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Easy Chess Openings That Win Games For Beginners

If you’re new to chess, mastering these five openings will change how you play - they’re easy, powerful, and proven to work.
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Best Chess Openings Every Beginner Should Know

Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...
Entrepreneur

‘Make Chess as Accessible as Possible’: Duolingo’s Next Move Is Teaching Users How to Play Chess

Duolingo is a popular language learning app with 103.6 million monthly active users. The company announced on Tuesday that it is testing a new chess course. Duolingo plans to roll out the chess course ...
USA Today

Duolingo adds chess to educational offers. Here's what to know about new, free course

Duolingo launched a beta version of a chess course on Tuesday, April 22. The new, free course teaches users how each chess piece moves through short puzzles, lead by the app's in-game chess coach ...
CNET

Duolingo Chess Players Soon Can Play Matches With Others

Android, it's your move. Language-learning app Duolingo announced Tuesday that it is launching its chess instruction to Android phones, three months after introducing the game to iOS devices. The ...
Education Week

How Playing Chess Can Boost Academic Learning

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...