Chess Club - Learn, Play, and Socialize

♟️ This is an ongoing club for *Middle School* aged learners to practice playing chess in a friendly and mildly competitive environment. All skill levels are welcome! We have a solid mix of beginner and intermediate players in most classes.

🤔 Class Experience

- Top of the Hour: Welcome to new members and sharing from experienced members.

- First ten to twenty minutes: Discuss opening, mid-game, or end-game strategies, and practice puzzles.

- By about quarter after the hour we have generally settled into a comfortable rhythm of playing chess, discussing moves taken, and analyzing each other's strategies. Most groups are a pleasant mix of chess discussion and social conversation about recent movies, comics, favorite books, and gaming.

👑 If you'd like to join an advanced class or one which is more quiet to allow for careful thinking, please message me for recommendations of which days/times will fit your needs.

Learning Schedule
We explore chess strategies in a fun way according to the needs of the learners in each class. I've got a full schedule of planned lessons for all of 2025 listed in the Learning Goals section. 

Common Discussion topics:
- Suggest a **Chess Opening** you would like to share or learn about.
- Name a **pro chess player** you're excited to talk about. Be prepared to share what you're most enthusiastic or curious about related to their career.
- **Share** a chess book, guide, or article that has been helpful.
- Share the **PGN** of an interesting chess game that you want to explore.
- Post the FEN or PGN of a **Midgame Position** you want to discuss.
- Ask about an **Endgame** position you'd like to study.

Chess Formats played:
- 1 v 1 Untimed
- 1-3 Minute Bullet
- 5 Minute Arena
- 20 Minute direct challenges.
- Everyone against Linke group vote chess
- Team Chess
- Four-Player Chess
- King of the Hill
- Bughouse
- Crazyhouse