​Puzzle and painting 5334, Problem 1488 white to move mate in 2 Sunflowers Vincent van Gogh 1889 ..read more

Use Maine as an example, 1 First in Google search for "Maine Chess", you will find Maine Chess Association （https://www.chessmaine.org/） It has news, tournaments, students tournaments, etc. Tournaments （https://chessmaine.net/events)， Clubs and other information (https://chessmaine.net/chessmaine/clubs/) Instructors: (https://chessmaine.net/chessmaine/2010/09/instructors.html) 2. Search "Maine chess teacher", or whatever tutor website https://www.wyzant.com/Maine_chess_lessons.aspx 3. Check USCF Top Players in Maine http://www.uschess.org/datapage/top-players2.php?state=ME&limit=& ..read more

The annual National Grade Competition is over. This year, I was unable to attend the event and could only cheer for the students from a distance. Congratulations to all the children who participated, my students, current and past: 10  4  Zhang, Roger     19  Wu, Alice 9   14  Feng, Andrew 5   9  Li, Mason Jin  4   1  Zhu, Linxi     8  Li, Sophie 3.  19  Li, Wan Qin  2   8  Zhou, Abigail      9  Xu, Zhihan Samuel 1   16  Li, Coeus I also ..read more

Black to move Caruana,Fabiano Firouzja,Alireza 2023 The Starry Night Vincent van Gogh 1889 ..read more

chess.com club "Princeton Chess" is having a new tournament schedule starting in Dec.  Everyone is welcome to join our club. Our main goal is to help our students and friends improve their chess everyday. https://www.chess.com/club/princeton-chess To provide the best service to our students and friends, we are offering online tournaments daily, with different time control. Monday to Friday, the tournament will start at 6:30pm EST, and Saturday and Sunday, 2pm EST. Here is the proposed schedule: Monday，6:30pm EST, 1+1 Tuesday，6:30pm EST, 3+2 Wednesday，6:30pm EST, 10+5 Thursday，6:30pm E ..read more

CIS is Chess in The School. It is the most famous national elephant non-profit organization in New York. Its school project is only for Title I schools in New York City. The so-called Title I is to receive federal subsidies. The majority of poor students in the school, at least 40% of the students are enjoying a free lunch (some including breakfast). It has about 48 schools under its umbrella, and its programs in schools do not charge students. According to the website, CIS has taught approximately 600,000 students. Because it is non-profit, it has a lot of research on the relat ..read more

The first time I heard about ICN was because someone went to the Marshall Chess Club to take classes and said it was organized by ICN. The photo of the last national tournament was mixed-up, and someone pointed out that it was a photo of ICN. I always thought ICN was Impact Chess Network. After checking online, I found out that it is Impact Coaching Network. It has only appeared on the stage in New York City in recent years, or it may have been renamed from another institution. But the cooperation with Marshall really made it famous. After checking the website, ICN mainly cooperates with sch ..read more

A piece of news today disrupted my plan for the series. But at least it is related to the chess in New York. The three children mentioned in the movie "Brooklyn Castle" yesterday, Rochelle, Justus, and James, are all black children. In addition, Darrian in the comments, and Joshua Colas, one of the three musketeers (3 Js) at the time. Nowhere else do you see so many black kids who are good at chess. The latest example is Tani. Tani fled from Nigeria as a refugee in 2017, and today's news is that the Tani family's asylum application was approved. When the family first arrived here, they live ..read more

The annual National Grade Competition is over. This year, I was unable to attend the event and could only cheer for the students from a distance. Congratulations to all the children who participated, my students, current and past: 10  4  Zhang, Roger     19  Wu, Alice 9   14  Feng, Andrew 5   9  Li, Mason Jin  4   1  Zhu, Linxi     8  Li, Sophie 3.  19  Li, Wan Qin  2   8  Zhou, Abigail      9  Xu, Zhihan Samuel 1   16  Li, Coeus I also ..read more

Black to move Caruana,Fabiano Firouzja,Alireza 2023 The Starry Night Vincent van Gogh 1889 ..read more