Greenhill Chess #1, 2015
Dr. Alexey Root reviewed the en passant and promotion rules. Then pairs of students played Pawn Games, with a king and eight…
Chess in Deseret News
Dr. Alexey Root was interviewed for an article about chess in the January 22, 2015 Deseret News. The article’s author, Eric…
Chess and Academic Competitions Presentations
Dr. Alexey Root will present twice at the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) annual conference. Her…
Greenhill Chess #10, 2014
The tenth and last meeting of the fall semester was for awards. A special cause for celebration was Greenhill School's first…
Greenhill Chess #9, 2014
This week, students continued with the fork problem worksheet begun last week. Most pairs completed three or four more problems…
Greenhill Chess #8, 2014
Dr. Alexey Root taught forks using problems from Bruce Pandolfini’s Beginning Chess (New York: Fireside, 1993). Dr. Root…