Chess by Lauren

3 years ago

Play in my next FREE online chess tournament on Saturday, March 25

Lots of prizes to be won!

This tournament starts at 10am PDT (Pacific Time). This tournament is for players who are rated below chess.com's 1800 rating. The tournament is 5 rounds and the time control is G/10. That means one game can last 20 minutes.

Lots of prizes to be won:

First place wins a $20 Amazon.com gift card!

+Top female wins a chess.com 3 month diamond membership
+2nd place female wins a chess.com 2 month diamond membership
+ 3rd place female wins a chess.com one month diamond membership

In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here.
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage. If you don't see the link, here is the tournament link.
I host these monthly chess tournaments for my students and followers to have fun and learn. This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers! I will be broadcasting all the tournament action on my YouTube chess channel.

On a side note, I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!

On a side note, Orca Financial Group (www.orcafg.com) is graciously doubling our prize fund for the upcoming tournaments. OrcaFG was started by Georgiy Krasnopolskiy, who learned chess as a child, went to college on a chess scholarship, and then had a chess school. Chess is a passion of his and we are excited to have his help!

3 years ago

Play in my Feb. 25 online chess tournament

All players welcome to play! Free Entry!

Play in my next monthly online chess tournament on Saturday, Feb. 25th at 9am PST. The tournament is 4 rounds and the time control is G/10. That means one game can last 20 minutes. First place wins a $10 Amazon.com gift card! All skill levels and ages are welcome to partcipate.

In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here. Free entry!
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage.
I host these monthly chess tournaments for my students and followers to have fun and learn. This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers! I will be broadcasting all the tournament action on my YouTube chess channel.

On a side note, I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!

3 years ago

Play in my January 29th online chess tournament

This tournament is open to all skill levels

Play in my next monthly online chess tournament on Sunday, January 29th at 4pm PST. The tournament is 4 rounds and the time control is G/10. That means one game can last 20 minutes. First place wins a $10 Amazon.com gift card! All skill levels and ages are welcome to partcipate.

In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here. Free entry!
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage.
I host these monthly chess tournaments for my students and followers to have fun and learn. This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers! I will be broadcasting all the tournament action on my YouTube chess channel.

On a side note, I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!

3 years ago

Play in my online chess tournament on Dec. 24

First place winner gets a $10 Amazon gift card

Play in my next monthly online chess tournament on Saturday, December 24, at 12:07pm PST. The tournament is 4 rounds and the time control is G/10. That means one game can last 20 minutes. First place wins a $10 Amazon.com gift card! All skill levels and ages are welcome to partcipate.

In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here. Free entry!
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage.
I host these monthly chess tournaments for my students and followers to have fun and learn. This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers! I will be broadcasting all the tournament action on my YouTube chess channel.

On a side note, I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!

3 years ago

Read my CalChess journal article to inspire more girls and women to play chess

I analyze my girl student's chess game

I wrote a chess article for the latest CalChess journal which came out yesterday. Click here to see the article.
Go to page 24 to see my article, where I analyze my girl student's game. I hope this article inspires more girls and women to play chess. Also, check out James Eade's article too on page 10. James Eade wrote the famous "Chess For Dummies" book!

3 years ago

Play in my November 13th online chess tournament

For my students and followers!

Play in my next monthly online chess tournament on Sunday, November 13, at 6pm PST. The tournament is 4 rounds and the time control is G/10. That means one game can last 20 minutes. First place wins a $10 Amazon.com gift card! All skill levels and ages are welcome to partcipate.

In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here. Free entry!
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage.
I host these monthly chess tournaments for my students and followers to have fun and learn. This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers! I will be broadcasting all the tournament action on my YouTube chess channel.

On a side note, I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!

3 years ago

ChessKid will be interviewing me this Thursday, October 27

Watch the interview live!

The well-known chess website for kids, Chess Kid will be interviewing me and other chess book authors LIVE this Thursday, October 27 at 5pm Eastern Time (that's 2pm PST). Watch the interview on their Twitch channel here .
I'll be talking about the chess books that I wrote, which are "50 Poison Pieces" and "Queen For A Day: The Girl's Guide To Chess Mastery", which are available on Amazon and other places.
After the interview is over, please let me know what you think about the interview by commenting below.
Me and my books