National Master Kayden Troff wrote this chess book review for Wholesale Chess.
Chess Book: How To Reassess Your Chess
How to Reassess Your Chess is one of the most important chess books that you could own for the improving chess player! If you don’t have this in your chess book library then you are really missing out! It takes the beginning chess player’s narrow vision to a whole new world of how to win. Most beginners only think about material advantage on the chess board, or tactically cool ways to defeat their opponent.
How to Reassess Your Chess describes in a very simple way that there are seven different ways to win a chess game and material advantage is only one of them. This means that if you are behind in material it is not time to raise your hands in surrender; it is time to buckle down and fight with the other 6 ways to win! And if you don’t know them Read more �
National Master Kayden Troff wrote the following review of Chess Tactics for Beginners:
Chess Tactics for Beginners
Don’t be fooled by the name!! This chess software isn’t just for beginners, but it is great for beginners all the way up to about a 1200 level! It was made by Russian chess coaches, and it is very easy to use. My brothers and I all teach private chess lessons each week and one of the things that we require each one of our students to get is this software. We have them do a certain number of problems from it every day and it really helps!
When my family first bought this software we had to buy it from England because it wasn’t available in the United States and we had to pay a lot more for it than what Wholesale Chess.com sells it for. We have bought a lot of chess software but the thing I really like about this software is that you don’t have to flip to the back of a chess book to see the answer, but you can see it right there.
The Chess Tactics is Great for Beginners
The other thing I like is that if you get one wrong move, it gives you the chance to correct that move instead of getting the whole problem wrong. With a book, you have already seen the answer so you have no way to fix your mistake on your own. The software will let you try two or three times before you get a “frowny face” for a wrong answer and you will still get points towards the finishing the problem if you guess it right on your second or third try. This is really great for beginner and intermediate students who may make lots of mistakes and get frustrated with the problem. They don’t need to feel like they have no success. If you get lots of chances then it suddenly makes things seem not so hard.
Chess Tactics Progresses with You
Another great thing about this software is that it starts out with easy “mate in one” problems and then progresses to “win a Knight in one move” problems and “win a Bishop in one move” and then a Rook and a Queen until you get to “mate in two” problems and “win a Knight in two moves” etc. By the time that you actually get into it you don’t even realize that the problems are getting a little harder each time because it starts easy and builds, and before you know it you’re to the end of the 1200 or 1300 problems and you have learned a ton! Some people say that all you learn is pattern recognition when you solve puzzles and this may be true in a way, but to look for it more in your games and you see it more because you are used to seeing it.
Chess Tactics Measures Your Performance
One of the other things I like about this software is that it gives you an ELO rating on the strength of your performance. This helps to see how you are improving and getting better. Also, you can have lots of different usernames so everyone in your family can have their own username with their own rating and you can even have more than one username of your own so that you can compare how you did vs. how you are doing now on the same problems.
Chess Tactics has Varying Playing Modes
When you are really ready to take it up a notch then you can switch from practice mode to test mode. In test mode you can specify a range of problems that you want to “test on”. So if you are feeling particularly smart then you can set the range for the “mate in three” problems or the three move problems to win material. And then the test mode will throw these problems at you at random and you’ll have to figure out whether it is a mate problem or a win material problem. You can also say how many problems that you want to test on. So if you only want to do ten problems then you set your test at ten. If you want to do 50 or 100 then you get to choose. Another cool feature is that you can specify the test for the chess puzzles that you missed and it will put these together and throw them at you again.
Chess Tactics Saves Current Games
When you just do tons of problems in practice mode the software will track which problems you have completed and you can shut it off and it will resume where you left off the next day. It also tracks your percentage of correct answers and this is important so that you can see if you are getting the correct answer 80% of the time or 90% of the time or 50% of the time.
How I Use Chess Tactics for Training
So let me tell you a couple of ways that we use it as a trainer to give you some ideas of how it will strengthen your chess. One of my first chess teachers had my brothers and I just work through all 1300 problems and track how long it took us to do it. So for example: we might do fifty problems a day and it might take 60 days for us to complete the entire thing. Then he would have us go through it again and expect us to be able to do the entire thing in half of the time (or 30 days). We would then go through it again and try to cut it down to 15 days and by this time we would be tracking our progress in hours for those 15 days. My older brother Jeremy and I would race each other on two computers as we would try to cut our time and we were able to cut our time to 8 hours for the entire thing with a 90% accuracy rate.
