Chess - Crocker

One hour chess class meeting once a week. The main purpose of this class is for students to learn how to use chess as a tool to enhance their lives. They will get the opportunity to explore how playing and learning chess can help them to do the following:

1. Build confidence, self esteem, and character

2. Create friendships and strengthen interpersonal skills and connections

3. Learn important life lessons and core values such as work ethic, determination, resilience, and integrity.

4. Boost academic performance and position themselves to lead a successful and fulfilling life.

Class time will be divided roughly equally between learning chess lessons and practicing the lessons learned. Lessons will consist of the following:

1. Learning the basics and making sure everyone is prepared to begin learning more advanced concepts

2. Fantastic examples from the great masters throughout chess history and our current time

3. Tactics and strategy, and the interplay between them

4. Calculation

5. Mastering the endgame

6. Principles of opening play

7. Chess then and now: How technology has revolutionized chess