Cotabato City Chess Academy

Another milestone at the Cotabato City Chess Academy (CCCA)! ♟️

Today, we proudly awarded Certificates of Completion to three young chess learners — one girl and two boys — who successfully finished the 20-Hour Training Module for Novice.

From learning the movement of pieces to understanding basic tactics, discipline, patience, and sportsmanship, these young minds have taken their first serious steps into the beautiful world of chess.

At CCCA, we believe that chess is more than a game. It trains the mind to think critically, remain calm under pressure, and make wise decisions — lessons that go far beyond the chessboard.

Congratulations to our young graduates! May this be only the beginning of a lifelong journey of learning, strategy, and excellence. The board is now bigger, the challenges greater, and the possibilities wider.

To the parents, thank you for your trust and support.

And to our students:Every master was once a beginner who refused to give up. ♟️

♟️ Cotabato City Chess Academy Presents: NOVICE MODULE (10 Sessions) ♟️

You’ve learned the basics. You know how the pieces move.
Now comes the real game.

Welcome to our Novice Module—the next step after the Beginner’s course—designed to transform casual players into thinking players.

In this 10-session journey, you will begin to see chess not just as moves… but as ideas.

🔹 What you will learn:
• Fundamental opening principles (not memorization, but understanding)
• Tactical patterns: forks, pins, skewers, and discovered attacks
• Basic checkmating techniques and combinations
• Introduction to positional play: control, development, and king safety
• How to plan your moves—not just react
• Practical game analysis and guided play

🔹 Who should join?
✔️ Graduates of our Beginner’s Module
✔️ Self-taught players who want structure
✔️ Anyone ready to move from “playing” to thinking in chess

🔹 Why this matters:
Because chess is not about moving pieces.
It is about seeing ahead, weighing choices, and deciding with clarity—skills that go beyond the board.

📍 Venue: Cotabato City Chess Academy
📅 Schedule: April-May 2026
📩 Message us to reserve your slot!

From knowing the rules…
to understanding the game.

Your next move starts here. ♟️

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Guess who clinched the FIDE Candidate tournament?

It's Gukesh, proving Magnus’ prediction wrong!

Get ready for an epic showdown between two Asian powerhouses, Ding of China and Gukesh of India, in the upcoming Championship Match.

But the big question remains: when will the Viking, the undeniable #1, reclaim his de jure chess throne? Or is it a feat already beyond his desire?

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FIERCER TIT-FOR-TAT FIANCHETTO STRIKES ALONG THE LEBANESE BORDER

As anticipated, fiercer tit-for-tat FIANCHETTO strikers are happening along the Lebanese border as the Hezb0ll*ah has reportedly refused a ceasefire being worked out by the US and France. Another Lebanese group – Jama'a Islamiya – also claimed to have fired rockets at the northern part of the Occupied Territories.

Hours after launching a fresh attack on a US warship in the Red Sea, the Houthis of Yemen issued a fresh warning, claiming that a new battle with "American enemy" had begun after the "martyrdom" of naval troops in a US attack.

In an unprecedented move, France and Jordan teamed up to airdrop seven tons of aid to civilians and aid workers in Gaza.

Inside the Gaza Strip, there are already at least 22,722 death toll and the clock is ticking. The occupation forces know very well the unwritten mantra in a guerilla warfare set up – much more an urban one such as there:

“If you’re the occupying forces, you LOSE if you DON’T WIN, and if you’re the occupied and defending forces, you WIN if you DON’T LOSE.”

Look at Vietnam, after sacrificing 3 million lives, its gallant nation was able to drive away the colonialist occupying forces.

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Meanwhile, FIANCHETTOING his Kingside Bishop against the World Champ’s Queen’s Indian, Garry Kasparov has defeated Anatoly Karpov for the first time in his life during the 32nd game in their 1984 World Championship.

Link to the Battle: https://youtu.be/DWMW9fmWPko

In their 1985 Championship Match, Kasparov won in Game 1 with his surprised FIANCHETTO against Karpov’s Nimzo-Indian Defense.

Link to the Fight: https://youtu.be/aKN-FVwda2Q

Kasparov unleashed again his sharp-bladed FIANCHETTO in Game 19 of the Match to score another victory against the then reigning World Champion Karpov’s aggressive Nimzo-Indian Defense.

Game Link: https://youtu.be/vCixlS6M6kw

Finally, although he opened with the Sicilian Scheveningen, Kasparov had to double fianchetto to successfully shield his position against Karpov’s must-win Kingside ferocious attack in the ultimate Game 24 of their 1985 World Championship Match.

Link to the Duel: https://youtu.be/TzR_QgTBEIc

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MORE INTENSE EXCHANGE OF FIANCHETTO STRIKES ALONG THE LEBANESE BORDER?

January 4. Hezb0ll*h has withdrawn its forces 2-3 kilometers from the occupied Territories’ northern border following Sheikh Hasan Nasr0ll*h’s warning of a fight “without limits”.

Does it mean that a more intense exchange of FIANCHETTO strikes is looming on the Lebanese border?

In the Red Sea, the Policeman of the Universe proudly announces the inclusion of powerful Seychelles in its multi-national alliance to deter the relentless Houthi FIANCHETTO attacks on ships going to or coming from “the Chosen People of God”.

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Meanwhile, following his successful use of the Benoni FIANCHETTO in Game 3, Bobby Fischer employs the English FIANCHETTO to score his 4th win against Boris Spassky in Game 8 of their 1972 World Chess Championship Match.

Link to the Battle: https://youtu.be/-3m8kQjKAKo

In Game 13, Fischer uses another FIANCHETTO – Alekhine Defense’s Modern Variation – to score his 6th win against Spassky and decisively lead the match with 3 points.

Link to the Fight: https://youtu.be/uZpJgtBOjfI

ANOTHER FIANCHETTO ATTACK – THIS TIME IN IRAQ

In Damascus on December 25. In Beirut on January 2.

This time, in Baghdad.

A US airstrike on the logistical support headquarters of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Force in central Baghdad on January 4 killed its deputy head of operations in Baghdad, Mushtaq Taleb al-Saidi or "Abu Taqwa".

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Meanwhile, Bobby Fischer used the same fianchetto (Benoni Opening) to record his first ever win against Boris Spassky in Game 3 of their 1972 World Chess Championship Match.

https://youtu.be/VNCNLzbPrL8