Denton High School visits UNT Chess Club Five Denton High School students, a parent, and volunteer chess coach Dr. Alexey Root visited the University of North Texas… Feb 27, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Denton High School visits UNT Chess Club Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #16 For the Beginners, Dr. Root gave the students examples of what is stalemate and what is checkmate (using a King and Queen vs… Feb 26, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #16 Read more
Greenhill Chess #13, 2014 Dr. Alexey Root taught the beginners how to checkmate with a king and two rooks against a king. The students volunteered the… Feb 25, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #13, 2014 Read more
High School Chess #16, 2014 Dr. Alexey Root informed Denton High School chess club students that this coming Thursday, February 27, there will be a visit to… Feb 21, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #16, 2014 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #15 Dr. Alexey Root taught Battleship Chess from Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators to all three St. Vincent’s School chess… Feb 19, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #15 Read more
Greenhill Chess #12 Dr. Alexey Root taught the beginners how the Q, R, and B moved. Then the beginners tried this exercise from Read, Write… Feb 18, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #12 Read more
High School Chess #15, 2014 Three of the five players who participated in the Texas Scholastic February 8-9 showed chess games from that tournament to one… Feb 18, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #15, 2014 Read more
Denton High School at State Dr. Alexey Root and chess sponsor Fred Mueller took five Denton High School players to the Texas Scholastic Championship in… Feb 12, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Denton High School at State Read more
Greenhill Chess #11, 2014 Dr. Alexey Root taught how pawns move and capture to the beginners at Greenhill School. She did not cover en passant. Then the… Feb 11, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #11, 2014 Read more
Thinking with Chess: Free Seminars Dr. Alexey Root is presenting two free seminars, sponsored by the Texas Chess Association, at the State Scholastic in Houston… Jan 31, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Thinking with Chess: Free Seminars Read more
High School Chess #14 Dr. Alexey Root showed the video of Bill Gates losing to Magnus Carlsen. Then the Denton High School chess club students… Jan 31, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #14 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #14 Dr. Alexey Root had each group (beginner, intermediate, advanced) work on worksheets and basic endgame checkmates while she… Jan 29, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #14 Read more
High School Chess #13, 2014 Eleven students attended Denton High School chess club on Friday, January 24, 2014. Eight students solved the “three-on-three”… Jan 24, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #13, 2014 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #13 Dr. Alexey Root asked the beginners if a black rook on a8 could stop five white pawns, on White’s second rank, from promoting if… Jan 15, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #13 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #12 For beginners, Dr. Root reviewed on the demonstration board how to checkmate with a king and two rooks against a king. Then Dr… Jan 8, 2014 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #12 Read more
Chess Match Denton High School vs. University of North Texas The match was played December 21, 2013 at the Denton Public LIbrary, North Branch. Time control was G/75. The first name listed… Dec 21, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Chess Match Denton High School vs. University of North Texas Read more
High School Chess #12, 2013 Eight students attended the last Denton High School chess club meeting of 2013, which meant two games of bughouse during the… Dec 14, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #12, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #11 Dr. Alexey Root taught the two-rook checkmate to the beginners. Then children partnered up to practice the checkmate or to be… Dec 4, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #11 Read more
High School Chess #11, 2013 On Friday, November 22, Denton High School students reviewed games played at Dallas Chess Club, practiced basic endgame… Nov 22, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #11, 2013 Read more
UTD GM/IM Invitational (Chess) Follow the UT Dallas Grandmaster Invitational, which has a GM and an IM section, right here on Monroi.com. Also look for Dr… Nov 22, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on UTD GM/IM Invitational (Chess) Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #10, 2013-2 At St. Vincent’s School chess club, beginners and intermediates notated the four-move checkmate (Scholar's Mate) as Dr. Root… Nov 20, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #10, 2013-2 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #9 For the beginner and intermediate groups at St. Vincent's School, Dr. Alexey Root taught the Create challenge from Thinking with… Nov 13, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #9 Read more
High School Chess #10, 2013 Upcoming event: On November 16, 2013 the public can play against (and learn from) Denton High School chess club students at… Nov 13, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #10, 2013 Read more
Greenhill Chess #10, 2013-2 For the last chess session for fall 2013, Greenhill School students received awards, ate food, and played bughouse and regular… Nov 13, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #10, 2013-2 Read more
