Tag: #ChesswithCoachLarry

A chess rendezvous at Seaside: Interview with Chad Lykins

by Troy Brisbin | Jun 1, 2023 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry Every spring, the top scholastic chess players meet at Seaside to find...

Chad Lykins: Building a Bigger Chess World

by Troy Brisbin | May 1, 2023 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry Introducing Rose City Chess Creating youth tournaments like this...

Puddletown Chess Teaches the Next Generation

by Troy Brisbin | Apr 1, 2023 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry My goal in teaching chess has always been to get more kids playing to...

New Beaverton Chess Club! Join us for our first meeting on March 2

by Troy Brisbin | Mar 1, 2023 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry Chess in Beaverton is booming. You can see chess players meeting and...

Holding a chess tourney over holidays is not easy but volunteers get things done

by Troy Brisbin | Feb 1, 2023 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry Now that the hubbub of the holidays is behind us, we have a moment to...

Are you a chess Patzers or a lumpy, blundering Loser? Read on and learn what this means

by Troy Brisbin | Jan 1, 2023 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry Everyone in the chess world has heard the word patzer, maybe used derisively...

Great News for Eager Students! Return of Chess Clubs and Tournaments

by Troy Brisbin | Dec 1, 2022 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry If you are a chess player or regular reader of this column, you know...

Chess players look for unfair advantage by cheating online (even at the highest levels)

by Troy Brisbin | Nov 1, 2022 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry A 72-page report from one of the game’s top platforms, Chess.com,...

The Valkyries of Beaverton, step aside and watch them win!

by Troy Brisbin | Oct 1, 2022 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry A Valkyrie was a historical representation of female power and...

7-year-old Alexis brings his chess set to Europe: ádh Mór fichille imreoir!

by Troy Brisbin | Jul 1, 2022 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry In Gaelic: Fichille Imreoir is the word for “chess player” ádh Mór is...

On the road again! Traveling to chess tournaments is a joy

by Troy Brisbin | Apr 1, 2022 | Featured, Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry One of the joys of tournament chess is traveling to other cities....

You don’t have to be crazy to play chess but it helps!

by Troy Brisbin | Mar 1, 2022 | Learning Corner | 0 |

#ChesswithCoachLarry Chess, like most sports, has its share of craziness by the players....