess League in Bengaluru, three superstar-stacked teams are tied at the top of the table, and nobody — not even Magnus Carlsen — can predict who reaches the final. Here's how swindles, a "Greek Goddess," and a rare Anand slu
Most parents think chess is only about logic and rules. But decades of classroom studies show something surprising — chess also helps children think in more creative, original ways.
Argentina's Faustino Oro has officially been confirmed as the world's youngest current grandmaster at age 12, capping a journey that includes a viral win over Magnus Carlsen and a top-10 blitz rating on Chess.com. Here's how a kid from Buenos Aires became
At the 2026 Grand Chess Tour Finals in St. Louis, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu trailed Fabiano Caruana by six points with only one day of chess left to play — and somehow walked away champion. It's not the first time he's rescued a tournament from the brink,
A brand-new 2025 study on young children found that chess training led to big, measurable jumps in attention and memory — far more than children got without it. Here's what the science says, and how it can help your child too.
GM Tuan Minh Le won both Titled Tuesday and 3 0 Thursday in the same week, becoming only the fifth player in history to complete chess.com's toughest online blitz double. Here's how he did it, game by game.