In Free-for-All Chess, teaming is NOT ALLOWED! That means you are not allowed to communicate, team up, or make alliances with any other players.
Read MoreFour Player Chess boards may be hard to find because of their unusual shape. Still, it is worth the search, just to play simultaneous chess with more of your friends!
Read MoreHorde Chess is the variant version of a zombie apocalypse, but with more strategy and fewer brain-eating undead.
Read MoreThis may be one of the most common chess variants among young players because it is easy, fun and quick to play! However, this chess variant is not very helpful if you want to improve your actual chess playing.
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AI helps players train and practice against computers. No more waiting for other human players to accept, and no more fear of dropping ratings.
Read MoreA study published by NYU with contributions by Jennifer Shahade, two-time U.S. Women’s Champion, proved gender bias in chess.
Read MoreThe passed pawn is a game changer. “The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key.”
Read MoreHer League tournaments follow a unique structure. Let’s go through a typical tournament program while hearing from coaches, players, and parents along the way.
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From October 2020 to April 2022, Chess.com’s number of monthly active users doubled from 8 million to almost 17 million. But, what caused this sudden increase in users?
Read MoreThe lovable duo, Emma and Ethan, as well as their Red Panda companion, all beautifully and colourfully drawn, make the rich origins of chess palatable to a young audience.
Read MoreWatch this short documentary by Aliya of the HerMoveNext Foundation Inc sponsored Her Teams 1-4 participate in the February 2023, US Amateur East (USATE) chess tournament in New Jersey.
Read MoreViswanathan Anand is one of the first names that comes to mind when one thinks about chess grandmasters and world champions. He became India’s first grandmaster at 18 years old in 1988, and he’s been making his mark on chess history since. Who are some of the people who helped him along the way?
Read MoreA game of chess, in which minds reach far
A checkered realm in which two spar…
Once a game played with human-like shapes and buried in the fathomless depths of history, chess has now become an exhilarating game with up to 250,000 new players every day.
Read MoreDo you prefer to practice chess against a person or a chess bot (such as the chess bots on chesskid.com)? Why?
Read MoreHer Move Next (HMN) sponsored four teams to attend the 2023 US Amateur East (USATE) chess tournament in New Jersey. Her News spoke with two of our HMN players, Arianna Rim and Sophie Rohrs about their experiences representing Her Move Next at what is often billed as the most fun chess tournament of the year!
Read MoreHer Move Next, an organization that started off in an NYC public school, has now spread far beyond the tri-state area, and even beyond 21 states in the United States. Between Her League and Her Coaches, Her Move Next now has 31 registered members from Kenya (26), Ghana (2), Nigeria (2) and China (1).
Read MoreFor our 24th Her League Event on February 3, 2023, we were joined by a very special guest speaker, Priya Abiram. Priya is a current freshman at Cornell University and a NASA astronaut candidate. She is also a Cadet Lieutenant Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol, a pilot, scuba diver, Boeing company intern, published researcher and a bioastronautics researcher.
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Every beginner starts chess with one question in mind: HOW can I get better? Well, the answer is surprisingly simple.
Read MoreHow do you get ready for a tournament and not feel so nervous?
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