Chess IS a game, after all! Break out the popcorn and enjoy this collection of some chess entertainment: beautiful chess studies, grandmasters when they were ChessKids themselves, and our favorite streamed shows from FunMasterMike and our young guest hosts!
Magnus Carlsen is the best player of his generation and one of his keys to success is simply determination.
Chess studies or compositions are positions that someone made up to show some kind of amazing or unusual idea. Not only are they often beautiful, but from them we can also learn a lot about tactics that can be applied to our own games.
GM Bryan Smith’s Favorite Moves
Some of Grandmaster Bryan Smith's favorite moves.
When They Were ChessKids: Magnus Carlsen
FM Mike Klein shows you that Carlsen was once a ChessKid, too, who loved to aggressively attack his opponent's king.
How good was Magnus Carlsen when he was just nine years old?
When They Were ChessKids: Hikaru Nakamura
Nakamura sure could steer his pieces even before he could drive!
When They Were ChessKids: Viswanathan Anand
A sparkling attack by young Anand where his knights and bishops work together beautifully.
When They Were ChessKids: Levon Aronian
At the age of 11, GM Aronian won his first world championship!
When They Were ChessKids: Fabiano Caruana
How Caruana beat a grandmaster when he was just 10 years old - setting the record for the youngest player to ever beat a GM!
When They Were ChessKids: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Some amazing games from the top French Grandmaster...when he was only 9 years old!
When They Were ChessKids: Vladimir Kramnik
A game from the former world champion when he was only 11 years old, but had the understanding of a wise old man.
When They Were ChessKids: Anish Giri
A look at two amazing games Giri played when he was just 11 years old.
When They Were ChessKids: Veselin Topalov
An exciting game from young Topalov that demonstrates why activity is often better than material.
Check the ChessKid Event Calendar for a list of our live broadcasts & special events!
Streamed broadcast: “Beat FunMasterMike”
ChessKids from around the world try to...beat FunMasterMike, FM Mike Klein!
Streamed broadcast: “Blazing Bishop Battles”
Our longtime ChessKid coach, BlazingBishop, blazes through puzzles before trying to put out the fire on board from ChessKid challenges!
Streamed broadcast: “FunMasterMike & Alice’s Pawn Palace”
ChessKid welcomes world champion star NM Alice Lee to play her best chess against kids from all over.
Streamed broadcast: “FunMasterMike & the Brewmaster”
11-year-old National Master Brewington Hardaway, "The BrewMaster," analyzes FunMasterMike's games, team up with him for "Hand and Brain," and takes on ChessKid challenges.
Streamed broadcast: “Tani Time!”
FM Tani Adewumi joins ChessKid for new show: "Tani Time!" The young superstar shows off his best games, plays other ChessKids, and hangs out to have fun with FunMasterMike.
Streamed broadcast: Draw the Squirrel
The energetic PlayfulSquirrel, IM David Pruess, takes on ChessKid challenges and gives commentary on his games form an international master.
Streamed broadcast: Beat the Maestra
WIM Ivette Garcia takes on all ChessKids, teaches chess, teaches Spanish, and has an infectious laughter all the way through. No Spanish knowledge required!
Streamed broadcast: Endgame Workout
Have you ever wanted to improve your endgames? Do you want to make sure you can convert winning positions all the way to checkmate? ChessKid's "Workouts" are the place to be, and IM David Pruess, the PlayfulSquirrel, shows you how.
Streamed broadcast: ChessKid Monthly Championship
Live game commentary from our Chesskid coaches as hundreds of ChessKids try to qualify each month for the year-end championship!