Howdy! It’s the Chess Friends! We are all traveling this week (read about our travels in our next blog!), so we are reposting (with permission) our article from the December issue of the Northwest Chess Magazine! We hope it will give you good gift ideas for you and chess people in your life! And that you'll enjoy the chess knee-slappers, holiday editions, at the end! Howdy! It’s the Chess Friends!   Happy Decembrrrr! With Christmas trees sparkling in many windows, and Christmas songs playing...

Howdy! It’s the Chess Friends!   Fellow published authors out there often say marketing a book is as important as writing it. That’s why today we welcome everyone to Part III of Marketing Time! You may remember Marketing Time! From April 24 th and Marketing Time! Part II from October 17 th ! So much has happened in the last six weeks!   Let us first describe our most mega event EVER! On Monday, December 1 st , we had our first book talk at Third Place Books, an independent bookstore in...

Howdy! It’s the Chess Friends!   Happy last week of November, everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends! We hope you have many things to be thankful for! Enjoy the time with your friends and family and play lots of chess this weekend! Why? Because chess helps the brain with Executive Functions! Let us explain... Today we wanted to share (with permission) our article, originally published in the November issue of the Northwest Chess magazine, where we discuss the benefits of...