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What did you learn from this chess tournament

Last Weekend Abe and I went to Indianapolis to play the 2010 US Junior Chess Congress. It was the first time Abe played chess tournaments out of state, his little brother: David and Mommy also came with us to show the support. The tournament was well organized, such as paring sheets were always posted twenty [...]

Tuesday February 23rd, 2010 in , bid, blunder, book, broadcast, brother, chess, end game, hotel, loss, out of state, parents, read, skittles room, tournament | No Comments »

Abe and me, the journey started

About three years ago, once I was roaming in the local library, I found the library would have a class named something like “Chess for Beginners”. So I brought Abe to the class; several kids showed up, along with their parents. The class was very basic, covering how to set the board and how to [...]

Sunday November 8th, 2009 in , A Parent's Guide to chess, book, chess, chess for Dummies, chess master, class, dad, Dan Heisman, learn, library, parenting, parents, read, scholastic | 1 Comment »

My son’s first chess book and the chess book he spent most time on so far

I bought my son the first chess book “Learn Chess Tactics” by John Nunn last Christmas, he like it very much. Then I bought him a second book by John Nunn “Understanding Chess Move by Move“. Now he seldom read the first book, but he kept reading the latter one every now and then even [...]

Tuesday October 27th, 2009 in , book, chess, first, John nunn, kid, library, read, Understanding Chess Move by Move | No Comments »