High School Chess #7, 2012
Dr. Alexey Root gave a lecture based on the handouts Calculating Ratings and Guidelines for Post Mortems. The Handouts are…
Author Events: Alexey Root (Chess)
My presentation “Teaching Social Studies with Chess” is scheduled for Friday, October 26, 2012, 1:30p.m. to 2:45p.m. at the…
Greenhill Chess #4, 2012
Basic Endgame Checkmates Asked students what they remembered about last week's Wolf and Sheep. Pointed out that a queen is worth…
High School Chess #6, 2012
On October 5, 2012, Dr. Alexey Root taught the Game Theory Challenge, a castling exercise from her forthcoming book Thinking…
Greenhill Chess #3, 2012
Before I began teaching each group, I reminded students to raise their hands to contribute answers. Each group spent about 15…
High School Chess #5, 2012
On September 28, 2012, Dr. Alexey Root taught the Scholar’s Mate Activity from her book Read, Write, Checkmate: Enrich Literacy…