Press Release: Silver Knights Joins Play Magnus Group
“I have always been passionate about supporting the next generation of chess players,” said Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion. “I welcome Silver Knights to the team and look forward to...
After an extremely unusual and surprisingly successful year, we’re looking forward to resuming in-person programs. Scratch that - we already started them up again on Monday at camp! Today, we want...
In 1990, when he was twenty years old, Stuart Rachels won the greatest upset in the history of the US Chess Championships. Prior to that, he’d been the youngest master...
What kinds of guest instructors have we had? The best female player of all time, a US Champion, stars of the documentary Brooklyn Castle, former students who are masters, and...
Five Numbers to Get Excited For Judit Polgars Visit
10: the number of World Champions Judit has beaten in competition If you include blitz games, you can add two more (Kramnik and Fischer) to the list, which means that she's...
March 2020 After a few weeks of increasingly ominous news, the world felt like it stopped spinning. It was scary for everyone, but Adam and I had an additional reason:...
Bobby Fischer was the first player we followed in our online classes. There are many reasons to start with Fischer (including of course the chess), but that's not why we...
“You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player” (Jose...
In response to a question, about his favorite board game, a Silver Knights student gave a comprehensive and thoughtful explanation about why to play chess. He justifiably received an A...
