Dr. Alexey Root

The Coppell Gifted Association chess camp is December 26-28. Information is HERE and spaces are still available. Dr. Alexey Root will be teaching at the chess camp.

The camp is for ages 5-12.


Camp description: Chess campers are divided into three groups so that each camper has instruction and competition at an appropriate level. For beginners, instruction includes the rules of chess, including castling, en passant, and pawn promotion. Instruction for the experienced campers includes basic checkmates, such as the two-rook mate. Some of the activities for the advanced campers include reading and writing algebraic chess notation and solving chess puzzles. In addition to instructional time with Dr. Alexey Root, a former U.S. Women's Chess Champion, all campers will have multiple opportunities to play chess games with fellow campers. Dr. Root's latest book is Thinking with Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14.

 

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When you see a good move, look for a better one.
Emanuel Lasker
You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.
Jose Raul Capablanca
Help your pieces so they can help you.
Paul Morphy
Chess is a test of wills.
Paul Keres
You are never too old to play chess!
Bobby Fischer
Win with grace, lose with dignity!
Susan Polgar
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.
Siegbert Tarrasch
The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is not trusting their instincts enough.
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I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.
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