Greenhill Chess #14, 2013 Beginners Taught the K and Q vs. K mate (knight’s-move-away method) on the demonstration board and then gave the students time… Feb 27, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #14, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #22, 2013 The Denton High School chess club’s twenty-second meeting of 2012-2013 came on February 22. Some students played their round… Feb 22, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #22, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #7, 2013-1 February 20, 2013 Castling for Beginners and Intermediates Taught the rules of castling while in a whole class setting at the… Feb 20, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #7, 2013-1 Read more
Greenhill Chess #13, 2013 February 19, 2013 Create-A-Checkmate For the Beginners, I gave the students examples of what is stalemate and what is checkmate… Feb 19, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #13, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #21, 2013 Denton High School chess club students played notated games to prepare for tomorrow’s match against the University of North… Feb 15, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #21, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #6, 2013-1 I taught the “Coco Can’t Wait” activity from my book Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem… Feb 13, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #6, 2013-1 Read more
Greenhill Chess #11, 2013 I borrowed Coco can't wait by Taro Gomi (1993) from the Blagg-Huey Library (Texas Woman’s University) Denton - Children's… Feb 12, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #11, 2013 Read more
High School Chess #20 (and recent Results) Denton HS chess team finished second at Region 3 (1-19-13) and finished first at Region 2 (2-2-13). Denton High School is… Feb 8, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #20 (and recent Results) Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #5, 2013-1 Square of the Pawn for Beginners (20 minutes) and for Intermediate Players (35 minutes) Chess Etiquette and the Square of the… Feb 6, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #5, 2013-1 Read more
Greenhill Chess #10, 2013-1 Square of the Pawn and Passed Pawns for Beginners and Experienced Players (2 separate groups of 20 minutes each) Chess Etiquette… Feb 6, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Greenhill Chess #10, 2013-1 Read more
High School Chess #19, 2013 Since the Denton HIgh School students attending this week had not completed Task B from last week, they did so today. Task B… Feb 1, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #19, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #4, 2013-1 January 30, 2013 Queen Day for Beginners (20 minutes) Explained the Wolf and Sheep Game from Read, Write, Checkmate: Enrich… Jan 30, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #4, 2013-1 Read more
High School Chess #15, 2012 Today Dr. Alexey Root showed a notated game played last week between two Denton High School students. Dr. Root stopped the game… Jan 27, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #15, 2012 Read more
High School Chess #18, 2013 Dr. Root had the following on the dry erase board today for Denton High School chess club students. Notate your answers for 1-3… Jan 25, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #18, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's Chess #3, 2013-1 January 23, 2013 Scholar’s Mate for Beginners and Intermediates (two separate classes; 20 minutes for the Beginners and 35… Jan 23, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s Chess #3, 2013-1 Read more
High School Chess #17, 2013 Dr. Alexey Root reviewed what happens when the defending king can occupy the promotion square. That is, she reviewed last week’s… Jan 18, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #17, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's School Chess #2 I had a demonstration board and, nearby, one chess set for every two children for the “practice” parts of my lesson plan. The… Jan 16, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s School Chess #2 Read more
High School Chess #16, 2013 Today's topic at Denton HIgh School chess club was the King and Pawn vs. King draw and the Philidor's rook endgame. In each… Jan 11, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #16, 2013 Read more
St. Vincent's School Chess #1 Before I began teaching each group, I explained my expectation of their raising hands before they speak, in the lecture setting… Jan 9, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on St. Vincent’s School Chess #1 Read more
High School Chess #12, 2012 Dr. Root showed a position from Fischer-Sherwin (U.S. Championship, 1957), which was reprinted in the December 2011 Chess Life… Jan 6, 2013 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #12, 2012 Read more
Coppell Gifted Association Chess Camp The Coppell Gifted Association chess camp is December 26-28. Information is HERE and spaces are still available. Dr. Alexey Root… Dec 24, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Coppell Gifted Association Chess Camp Read more
High School Chess #15, 2012_2 Think Like A King donated chess software to Denton High School students training for SuperNationals V! Chess club today also… Dec 14, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #15, 2012_2 Read more
Brooklyn Castle: Chess Movie Screening At least five students from my Chess Online courses plus the Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies from UT Dallas (my boss!) and… Dec 9, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on Brooklyn Castle: Chess Movie Screening Read more
High School Chess #14, 2012_2 Denton High School chess club students set up a position from the UT Dallas Grandmaster Invitational (Round 8, Calugar vs… Dec 7, 2012 By Alexey Root Dr. Alexey Root Comments Off on High School Chess #14, 2012_2 Read more
