St. Vincent's Chess #8 All three St. Vincent’s chess groups tried the Game Theory lesson from Thinking with Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14… Nov 6, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #8 Read more
Greenhill Chess #9, 2013 Dr. Alexey Root taught Greenhill Chess Club students how to play bughouse chess. The first group of four to set up their… Nov 6, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #9, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #9, 2013 Today at Denton High School chess club, Dr. Alexey Root taught the Benjamin Franklin lesson from People, Places, Checkmates… Nov 1, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #9, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #7, 2013-2 Beginners and Intermediates: After Dr. Root gave four examples on the demonstration board, the beginners and intermediates… Oct 30, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #7, 2013-2 Read more
Greenhill Chess #8, 2013 At Greenhill School chess club on Tuesday, October 29, Dr. Alexey Root taught the Wolf and Sheep activity from Read, Write… Oct 29, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #8, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #8, 2013 William R. presented his final round game from October 12 at the Denton High School chess club meeting. His win in that game got… Oct 25, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #8, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #6, 2013-2 At St. Vincent’s School chess club, Dr. Alexey Root had the beginners play “Wolf versus Sheep,” a drill from Read, Write… Oct 23, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #6, 2013-2 Read more
Greenhill Chess #7, 2013 All three Greenhill School groups (beginner, intermediate, and advanced) solved problems on different worksheets taken from Dr… Oct 23, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #7, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #7, 2013 At Denton High School chess club, Alex E. showed one of his games from the Scott Watson Memorial Chess tournament to other chess… Oct 18, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #7, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #5, 2013-2 For the advanced and intermediate groups, Dr. Alexey Root taught the five types of draws: by agreement, stalemate, three-time… Oct 16, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #5, 2013-2 Read more
Greenhill Chess #6, 2013 Dr. Alexey Root taught the Greenhill students five types of draws: by agreement, stalemate, three time repetition, 50-move rule… Oct 15, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #6, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #6, 2013 At Denton High School chess club, students in one room played notated chess games with clocks and in the other room played chess… Oct 11, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #6, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #4, 2013-2 Dr. Alexey Root taught "The Knight's Can't Wait" which is from her book Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for… Oct 10, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #4, 2013-2 Read more
Greenhill Chess #5, 2013 At Greenhill School, Dr. Alexey Root read the Big Book of Coco Can't Wait. Following her Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess… Oct 8, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #5, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #5, 2013 Dr. Alexey Root listed five types of draws: by agreement, stalemate, three time repetition, 50-move rule, and insufficient… Oct 4, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #5, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #3, 2013-2 For the St. Vincent’s Chess Club meeting on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, Dr. Alexey Root taught the "Mazes and Monsters" lesson… Oct 2, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #3, 2013-2 Read more
Greenhill Chess #4, 2013 Dr. Root had all three groups play "the pawn game" which is simply king and 8 pawns versus king and 8 pawns. It is featured in… Oct 1, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #4, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #4, 2013 Denton High School Chess Club President Alex presented about passed pawns and the square of the pawn. Then students played the… Sep 28, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #4, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #2 Beginners: Dr. Root demonstrated the two rook checkmate and students practiced it. (Lesson plan is in Children and Chess: A… Sep 25, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #2 Read more
Greenhill Chess #3, 2013 Dr. Alexey Root showed a position where a queen and rook checkmated a lone king (just the final checkmate position). Then she… Sep 24, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #3, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #3, 2013 Dr. Root showed one example each of a fork, a pin, and a skewer to members of Denton High School chess club. Vice President… Sep 20, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #3, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #1 Dr. Alexey Root taught the beginners from 3:30 to 3:50, the intermediates from 3:50 to 4:25 and the advanced from 4:25 to… Sep 18, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #1 Read more
Greenhill Chess #2, 2013 1) Rook mazes for beginners. After Dr. Root gave a sample maze on the demonstration board, students set up a mazes for each… Sep 17, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #2, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #2, 2013 Dr. Alexey Root showed the moves and Vanessa wrote the notation for this line of the Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation. 1 e4 e5 2… Sep 13, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #2, 2013 Read more
