First Meeting of Chess Club

NO CHESS CLUB ON THURSDAYS YET
If any parents would like to volunteer to supervised Thursdays, let the Moreland
office or me (gemshein@hotmail.com) know

LESSONS
Today we learned how all the pieces move and how they are set up at the beginning of the game.
We learned an interesting thing about bishops (If they start on a dark square they will always be on a dark square) and a similar interesting thing about knights (Whenever a knight moves, it moves to a different color square than the one it started on.)
We learned a poem about "A knight on the side".
We also learned why rooks are more comfortable in a corner than any other piece.

RATINGS
I keep ratings for a number of reasons. I have a rubric which seems to give a rating approximately equal to a USCF (United States Chess Federation) rating.
1. If makes kids play hard every game.
2. It lets kids see their progress
3. It enables children to play against players of their own approximate strength
4. I want to know when a student is ready for tournament play.
5. If we have a chess match against another school, I need to know our top players

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Rank	Grade	Name	22-Oct
1	2	Travis	558
2	4	Addi	400
3	2	James	254
4	4	Robert	233
5	2	Erick	206
6	2	Mia	131
7	4	Leon	105
8	4	Julian	105
9	4	Dean	105
10	3	Margot	105
11	3	Marclouis	105
12	3	Max	105
13	2	Kellen	105
14	2	Brandon	105
15	1	Chrissy	105
16	1	Dexter	105
17	1	Zoe	105
18	1	Emelio	105
19	1	Jose	105
20	3	Audrey	100
21	3	Sadie	100