Billy Swaner

Kids Chess Guide : Susan Polgar’s FREE Chess Training Guide / Curriculum Susan Polgar beside the logo for her Institute for Chess Excellence Besides being … Read more

In this guide, we’re scanning each side of the board in turn (Kingside & Queenside), assessing two different attributes of both opposing sets of Pawns, … Read more

As soon as a Pawn steps onto its 5th Rank, therefore into enemy territory, it’s considered to be in an advanced position, hence the term “Advanced … Read more

About This Article… This article includes my notes, additional images and interactive chess positions from my study of Horowitz & Mott-Smith’s book, Point Count Chess. Source: Point Count … Read more

About This Article… This article includes my notes, additional images and interactive chess positions from my study of Horowitz & Mott-Smith’s book, Point Count Chess. Source: Point Count … Read more

About This Article… This article includes my notes, additional images and interactive chess positions from my study of Horowitz & Mott-Smith’s book, Point Count Chess. Source: Point Count … Read more

Kids Chess Guide This guide contains a selection of articles focused on kids ‘n’ chess. It’s only as an adult, trying to learn the game … Read more

About This Article… This article includes my notes, additional images and interactive chess positions from my study of Horowitz & Mott-Smith’s book, Point Count Chess. Source: Point Count … Read more

Since around about the late 1700s – and rocketing into the present day – Chess has seen, what could argued as, four distinct periods of … Read more

Chess Combinations : 4. The Case of the Clumsy Rook (p109)  Yasser Seirawan named this Chapter in honor of his early experiences learning to play Chess … Read more