New aspect of Chess in the Library: Teaching

I just wanted to do a quick update about the progress of Chess in the Library. The 17th was supposed to be Deer Park’s opening day but due to the lack of registrants, we had to postpone it. The new starting date is November 7th, the same opening day as Maria Shuka. It’s going to be a big day for Chess in the Library.

But back to the issue about Deer Park. The lack of registrants was extremely puzzling; but it turns out adults frequent that library far more often than children. I’m thinking about slightly adapting our program, and perhaps offer adult based chess activities based out of Deer Park. Adults, let me know if you would be interested, and if you would prefer cfc rated games (perhaps one a week) or blitz? Also, if any of you have any other suggestions, shoot them by me.

Also, and somewhat unfortunate, with the start of the school year we’ve seen drops in the number of participants both at Pleasant View and at Brookbanks. But alas, we do have a solution.

As many rather strong chess players are volunteering for “Chess in the Library”, it seems like we will offer a teaching service. Of course, this will be free of charge, and would comprise of perhaps a 30 min lecture/teaching to whomever interested. When we teach, we will need demo boards, and if anyone knows where to get them cheaply, please let us know at info@chessinthelibrary.com. We assume the teaching will be a big hit, expand our program to new audiences, and will really benefit the children’s chess, who will get to make use of what they learned, and use it in game situations.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned of our progress. Check out Yutong’s blog (http://yutong2009.blogspot.com/) and Yuanling’s blog (http://yuanlingyuan.blogspot.com/) as they have great information the program and our progress.