Thursday, January 29, 2015

KML Hosts Kewaskum H.S. Chess Players




We're prepping for the conference tournament on March 7 with a scrimmage with players from Kewaskum High School. 

Sunday, January 25, 2015

ARTICLE: "Chess in Schools: Bringing the Classic Mind Game to Life"

Here is a great article on the value of chess in schools, sent to us by Mr. James Carlovsky of Martin Luther College. He is still looking out for our club!

Here's my favorite quote from one of the chess instructors in the article: "I want (my students) to be the most creative person at the table in the corporation. I want them to be the person who, when others say there is no solution here, they say, 'Oh, there are lots of solutions.’ ”

http://national.deseretnews.com/article/3327/Chess-in-schools-bringing-the-classic-mind-game-to-life.html#exqbwmpHmYteYxfy.99

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Goodrich Chess Tournament Results

They wanted to win and they did it. First place in K-12 division at the Goodrich Chess Tournament today. Ted and Phil placed 5th and 6th overall with 4 wins each to lead the effort, while the others provided the depth needed to win as a team. From your club advisor's perspective, the most impressive thing about today is that you took NOTATION in your games. That means players are committed to improving.
And, I'm also thankful that KML chess players cheer on our younger players. Here they congratulate Arthur from Pilgrim Lutheran who played in the K5 division and achieved 3 solid wins.