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Step by step instructions on having your kids start playing in rated chess scholastic tournaments in the US Part II

PREPARATIONS OF PARENTS On the day (days) before the game 1) Have all chess equipments you have ready, such as sharpen the pencils, if you have bought chess digital clocks, learn how to use it and set it to the time control advised on website for the game. But if you do not have chess [...]

Sunday November 22nd, 2009 in , chess, instruction, kid, parents, scholastic, tournament | No Comments »

Step by step instructions on having your kids start playing in rated chess scholastic tournaments in the US Part I

Disclaimer and Introduction This writing is based on the experience of a parent of a scholastic chess player and is not an expert’s extensive list. When my son just start playing in rated scholastic tournament last year, we got many help tips from the chess parents and organizers. I appreciate all the helps we received [...]

Saturday November 14th, 2009 in , chess, child, instruction, kid, parents, rating, register, scholastic, tournament, USCF | 4 Comments »

Trick or Treat!

I know it is a sweet day for kids. A lot of candies! Yeah! In addition, it is a sweet day for me too, not because of the candies I could share, but because of the expression “Trick or Treat!”. Last winter break, Abe started to play in rated scholastic chess tournament. He and I [...]

Saturday October 31st, 2009 in , chess, Halloween, Josh Waitzkin, memory, scholastic, Searching for Bobby Fisher, sweet, tournament, trick or treat | No Comments »

Abe’s first adult chess tournament and his big upset

Abe went to his first adult chess tournament about six months ago. The time control was about 60 minutes, all of his previous scholastic tournaments were no more than 30 minutes. So I asked him to slow down and to think before moving. From the paring sheets, I found out almost all players are way [...]