Parents ask me this question quite often. Usually, the situation looks more or less the same. The father plays chess better than the child. Sometimes much better. They sit down at the board, the child tries hard, but objectively has very little chance. The father wins the first game, then …
Over the years I have spent working as a coach, I have probably heard this question from parents hundreds of times. Sometimes they ask it after the very first lesson. The child quickly understood how the knight moves, solved a few puzzles, and the parents already cautiously ask, “What do …
Over the years I have spent working as a coach, I have seen very different reactions from children after losing. One child loses a game, shakes hands with the opponent, and five minutes later is already running around with friends in the tournament hall. Another comes out to their parents …
So, your child has become interested in chess. Perhaps this happened just recently, and he is now in the process of learning the pieces. Or perhaps your child has already been playing for a long time, and you are seriously beginning to think about whether he can become a professional …
I think absolutely every chess beginner at some stage of their development has asked themselves this question. Most often this thought comes to those who have hit their first chess plateau. In this article I want to give you my grandmaster opinion regarding this question and answer as thoroughly as …