Chess Lesson Plan Week Nine For March 2, I had two new boys for a total of 9 (7 boys, 2 girls). This is the lesson plan and also what actually happened… Mar 2, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Lesson Plan Week Nine Read more
Chess at UTPB I gave two presentations at University of Texas of the Permian Basin on Monday, March 1, 2010. For the three-hour morning… Mar 2, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess at UTPB Read more
High School Chess Meeting Twenty One On Friday, February 25, 2011, I divided the Denton High School chess club students into four teams of three students for two… Feb 26, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Twenty One Read more
Chess Lesson Plan Week Eight For February 23 after-school chess I had four students (3 boys and 1 girl). Some of my students had pre-UIL practices for their… Feb 24, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Lesson Plan Week Eight Read more
High School Chess Meeting Twenty Before volunteering for Denton High School chess club today, I was at UT Dallas to receive The President’s Volunteer Service… Feb 18, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Twenty Read more
Chess Lesson Plan Week Seven On February 16, 8 students (5 boys and 3 girls) attended chess club in the cafeteria. I learned that it is harder for… Feb 16, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Lesson Plan Week Seven Read more
Chess Lesson Plan Week Six On February 9 I had 12 students (9 boys and 3 girls) in the after-school chess club at Strickland Middle School. For the first… Feb 10, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Lesson Plan Week Six Read more
Chess Lesson Plan Week Five Today, February 2, 2010, I had 8 students (6 boys and 2 girls, all of whom had attended at least once before) for after-school… Feb 2, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Lesson Plan Week Five Read more
Chess at Barnes and Noble Barnes & Noble Chess in Education event: 1989 U.S. Women's Chess Champion Dr. Alexey Root and Denton High School Chess Club… Feb 1, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess at Barnes and Noble Read more
High School Chess Meeting Eighteen Today students played ladder games. Officers also reported that chess club T shirt pre-orders will be available next Friday… Jan 28, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Eighteen Read more
Chess Lesson Plan Week Four Seven boys and two girls showed up January 26 after school for chess club. Here was the lesson plan that we followed… Jan 26, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Lesson Plan Week Four Read more
Chess Lesson Plan Week Three This week I had five boys and two girls. Some students may have forgotten it was chess day because Monday was the MLKjr… Jan 19, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Lesson Plan Week Three Read more
Chess Lesson Plan Week Two For week two, I again had 11 students, with the same proportion of 9 boys and 2 girls. But one of the boys and one of the girls… Jan 12, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Lesson Plan Week Two Read more
High School Chess Meeting Fifteen On January 7, 2011, Denton High School chess club had its first meeting of 2011. Twelve students attended, as well as two Denton… Jan 7, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Fifteen Read more
Chess Lesson Plan Week One This is the lesson plan I wrote for the January 5, 2010 first meeting of the after-school chess club at Strickland MS. In… Jan 5, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Lesson Plan Week One Read more
School-Day versus after-School Chess On Tuesday, January 5, 2010, I will begin my after-school chess club at Strickland Middle School. The club will be hosted by the… Jan 1, 2011 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on School-Day versus after-School Chess Read more
Chess Book arrives on Christmas My fifth chess book, The Living Chess Game: Fine Arts Activities for Kids 9-14, arrived on my doorstep on Christmas! Dec 25, 2010 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Book arrives on Christmas Read more
UTD GM Invitational, December 16-21, 2010 Follow the UTD GM Invitational by logging into the MonRoi Web site! For the morning rounds, I watch the games on MonRoi. I’ve… Dec 18, 2010 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on UTD GM Invitational, December 16-21, 2010 Read more
High School Chess Meeting Fourteen At our Denton High School Chess Club meeting on December 10, 2010, three students turned in their forms to participate in the… Dec 10, 2010 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Fourteen Read more
High School Chess Meeting Thirteen At our Denton High School Chess Club meeting on December 3, 2010, we discussed participation in the January 15, 2011 Region III… Dec 3, 2010 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Thirteen Read more
Undergrad wins $500 for Chess Research Every fall since 2007, undergraduates at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) have submitted proposals for Undergraduate… Nov 23, 2010 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Undergrad wins $500 for Chess Research Read more
Book Review: Chess Camp Exactly one week after LubbockOnline announced that Texas would include chess in UIL (University Interscholastic League)… Nov 20, 2010 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Book Review: Chess Camp Read more
High School Chess Meeting Twelve Because last week I showed the YouTube clip (search for “Denton Living Chess Game” on YouTube) of my public library class acting… Nov 19, 2010 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Twelve Read more
High School Chess Meeting Eleven On November 12, Denton High School chess club sponsor Fred Mueller announced that we might acquire a living chess board. I… Nov 12, 2010 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess Meeting Eleven Read more
