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🕰 A Game Born from Wisdom, Not War More than fifteen centuries ago, in the temples and royal courts of northern India, a game called Chaturanga was born.It wasn’t just about moving pieces on a board — it was a mental exercise in strategy, patience, and foresight,...

A Day of Strategy, Smiles, and Discovery Today was an exciting day for our young chess minds at Firm Foundation!Our students took on one of the most fascinating tactics in the game: the ladder mate — also known as the staircase mate. This classic checkmating pattern...

Let me share with you a story that truly inspired me.A few decades ago, a Hungarian father named László Polgár made a radical decision: to prove that geniuses are not born… they are built. He chose chess as the tool and started teaching his three daughters from a very...

Imagine every chess game as a page in your personal diary. At first, that little number next to your name may look like just a score… but in truth, it’s a mirror of your journey: it shows your progress, challenges you to go further, and records the story of every move...