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ChessKid Celebrates Chess Day! Unlock Gold, Play in Tournaments, Meet Magnus Carlsen

ChessKid Celebrates Chess Day! Unlock Gold, Play in Tournaments, Meet Magnus Carlsen

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Happy International Chess Day, ChessKids! Come celebrate with us. ๐ŸŽ‰โ™Ÿ๏ธ


ChessKid Unlocked

In honor of this special day, we're unlocking all our gold features for everyone on July 20th! Spend the day solving puzzles, completing lessons, playing bots, and more. 

ChessKid Unlocked. Access premium features for free on International Chess Day.

What are you waiting for? Start playing on ChessKid.com!


ChessKid Chess Day Tournament

As part of the celebration, we are thrilled to announce our first annual ChessKid International Chess Day Tournament.

ChessKid International Chess Day Tournament. Play chess and compete for a chance to meet Magnus Carlsen.

Find tournament details in this article.

Prizes will include free gold memberships and a chance to meet the former five-time World Chess Champion, GM Magnus Carlsen!

World Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen at the FWC 2021 closing ceremony / Photo Credit: Chess.com.

The live call with Carlsen will take place on July 30th as part of Magnus Chess Academy's summer camps. Additionally, all kids who registered for any MCA chess camps this summer will be invited to attend the event and meet Magnus.

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Sign-up for chess camp and save 20% with code: CK!


Learn Something New: Chess Infographics

Continue celebrating every day like #ChessDay by playing chess and growing your skills with ChessKid's infographics!

New ChessKid infographic on learning how to castle.

Download ChessKid's newest infographic and learn how to castle!

We created these infographics as an additional resource, designed to make learning chess concepts fun and easy for kids and beginner chess players, with colorful graphics, simple explanations, and practice sheets. 

Preview of ChessKid's infographic on castling.

Parents, teachers, and chess coaches can use these infographics as mini-lesson books for teaching the game!

Explore other fun infographics on various chess concepts.


Watch Chess Videos

There are over 300 videos on ChessKid's YouTube channel, including premium lesson videos! All videos on our channel are free to watch, making it a great educational resource for learning and teaching the game. 

Find hundreds of chess openings, tactics, strategies, tricks, and more for all levels of players.

We even share other fun content, such as crazy challenge videos, young masters playing chess, and games from top grandmasters. 

Check out ChessKid on YouTube Kids and subscribe to get notified of new video releases every week!

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