My dad would also track my progress in another way. I would create a new user id each morning and then test out on a certain section of 50 problems. I would always try to get 85-90% on my test and my dad would check up on this when he got home from work. This allowed me to focus on specific tactics and to really work hard to get a good percentage each day.
This article was written by National Master Kayden Troff (sponsored by Wholesale Chess). Kayden Troff is under 14 years old and can be found where this article originated at chess.com.
Now first thing that might cross your mind is… where could you have a chess tournament in a Target store? That is a very good question and I will tell you, but I think I will start at the beginning. I need to go back a little ways and explain a couple of things first. Being a strong chess player in Utah has some challenges. We have some great chess players here, but it is hard to find tournaments with really high rated players. The higher my rating got, the harder it became to play in Utah. Because of this I started traveling a lot.
Both my standard and my blitz ratings are high. I have the highest blitz rating for Under 13 in the country and I am number 2 on the Under 16 list. I started protecting my blitz rating because I didn’t want it to go down. I stopped really playing in Utah all together. There was too much to lose and not very much to gain. I think this is a mistake. I travel to tournaments about once a month. I play in the Open Section. There is a lot of pressure!! By not playing in Utah, that is about the only pressure situation I have. My parents and I decided that I would start playing Blitz tournaments in Utah so I can be in pressure situations, but not risk my standard rating.
So that gets me back to my story. It is Saturday and I am going to a tournament (in Utah). The tournament I am going to is just a local one that they do every Saturday. It is G/29 with a 5 second delay and there are only 3 rounds. This tournament is usually at the Salt Lake Community College in their library. So my dad and I get there and there is a sign on the door that says the library is closed because of the holidays. We don’t know what to do now, so we try to go find a phone. It took us about a half an hour to finally find a phone (my dad doesn’t believe in cell phones). By this time, it was time for the tournament to start. We call my mom and she tells us that, the Treimans (our great friends) saw a sign on the door that said it was at this Target in Fort Union. My dad and I were confused, but the only thing we could think of is that the sign was on the main entrance and we tried to go through the back. On the way there, we are thinking, “Where in the world could we play at Target?” So we got there and started to drive around and look inside the windows to see if we can see where the tournament is.
Just as we passed this window we saw our friends, the Treimans. I got out and went in to what was probably the only spot we could play in Target. It was this place that is open to the public behind the Starbucks in Target. So now that we actually found where the tournament was, we paid the entry fee and it was time to begin. In the first round I got Lauren Treiman, if you have been paying attention then you must know that I have mentioned the Treimans a couple of times (our game is included at the end). During all the games, people would come in and out to eat. One little boy kept talking very loudly asking his mom what we were doing and why everyone was so quiet (except him of course). In the last most intense game for the championship, a dad came in with his two little girls. The youngest was probably two or three. She kept running through the room screaming right next to our game. Pressure situation….guess I got what I was looking for!! Luckily I won the game and took home $32.00 for the day. Not bad!
This article was written by National Master Kayden Troff (sponsored by Wholesale Chess). Kayden Troff is under 14 years old and can be found where this article originated at chess.com.
I played in a tournament this past weekend in California (11 hour drive each way). From the title you can probably tell that it wasn’t a perfect tournament for me. But it was good in the sense that I learned something really important. I learned about… I think you guessed it… FEAR. Great lesson to learn for me, tough, but good.
This tournament was only five rounds. The tournament started out with me playing (IM) Enrico Sevillano. Okay nothing to worry about, I can go out there and try really, really hard to win, and if I don’t nobody expected me to anyway. It was a good game that went about 4 hours. I had 5 seconds left on my <a href=”http:www.wholesalechess.com”>chess clock</a>. As I analyzed it afterward, there was one point that I probably could have drawn (disappointing that I didn’t) but okay.
Next day, I get a forced bye (full point). Ugh! I feel like I am getting punished for not doing something I was expected to do. It was especially hard because we came so far and it was only a 5 round tournament to begin with. But someone had to get it and it just worked out I did. I actually hoped one of the higher rated players would finish fast and would play meSmile (it didn’t happen). So, my mom and I decided to go get lunch and relax at a park. It was snowing that day in Utah so we enjoyed the nice weather of California.
