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…
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…
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…
St. Vincent’s Chess #14
Dr. Alexey Root had each group (beginner, intermediate, advanced) work on worksheets and basic endgame checkmates while she…
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”…
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…