Oct 24, 2024

Aliya Explains Chess Variants: Free-for-All Variant - Four Player Chess

Oct 24, 2024

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.

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Oct 24, 2024

Aug 4, 2024

Aliya Explains Chess Variants: General Variant - Four Player Chess

Aug 4, 2024

Four 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!

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Aug 4, 2024

Jul 22, 2024

Aliya Explains Chess Variants: Horde Chess

Jul 22, 2024

Horde Chess is the variant version of a zombie apocalypse, but with more strategy and fewer brain-eating undead.

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Jul 22, 2024

Jul 9, 2024

Aliya Explains Chess Variants: Losers Chess, aka Antichess, aka Giveaway

Jul 9, 2024

This 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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Jul 9, 2024

Apr 1, 2024

AnAn: The Rise of AI and its Role in Chess

Apr 1, 2024

AI helps players train and practice against computers. No more waiting for other human players to accept, and no more fear of dropping ratings.

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Apr 1, 2024

Feb 26, 2024

Liah: Gender Bias Research Review

Feb 26, 2024

A study published by NYU with contributions by Jennifer Shahade, two-time U.S. Women’s Champion, proved gender bias in chess.

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Feb 26, 2024

Dec 2, 2023

AnAn: The Passed Pawn

Dec 2, 2023

The passed pawn is a game changer. “The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key.”

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Dec 2, 2023

Nov 17, 2023

Zara: A Typical Her League Tournament

Nov 17, 2023

Her 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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Nov 17, 2023

Nov 5, 2023

Liah: Millions Embracing Chess! Why?

Nov 5, 2023

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?

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Nov 5, 2023

Oct 16, 2023

Adaa's Book Review: "The Discovery of Chess"

Oct 16, 2023

The 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.

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Oct 16, 2023

Aug 22, 2023

Her Team at Amateurs 2023

Aug 22, 2023

Watch 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.

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Aug 22, 2023

Aug 1, 2023

Adaa: Viswanathan Anand's Inspirations - Grandmaster Thanks to Mom, Mind Master Thanks to Aruna

Aug 1, 2023

Viswanathan 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?

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Aug 1, 2023

Jul 25, 2023

Sannah: Chess Fate | Her News Poetry

Jul 25, 2023

A game of chess, in which minds reach far
A checkered realm in which two spar…

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Jul 25, 2023

Jul 12, 2023

AnAn: A Brief History of Chess

Jul 12, 2023

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.

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Jul 12, 2023

May 22, 2023

AnAn: Do You Prefer Playing a Person or a Bot?

May 22, 2023

Do you prefer to practice chess against a person or a chess bot (such as the chess bots on chesskid.com)? Why?

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May 22, 2023

Apr 21, 2023

Chloe: What It's Like to Play in the Most Fun Chess Tournament

Apr 21, 2023

Her 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!

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Apr 21, 2023

Apr 16, 2023

Sannah: Her Move Next Goes Global

Apr 16, 2023

Her 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).

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Apr 16, 2023

Mar 20, 2023

Suhana: An Out of This World Her Talks with Priya Abiram

Mar 20, 2023

For 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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Mar 20, 2023

Mar 11, 2023

Liah: Chess Tactics

Mar 11, 2023

Every beginner starts chess with one question in mind: HOW can I get better? Well, the answer is surprisingly simple.

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Mar 11, 2023

Mar 3, 2023

Her News Q&A with Chloe & Zara

Mar 3, 2023

How do you get ready for a tournament and not feel so nervous?

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Mar 3, 2023

Feb 27, 2023

Adaa: Analysis of Three Top Grandmasters

Feb 27, 2023

Adaa analyzes the chess styles of three world Grandmasters: Yifan Hou, Judit Polgar, and Koneru Humpy.

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Feb 27, 2023

Feb 19, 2023

Aliya Explains Chess Variants: RACING KINGS

Feb 19, 2023

Get ready, get set, go! The aim of Racing Kings is to get your king to the 8th rank before your opponent does.

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Feb 19, 2023

Feb 7, 2023

Chess Poetry 2

Feb 7, 2023

Challenge: Write a chess themed poem.

”TACTICS ON BOARD TO WIN!”

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Feb 7, 2023

Jan 29, 2023

Zara: Her Move Next Sending Teams to USATE

Jan 29, 2023

This February, Her Move Next is sending four teams to the US Amateur Team East (USATE) tournament. The tournament takes place annually over Presidents’ Day weekend in Parsippany, New Jersey.

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Jan 29, 2023

Jan 28, 2023

Aliya Explains Chess Variants: THREE CHECK CHESS

Jan 28, 2023

Three Check Chess is a chess variant in which you will have to keep your king even safer than in regular chess!

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Jan 28, 2023

Jan 25, 2023

Aliya Explains Chess Variants: KING OF THE HILL

Jan 25, 2023

Most chess players know that in chess, you should keep your king safe and try not to have it stuck in the middle of the board, but this chess variant is exciting because one of the goals of the game is to get your king to the center!

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Jan 25, 2023

Jan 22, 2023

Chess Haiku

Jan 22, 2023

Challenge: Write a chess themed poem.

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Jan 22, 2023

Jan 22, 2023

Aliya Explains Chess Variants: CRAZYHOUSE

Jan 22, 2023

Got only 2 players? Crazyhouse is a chess variant that is similar to bughouse when you don’t have a team. This variant is more frequently played online given some of the technical challenges.

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Jan 22, 2023

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Jan 17, 2023

Aliya Explains Chess Variants: KINGHOUSE

Jan 17, 2023

Got 6 players? Kinghouse is a chess variant that is very similar to bughouse. This variant is not at all a well-known variant, and there is not much information online about it, simply for the reason that it is more complicated to set up than bughouse.

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Jan 17, 2023

Jan 15, 2023

Aliya Explains Chess Variants: BUGHOUSE

Jan 15, 2023

Whether you’re goofing off with your friends, playing by yourself on a computer, or even competing in a chess variant tournament, chess variants offer many different ways to have fun playing chess and improve in different aspects of the game.

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Jan 15, 2023

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CHESS : COMMUNITY : COMPETITION

Welcome to Her News Feed!Her News selects these Articlesto inform and inspire our community.

Welcome to Her News Feed!
Her News selects these Articles
to inform and inspire our community.