Next round, I know I can’t get the bye again at least, and I figured that I would play the highest rated of the 1-point people, I was right. I got (FM) Joel Banawa, and I wasn’t nervous or anything. It was fun to try my new white opening for the first time in a standard tournament against a 2425 rated player. It also was a good game, I think it also went about 3 1/2 to 4 hours. Got a good night’s rest, ready for the next game. I was feeling okay because even though my only point came from my bye, I had played two high rated players and I felt like I had done pretty well.
The next morning, I got a 2074, Varun Krishnan, who is a good player. “Oh rats, I really need to win this game,” I thought. With no wins and a lower rated player…I really needed it. It is probably not hard to figure out what I did majorly wrong in that game. As my mom put it, “You let fear play the game for you.” And let me tell you, fear isn’t a good chessplayer!! So I think you can figure what happened. My opponent, even though he was a 2000 (now 2100), played pretty well, and me, the NM, decided to have fear play for me.
CAUTION! Do not let fear play chess for you, it is not a good chessplayer.
I played careful (not in a good way) and cautious and was so worried about making a mistake that I played completely different from how I normally play. I was white again and this time I worried about playing a new opening that I was not completely familiar with. The thing is that playing with fear made everything that I was fearing happen. Not to take anything away from Varun because he played a good game, but I didn’t play my game.
Last round, I have three losses, two against higher rated one against a lower rated. I get Joshua Gutman. “Funny,” I think. I got him in the last round of the last tournament I played in. We overheard him telling his friend that he had lost to me in the last tournament and his friend said, “He (meaning me) is not having a very good tournament,” and truthfully…I wasn’t!! I knew that Joshua was a really good player and I did not want to leave the tournament without any wins (other than a forced bye). Oh… I was feeling the pressure before the game!! My mom told me I would be walking home if I didn’t win, and even though I knew she was joking (all they ask is that I play my best), I think it gave me a little more incentive to win. Smile
We started the game and I was definitely feeling it! Fear really wanted to play for me (I will feature this game at the end). First couple of moves I was tired and nervous. Finally, I gave myself a mental slap in the face, got it together and decided I wanted to play (not fear). It was a good game. We played the Grunfeld and ended up going into an endgame. He had more pawns in the center, but I had a beautiful placement of the king (the king placement killed him). I eventually broke on the side, got up one pawn, but that one pawn was enough to win, so he resigned. We later went over the game and decided that even with my great king placement he probably could have held a draw but he made one move that just killed him in the game.
Yes! I actually won and didn’t let fear play for me. I ended up only dropping 7 points which I think was a good payment to learn the lesson I did.
After the tournament I got to hang out with GMs, Khachiyan and Ramirez, and IM Jacek Stopa as well as, the class B champion, Leo Kamgar, and his mom. It was probably the best part of the whole tournament, we did chess puzzles and played some blitz games. It was tons of fun! I will post some of the puzzles they gave Leo and I to solve later on in the week.
I would like to thank the TDs and congratulate the class B winner (and my new friend), Leo Kamgar.
Next tournament the people I play better watch out because I am not going to let fear play the game for me anymore!!
Here’s a great YouTube video of child chess prodigy, Kayden Troff, teaching the basic of chess. You can read all about Kayden in these other Wholesale Chess Blog articles about this young, great chess player.
Here’s a rare opportunity to learn a little from Utah’s 2009 chess champions, 10 year-old Kayden Troff and his older brother Jeremy Troff. They’ve shared with us a few of their tips and ideas on improving your chess skills.
Study
“You must always have an idea of what you want to do and how you are going to do it. Second, you must practice as much as you can. Even if you lose you can learn a lot of things and the experience of playing will help you a lot.” – Jeremy Troff
“Knowing the basics of chess is only the first. If you really want to be good at chess, you have to study and find someone who can teach you.” – Kayden Troff
Practice, Practice, Practice
“Just like anything else, to get really good you have to practice.” – Kayden Troff
“There are many things involved in chess that even experts are still trying to learn everything. Always practice because if you take a long break from chess, you can actually get worse. It is just like anything else that you want to be good at, if you don’t practice you will not get better.” – Jeremy Troff
“No matter how much chess knowledge you have, it can not replace real experience over the chess board. You have to go to chess tournaments.” – Kayden Troff
Learn From Your Losses
According to Jeremy, it’s important to remember that no matter how good you are, you will occasionally lose. “No one wins all of their chess matches. But if you look at your losses as an opportunity to learn then there is a lot of benefit from that.” As a Grandmaster shared with Jeremy, “You can learn so much more from your losses than you can from your wins.”
