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Written by Alexey W. Root on Fri, Aug 08 2008 (19:05)
Today (Friday, August 8) was the final day of my chess teaching week at MOSAIC, summer courses by the Coppell Gifted Association. From 9-10:30, my son William assisted me with my 16 students, grades 4-7. After pairs of students finished practicing, and getting tested on, a basic checkmate such as king and queen against king, William would teach them five moves of a chess opening. Students wrote down the five moves, thus learning notation too. From 10:30 to noon William went to engineering. For today's closing activity, parents/friends were invited to advise/encourage their students in a simul against me. I started play at 11:25. William rejoined me at noon. I assigned him to finish, one-on-one, games where I had a large material advantage. We won all the games by 12:25. As a teacher, I'm pleased that my students lasted so long. Everyone took notation and carefully considered alternatives on each move.
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chess bookstore at U.S. Open
Sun, Aug 10 2008 (18:17) by Alexey W. Root
I thought the chess bookstore at the U.S. Open, run by Rochester Chess Center and Chess4Less, was very nice. My husband bought a chess clock (Excalibur Game Time II) there. The prices on the books and equipment were reasonable and, as you pointed out, there was a large selection of books.
I have Bobby Fischer Goes to War checked out from the UTD library, and plan to read it soon. I also read books for beginners/chess educators as they are published, because I want to refer to those when I write my own books. For example, I read Yury Shulman and Rishi Sethi's book Chess! Lessons from a Grandmaster. I liked it, and it is available here: http://www.shulmanchess.com/
I appreciate your posting a comment. It's nice to know people are reading this blog!-Alexey Root
current chess reading
Sat, Aug 09 2008 (05:03) by embow
Hi Alexey -
Thank you for frequently adding to your blog.
After visiting the bookstore at the US Open I was impressed at the huge array of books. I am curious what folks are currently reading.
This summer I have read Bobby Fischer Goes To War and Jennifer Shahade's book. I am also reading Seriwan's openings book in the Microsoft series. This is a great book for me because I do not retain from reading typical opening books with annotated games. I need an approach that explains the big picture behind the sequence.
Thanks,
Mike
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