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This is the perfect chance for kids to build new skills and enjoy endless educational fun.
🐱 🐶 ChessKid Pets are here for the holidays! - Experience these festive bots this December – exclusively for Gold Members!
And for this Holiday season we have planned some fun activities for all the kiddos!
December 15th-26th
Each day of the “12 Days of Chess” Challenge, unlock a mini-mission in Boys Club & Girls Club activities to build skills and sprinkle some holiday fun into every move!
📅Day 1: Solve 3 Puzzles
Kick things off with some chess brain warmers! Puzzles help you learn tactics like forks, pins, and sneaky checkmates.
📅Day 2: Play 1 Fast Chess Game
Jump into a fast match to help you think on your feet, like dodging snowballs!
📅Day 3: Your Choice: Complete 1 Lesson
Chess lessons break big ideas into bite-sized, easy-to-use tips you can try right away.
📅Day 4: Beat a Holiday Pet Bot
Challenge one of our festive, furry Pet Bots in a fun showdown!
📅Day 5: Your Choice: Watch 1 Video
Pick any video on openings, tactics, endgames, or fun tips. It’s your learning adventure today!
📅Day 6: Practice Checkmating with a Queen
Master one of the most important endgame skills: using your queen and king together to win.
📅Day 7: Practice Checkmating with a Rook
Today’s challenge teaches you how to use your king and rook together as an attacking force.
📅Day 8: Try a New Opening
Learn a new way to start a game: the Italian, the London, the Sicilian, or your very own opening!
📅Day 9: Challenge a Friend
Invite a friend to play a game against you. It’s more fun to learn together and enjoy some playful rivalries.
📅Day 10: Analyze a Game
Replay your highlight reel! Pick one of your recent games and review your best ideas and learn from your mistakes.
📅Day 11: Play in the Holiday Tournaments
Join players in a festive competition on December 25th! It’s a great chance to test your skills and celebrate the holiday chess spirit together.
Make sure to join the ChessKid Official Club to participate!
📅Day 12: Earn 10 Stars
Finish strong by completing activities that sparkle! Puzzles, Bot games, and other training activities all help you earn Stars.
The chess clubs are spreading kindness and knowledge this season to help each other improve and celebrate everything they’ve learned this year.
Where: Boys Club & Girls Club
📌Boys Club
📌Girls Club
1. Share 1 chess trick or tip you want to “gift” to others
Kids can pass on a helpful idea like something they’ve learned that made them better at chess.
Examples:
“Before every move, make sure your king is safe”
“Follow CPR: Capture, Protect, or Retreat.”
2. Recommend a Lesson or Pet Bot to Play
Kids share something that helped them, inspired them, or just made them smile.
Examples:
A puzzle video that taught them a new tactic
A Pet Bot they like playing against
3. Write 1 Thing They Learned This Year
Share a moment of reflection to see how far they’ve come!
Kids can talk about:
A skill they mastered
A mistake they learned from
Tactics they learned
Their proudest chess moment
Examples:
“I learned what a fork is.”
“I learned not to move the same piece in an opening.”
Where: Boys Club & Girls Club
📌 Boys Club
📌 Girls Club
Where: Boys Club & Girls Club
📌Boys Club
📌 Girls Club
Complete the 30-second Vision Trainer on the ChessKid website. Post your top score so the whole club can see who shines the brightest!