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Tournament News
Friday was our Labor Day Open, and we got to watch so many exciting games.
Om Krishnan (832) was on the attack against Sam Breaux (1794) and had a very strong attack.
Sav Strickland (1105) had a very dynamic position against Carl Yu (1628). At one point Carl’s rook and knight were both under attack by pawns, and he couldn’t move them. But Sav couldn’t take the pieces without opening lines to his king. When they were both down under 3 minutes, Carl had to sacrifice a rook to force a draw from 3-fold repetition, and Sav got the draw.
And Nila Krishnan (989) played a perfect endgame against Sav to get a draw when she had a king against a king and a pawn.
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New Classes starting this summer
Level 1 - Basic Rules of Chess
This class is for new players to learn how the pieces move, how to make legal moves, and how to win games. It’s mostly for children, but adults can attend with permission.
Level 2 - Principles of Good Moves
I’ve been getting lots of calls from players who know how to play chess and are ready for the next step. Our Level 2 class will begin in October after our Level 1 class finishes. Level 1 teaches all the legal moves of chess, how to record your games, how to checkmate your opponent, and other foundational elements of chess. Level 2 starts teaching principles of what we want to accomplish in our games and how to make good moves instead of just legal moves.
Level 8 - Intermediate Tactics
Do you have problems finding a winning attack after your opponent has castled? This level continues intermediate tactics by surveying the techniques to win against a castled king (or if the king is stuck in the center).
Coaching
If you are looking for one-on-one instruction or small group instruction, contact us and reserve your time with one of our coaches before someone else grabs your best spot with the coach that you want.