High School Chess #1, 2012 For the first meeting of the Denton High School chess club for 2012-2013, on August 31, the club’s five officers met with… Aug 31, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #1, 2012 Read more
UT Dallas Chess Camps 2012 I am teaching July 9-13 (mornings) at the UT Dallas Chess Camp. (My name is Alexey Root and I am a WIM, which means Woman… Jul 3, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on UT Dallas Chess Camps 2012 Read more
High School Chess #28, 2012 For the last meeting of the year, Denton High School chess club students ate and played bughouse. Bughouse is a chess variant… May 18, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #28, 2012 Read more
High School Chess #27, 2012 Denton High School chess club sponsor Fred Mueller ran the elections today. Prospective officers for 2012-2013 made speeches… May 11, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #27, 2012 Read more
High School Chess #26, 2012 Denton High School chess club sponsor Fred Mueller ran nominations for next week’s election. Chess Club Secretary William… May 4, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #26, 2012 Read more
High School Chess #25, 2012 At Denton High School chess club on April 27, 2012, I mentioned that I.S. 318 had won the National High School Chess… Apr 27, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #25, 2012 Read more
High School Chess #24, 2012 Dr. Root reviewed with the Denton High School chess club students the procedure for tomorrow, April 14, at the NorthPark Center… Apr 13, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #24, 2012 Read more
Chess Books at Texas Library Association Dr. Alexey Root will be signing her books in booth 1503 (ABC-CLIO) at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference on… Apr 12, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Books at Texas Library Association Read more
High School Chess #23 Brooklyn Castle Denton High School chess club members will be participating in a chess exhibition 12:00-1:30 p.m. April 14 at NorthPark Center… Mar 30, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #23 Brooklyn Castle Read more
High School Chess #22, 2012 Dr. Alexey Root presented a page about “loss aversion” from Andrew Soltis’s forthcoming book What it takes to become a chess… Mar 16, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #22, 2012 Read more
High School Chess #21, 2012 At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, at Central Services (1307 North Locust, Denton), the Denton Independent School District Board of… Mar 9, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #21, 2012 Read more
High School Chess #20, 2012 Using the demonstration board, Alex showed one of his losses from the Texas Scholastic Chess Championships to the Denton High… Mar 3, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #20, 2012 Read more
Steven Dowd donates to Chess Club Thanks to Dr. Steven Dowd for donating 20 software titles and 4 books to the Denton High School chess club. His donation just… Mar 2, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Steven Dowd donates to Chess Club Read more
High School Chess #19, 2012 Denton High School chess team competed in the Texas Scholastic Chess Championships February 18-19, finishing as the… Feb 25, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #19, 2012 Read more
High School Chess #18, 2012 Today was Darwin Yang day at Denton High School chess club, since Dr. Alexey Root found out today that International Master Yang… Feb 17, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #18, 2012 Read more
High School Chess Meeting Nineteen I presented "Battleship Chess" from Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators and "Wolf and Sheep" from Read, Write, Checkmate… Feb 11, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Nineteen Read more
High School Chess #17, 2012 Dr. Alexey Root showed the first five moves of a game featuring the London System (chess opening) to Denton High School chess… Feb 10, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #17, 2012 Read more
Free Chess Seminars Free seminars, sponsored by the Texas Chess Association, with door prizes (books) from the UT Dallas Chess Program! Two Thinking… Feb 10, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Free Chess Seminars Read more
Bruce Pandolfini, Chess Educator of the Year Bruce Pandolfini will accept the Chess Educator of the Year award on February 23, 2012 at UT Dallas. Go to the UT Dallas Chess… Feb 6, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Bruce Pandolfini, Chess Educator of the Year Read more
High School Chess #16, 2012 Dr. Alexey Root showed a position from 1...d6 move by move (Cyrus Lakdawala, Everyman Chess, 2011, p. 13) to the Denton High… Feb 3, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #16, 2012 Read more
High School Chess #14, 2012 At the club meeting on Friday, January 20, Denton High School chess club members played notated games with each other. For the… Jan 22, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #14, 2012 Read more
High School Chess Meeting Seventeen At the meeting on January 21, Denton High School (DHS) chess club members discussed our goals for the rest of the year. DHS… Jan 21, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Seventeen Read more
Denton High School Chess: First Tournament On Saturday, January 15, 2011, six members of the Denton High School chess club traveled with chess sponsor Fred Mueller and… Jan 15, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Denton High School Chess: First Tournament Read more
High School Chess Meeting Week Sixteen The sixteenth meeting of Denton High School chess club for this school year was January 14, 2011. To get ready for the Susan… Jan 15, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Week Sixteen Read more
