Chess Jobs in Texas Classrooms Michael Bowden of Lewisville I.S.D. emailed that his district has approved chess as one of the “specials” rotation areas. In… Aug 14, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Jobs in Texas Classrooms Read more
My Chess Books reviewed On my Amazon page for Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators, I noticed a review excerpt from Chessville. A Chessville review… Aug 13, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on My Chess Books reviewed Read more
U.S. Open Chess Results Last night the dry erase board stated, “Denton Chess Club: Home of IM Doug Root, 4th place U.S. Open.” Results of the U.S. Open… Aug 12, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on U.S. Open Chess Results Read more
Coppell Chess Course Today (Friday, August 8) was the final day of my chess teaching week at MOSAIC, summer courses by the Coppell Gifted… Aug 8, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Coppell Chess Course Read more
Chess Workshop Concludes, more William Today was the USCF Chess in Education workshop. Most of the presenters used handouts, but the two Power Point presentations (by… Aug 7, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Workshop Concludes, more William Read more
Family Fun with MonRoi My husband IM Doug Root is playing in the U.S. Open. Tonight, thanks to MonRoi, my children and I are watching Doug's round 2… Aug 3, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Family Fun with MonRoi Read more
Bookstore Chess Night, Report The Barnes & Noble book release party for Breaking Dawn ended up being a busy night for the seven Denton Chess Club volunteers… Aug 3, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Bookstore Chess Night, Report Read more
Barnes and Noble Chess Night On August 2nd, at 12:01 a.m., is the release of the best-seller Breaking Dawn. Because Breaking Dawn has a chess queen and a… Jul 31, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Barnes and Noble Chess Night Read more
MonRoi Experts The first chess tournament based on the MonRoi system was held in January 2005 in Montreal, Canada. The MonRoi system was used… Jul 30, 2008 By MonRoi Support MonRoi Blog Comments Off on MonRoi Experts Read more
Free Chess Curricula Monday night, July 28th, at Denton Chess Club I remembered to tell Justin, the HS teacher mentioned in my previous blog, about… Jul 29, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Free Chess Curricula Read more
Chess in High School; Chess Workshop Last night at Denton Chess Club, Justin, a physics teacher and football/basketball/tennis coach at Whitesboro high school… Jul 22, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess in High School; Chess Workshop Read more
Chess Self-Efficacy Monday night, July 14th, at Denton Chess Club only four children ages 12 and under attended. The teenagers and adults were… Jul 16, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Self-Efficacy Read more
Austin Chess Club My son William and I are in Austin, Texas for the week so that William can attend Camp Half-Blood. We got in Sunday night, and… Jul 7, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Austin Chess Club Read more
Chess Match-Making I didn’t play chess tonight at Denton Chess Club, but did a lot of match-making. That is, I recommended opponents for new casual… Jun 30, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Match-Making Read more
Special Services Award-Chess I received the following from USCF Executive Director Bill Hall, "On behalf of the United States Chess Federation, I am pleased… Jun 28, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Special Services Award-Chess Read more
WIlliam draws me My son William and I played chess this morning. Thanks to his thirty minutes of chess a day with his Dad (International Master… Jun 27, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on WIlliam draws me Read more
Klein Chess Camp Klein chess camp was held June 16-20, 2008. As parents dropped off children around 7:45 each morning, I autographed (sold) two… Jun 21, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Klein Chess Camp Read more
2008 Inter-Service Chess Championship Pictures, Tucson, Arizona All Inter-Service photos on this blog are by NTD Ron Braud. Pitts vs. Dulger, Round 6 Adkins vs. Smith, Round 6 Dixon vs. King… Jun 12, 2008 By Andres Hortillosa Andres Hortillosa Comments Off on 2008 Inter-Service Chess Championship Pictures, Tucson, Arizona Read more
2008 Inter-Service Chess - Final Round Underway Baniel keeps his lead despite losing his sixth round game to Choate, the Navy’s top seed. Eight players (Keough, Bucholtz… Jun 12, 2008 By Andres Hortillosa Andres Hortillosa Comments Off on 2008 Inter-Service Chess – Final Round Underway Read more
Baniel is champion, Dulger makes history! Specialist Jhonel Baniel of the Army Medical Department demolished Air Force surgeon Dr. (Colonel) Sam Echaure in the last round… Jun 12, 2008 By Andres Hortillosa Andres Hortillosa Comments Off on Baniel is champion, Dulger makes history! Read more
Baniel leads with 4.5, Dulger in second place Baniel beat Ranario in round five to take sole lead in a 20-player field with 4.5 points. Dulger who is proving to be the… Jun 11, 2008 By Andres Hortillosa Andres Hortillosa Comments Off on Baniel leads with 4.5, Dulger in second place Read more
Chess in Education Workshop August 7, 2008 is the date of the USCF Chess in Education workshop. Please see the press release. I am the co-organizer of the… Jun 11, 2008 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess in Education Workshop Read more
2008 Inter-Service Chess Championship This year’s edition of chess rivalry between the armed services is already showing hints of historical proportions. For the… Jun 10, 2008 By Andres Hortillosa Andres Hortillosa Comments Off on 2008 Inter-Service Chess Championship Read more
National Open Hi everyone! This is Ray Robson from Las Vegas. I have just finished playing in the National Open, and I will be going home… Jun 9, 2008 By Ray Robson Ray Robson Comments Off on National Open Read more