One of the most important lessons for Kayden came from Grandmaster Kaidanov, who taught him the important of openings, and using chess software from Chessbase like Fritz and Deep Rybka 3 to improve his rating.
“My little sister is learning chess from a computer program called Dinosaur Chess. That is a fun way to learn chess.” – Kayden Troff
“The best chess software is the Russian tactics software. The first one is called Chess Tactics for Beginners. They should also get Fritz or another chess analysis program. And they should get an ICC account so they can play people all around the world any time they want.” – Kayden Troff
Find Someone to Teach You
“You have to find someone who can teach you. The first thing is to learn the name of the chess pieces, how they move, and what there value is. It is always good to try and find other people that you can play with either in a school chess club or at a library chess club or you can go to a chess camp like we have. You can also take chess lessons.” – Kayden Troff
Play Both Sides of the Board
“It is not enough to just focus on what you are doing. You have to figure out what your opponent is going to do and always ask what their threat is.” – Kayden Troff
Have Fun With Chess
“Chess takes work and study and is not something you are going to put the time into unless you really like it.” – Kayden Troff
Jeremy and Kayden Troff host a chess camp along with other young chess experts in Utah. For more information about their chess camp, visit the TNT Chess Camp website.
He’s played chess with a number of Grandmasters – and even beat an international master.
He’s the 2009 Utah State G60 Chess Champion.
He’s the 2009 Utah State Blitz Chess Champion.
He hosts a chess camp for talented scholastic chess players.
He’s only 10 years old.
He’s Kayden Troff – and here’s a one-on-one interview with the child chess prodigy:
What’s your favorite chess experience/memory of playing chess?
I have four favorite chess memories. The first one was winning the state elementary championship for the fourth time. I was excited to keep my streak alive. I am the only one from the state of Utah to have done that. My second favorite memory was taking 2nd place in Nationals. At first I was really nervous about being at Nationals. There are so many kids there. By the end of the tournament I had 5 wins and 2 draws giving me 6 points total. I was tied with the boy who went into the tournament rated second and my friend told me that they didn’t think there was any way that I would win in tie breaks so when I did, I was so excited!! Third, was winning the Utah State Speed Chess. This is a mostly adult tournament and no kid has ever won it before. At the Utah Open Championship I was playing in the final championship game, but I lost. So, when I went to this Championship, I really wanted to win, but I knew that there were a lot of really good Blitz players including a Master level player. When I realized that I had the championship no matter what, I was very excited. My final favorite memory happened last Saturday. I played in the Utah G60 championship. After 4 wins, I knew that all I needed was a draw to guarantee the championship. I ended up having to play my good friend, Scott Treiman, for the championship. After 15 moves we agreed on a draw to guarantee 1st for me and at least a tie for 2nd for Scott. I especially liked the $120.00 I won!!!!
What do you enjoy the most about playing chess?
I love the challenge of chess! Chess is like a puzzle and I love puzzles. But the great thing about chess is that the puzzle is always changing. It is always a different game and always a different challenge. I also enjoy all the different experiences and places I get to go to because of chess.
Has chess helped you in your other pursuits and academic studies?
YES!!!! Chess teaches about how to solve problems. This helps me a lot in math. It also teaches me how to study and work hard at something, which definitely helps in school.
What has chess taught you about growing up as a kid and life in general?
Chess has taught me that hard work is very important if you want good results. Even with something that I love, it is not always easy. Good things in life are not always easy. The things that really mean the most always take hard work. You have to decide how much it means to you. I have also learned that sometimes people are not very nice. Sometimes they say things that hurt your feelings, but you still have to do what you think is right.
You’ve played chess with a number of Grandmasters – what was that like? What are a few of the great lessons you learned from them?
Playing a grandmaster is like meeting up with one of your favorite sports stars. It is fun just to have the chance to play them even if you loose. Igor Ivanov taught me that the Russians believe that you can’t be a grand master until you can play an entire board blindfolded. One time he played me blindfolded and I was really excited because I thought I could beat him since he was blindfolded, but he still beat me! He also told me once that once you hit a rating of 1700, that is when the real work begins. I didn’t really believe him because it seemed like a lot of work to get to 1700, but when I got there, I figured out what he meant and knew that it was true. Grandmaster Kaidanov helped me a lot on my openings and taught me how important they were. He also taught me how to teach myself using Chessbase software like Fritz and Deep Rybka 3. This has been one of the most important lessons for me as I have worked to get to a 2000 rating. He also told me to always keep chess fun!
