Bigby Skittles

http://chessmicrobase.com/microbases/110/games/27680

I don't know if this will work. The link seems to be live, but we will see after I post it.

In the mean time. Look at this!

 


Okay. So even if the link didn't work, there still were these pretty pictures. I hope to get it working again like I did once before.

Kiss me Caissa!

Dan Nailed It!

Dan Heisman is giving me just what I need to teach my kids at the Chess Club. If they get playing slowly, safely, and actively, they will have what they need to succeed!

I am thinking of ways to teach this to them.

I am thinking of making a Gesu chess pledge that includes a commitment in these three areas.

How? How? How can I get them to slow down, play safe moves, and activate all their pieces?  How? How?

Stay tuned.

Kiss me Caissa.

Dan Heisman is a good teacher

I have been fooling around with chess for 40 years. I have been content to just play skittles around town and study it for fun. But now that I am coaching an elementary school team, and teaching them to be tough, I believe I need to improve my game.

Thank you Dan. (I completed, Back to Basics, Tactics, twice, and I am now reading A Guide to Chess Improvement.)

I have been studying to be a better coach, and in the process I have uncovered some of my own deficits.


The old guy probably tells the kids, "Back when I was your age Chess was tough! We didn't have computers. We didn't even have books. We had to make our own pieces out of sticks we found in the woods and carved ourselves. We were poor, but we were happy. Ah those were the days!"

Kiss me Caissa!