Teaching Children Chess

Running a school chess club can be very rewarding and schools are usually supportive of such a venture. I started a school chess club back in 2017 when my boys were aged 7 and 5. I contacted the head teacher and offered to run a lunchtime chess club. The school was extremely supportive and I r... Read More

Running a school chess club can be very rewarding and schools are usually supportive of such a venture. I started a school chess club back in 2017 when my boys were aged 7 and 5. I contacted the head teacher and offered to run a lunchtime chess club. The school was extremely supportive and I r... Read More

Searching for chess content for kids online or in an app store will return a huge number of books, websites and apps. As a busy parent the challenge as ever is trying to find the best content amongst the sea of possibilities. Not unlike trying to find the best move in a game of chess !</... Read More

"Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned." this is a quote from Mikhail Botvinnik the sixth World Chess Champion (1948 - 1963). He was the father of the famous Soviet Chess School and so actively engaged in training up future world champions such as Anatoly Karpov, Gary Kasp... Read More

SerendipityWhenever you start a new project or endeavour it's always uplifting to find like-minded people who share your passion. And so it was that shortly after launching Acorn Chess in October 2020 I came across Andy Trattner's post ... Read More