What advice do you have for other kids learning and playing chess?
1-PRACTICE!! Just like anything else, to get really good you have to practice.
2-STUDY!! Knowing the basics of chess is only the first. If you really want to be good at chess, you have to study and find someone who can teach you. Or, come to our chess camp!
3-EXPERIENCE!! No matter how much chess knowledge you have, it can not replace real experience over the board. You have to go to chess tournaments.
4-PLAY BOTH SIDES OF THE BOARD! It is not enough to just focus on what you are doing. You have to figure out what your opponent is going to do and always ask what their threat is.
5-TO REALLY GET GOOD AT CHESS, YOU HAVE TO REALLY LIKE IT! Chess takes work and study and is not something you are going to put the time into unless you really like it.
If I’m not a chess player, but I want to start learning – what would you recommend I do?
You have to find someone who can teach you. The first thing is to learn the name of the pieces, how they move, and what there value is. It is always good to try and find other people that you can play with either in a school chess club or at a library chess club or you can go to a chess camp like we have. You can also take chess lessons. There is software you can get. My little sister is learning chess from a computer program called Dinosaur Chess. That is a fun way to learn chess.
You host chess camps throughout the year for youth wanting to learn chess – what is your favorite thing about teaching others to play chess?
It is fun to teach other people what I love to do. It is fun to be with other kids my age who play chess. And it is fun to play them in a quick game where they have 5 minutes and I have 1 minute.
What chess software or learning tools would you recommend for kids your age?
The best software is the Russian tactics software. The first one is called Chess Tactics for Beginners. They should also get Fritz or another chess analysis program. And they should get an ICC account so they can play people all around the world any time they want.
Anything else you’d like to tell kid and adult chess players about yourself or the game of chess?
Chess is a great sport!! My brother and I argue about whether or not it is a sport, but I think it is. It involves skill and competition and has professionals, but no matter what you call it, it is great!! One day I want to be a grandmaster. I am working very hard to make that happen. I hope that my story can make other kids want to play chess.
A note from the author: I’d like to thank Kayden Troff for his willingness to share his thoughts and experiences with us. I have been very impressed with both the family’s kindness and Kayden’s exciting accomplishments in chess – and Wholesale Chess and myself wish them all much luck in their future endeavors.
If you’re from Utah and you follow chess at all, there’s no doubt you’ve already heard about Kayden Troff: the 10 year old chess champion.
If you’re not from Utah, or you’ve not yet heard about Kayden – here’s your chance. Throughout the first week of our Blitz Chess Celebration we will be filling you in on Kayden and his brother Jeremy’s successes, stories, and suggestions for other young chess players their age. Wholesale Chess is always excited to share the success stories of its long-time members and supporters… Stay tuned all week for more!
Today’s Part: Blitz Chess Champion: Kayden Troff Part 2: An Interview with Jeremy Troff – Utah State High School Champ (coming Wednesday) Part 3: An Interview with Kayden Troff – Utah G60 State Champ (coming Thursday) Part 4: Playing Tips from the Chess Prodigies (coming Friday)
Kayden Troff’s Story
Before starting in on Kayden’s story, here’s just a few of his accomplishments:
2009 Utah State G60 Chess Champion
One of 8 youth in the US to attend the US Chess School
2009 Utah State Speed Chess Champion
Top 20 in the Nation for the 2008 Junior Grand Prix
2008 Junior Grand Prix Utah Champion
December 2008 – 2nd Place in the 5th Grade National K-12 tournament
2008 National All American Chess Team
February 4, 2006 – Won his first USCF rated tournament (first time tournament was ever won by a 2nd Grader)
March 2005 – Utah State Elementary First Grade Champion
Kayden’s long list of achievements gained a start at an early age when his father began teaching chess to the Troff boys when Kayden was only 3. Kayden picked up on the sport quickly, playing regularly with his family and at the local chess club’s meetings and tournaments. Even at age 5, Kayden was able compete with the local scholastic players and even adults at the club.
