Greenhill Chess #16, 2014
Dr. Alexey Root taught the en passant rule using material from Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators to all three groups at…
Root’s Chess Books at Library Conference
Dr. Alexey Root will be signing her books about chess in education (and libraries!) at the Texas Library Association Annual…
High School Chess #17, 2014
After a brief review of the en passant rule, Dr. Root taught the Criteria Challenge activity from Science, Math, Checkmate: 32…
St. Vincent’s Chess #17
Dr. Root taught en passant to the Intermediate and Advanced groups. After showing the rule on the demonstration board, each…
Greenhill Chess #15, 2014
For the Beginners, Dr. Root gave the students examples of what is stalemate and what is checkmate (using a King and Queen vs…
Greenhill Chess #14, 2014
Dr. Alexey Root tested pairs of students on basic checkmates. Beginners were tested on king and two rooks versus king…