At age 6, Kayden, along with his brothers Jeremy and Zachary (11 and 8 at the time), had the opportunity to spend a full week of instruction with Grandmaster Igor Ivanov. According to Kayden’s father, “It turned out to be a great week! Igor had a thick Russian accent and he was hard for the boys to understand but with some translation and coaxing from dad the boys showed that they had some real skills.” Igor was impressed with Kayden’s chess strength at such a young age, and continued to meet on occasion with Kayden and the boys to offer further instruction and support, until he passed away a year and a half later.
The Troff Boys
In January of 2005, Kayden once again had the opportunity to train with a Grandmaster, this time with Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov. Kaidanov’s most memorable advice according to Kim Troff, Kayden’s mother, was that “we should always keep chess fun”.
As a 2nd grader, Kayden won his first United States Chess Federation tournament. The tournament had never been won by a 2nd grader before, and Kayden’s USCF rating jumped to 1222. Around this same time, Kayden and his brothers started teaching the Elk Ridge Middle School chess team (in Utah) once a week. At first, the middle school students balked at having “a little kid” teaching them, but after Kayden played them simultaneously on seven different boards and won them all, they stopped complaining.
At age 8, Kayden’s rating climbed above 1700, earning him a place on the 2008 All American Chess Team. Forty three players from age 8-18 were chosen out of 45,000 scholastic participants. Not long after his appointment to the All American Team, Kayden took first place in the “B” section for players with ratings under 1800 at the Utah Class Tournament.
Kayden & Trophies
That summer, the Troff boys along with another Wholesale Chess member family, started the TNT (Troff and Treiman) Chess Camp a premiere chess camp held in Utah. Students that attend the TNT Chess Camp include top scholastic chess players from the state of Utah along with many other chess beginners and enthusiasts. The camp is divided up to deal with many different skill levels and integrates great learning with a lot of fun!
Kayden started taking regular lessons over the internet and phone from Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov in January of 2008. Kaidanov helped Kayden specifically with his openings and taught him how to teach himself with chess software from Chessbase – Fritz in particular. This proved to be an invaluable lesson for Kayden and was a key in helping him make a significant jump in his rating.
At the 2008 Utah Open Kayden defeated the former 2007 Utah Open State Champion (knocking him out of the competition for the top prize). Although he lost his final game, he had made his mark on chess in Utah – a mark only to be reiterated again and again over the next year.
Kayden took 6th place at the National K-12 tournament in Orlando at the end of 2008 for quick game. As the story goes – Kayden missed first place by 1 second). Kayden also placed 2nd in the nation in regular competition for the 5th grade.
Kayden Receiving Utah G60 Title
More recently, Kayden competed in the 2009 Utah Speed Chess Championship. According to his blog, “Each game was 5 minutes with a 2 second delay per move. Kayden won both of his games against a Master rated player who was a prior champion of this event. Kayden played 14 games total against all of the top players and he only lost one game. He was awarded the 2009 Utah State Speed Champion title and was the youngest player ever to win a major Utah Championship event.”
“Kayden’s USCF Quick rating has recently risen to 2051 which is considered an Expert Level player at age 10. He has recently won two games against International Master Alex Lenderman who was the 2008 Grand Prix champion for all of America. Alex Lenderman had a Quick rating of 2490 and a regular rating of 2587 when Kayden won his game against him this past week. Alex Lenderman only has four losses in this regular weekly tournament since September and Kayden has two of the four wins.”
Kayden at Utah State G60 Competition
Only a few weeks ago, Kayden Troff, defeated 73-year-old Hans Morrow in the final game of the 2009 Utah Game/60 Chess Championship to take the victory and title as the Utah State Chess Champion for the second time this year.
Kayden now has the highest quick rating in the country for players under age 13. His rating peaked at 2123 on March 14th after winning the Utah G/60 Championship. Next highest is Nicholas Nip at 2102 who is recognized as the youngest player to ever make Master level.
A note from the author: I’d like to thank Kim Troff for her help in putting this article together, as well as the Troff boys for their willingness to interview for the upcoming articles. I have been very impressed with both the family’s kindness and Kayden’s exciting accomplishments in chess – and Wholesale Chess and myself wish them all much luck in their future endeavors.
Content sources: Interviews and correspondences with the Troff family as well as Kayden’s blogs: http://kaydensstory.blogspot.com/ and http://kaydentroff.blogspot.com/.
Images from: Deseret News and Kayden’s blogs as mentioned above.
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