Teaching chess since 1996
Tournament News
Our Back To School Open had four sections and twenty players. The top A-player had a draw in the first round which gave other players an opportunity to take the first place prize. In the Readin’ section (above 1300), Nihaal Garud was first with a perfect score and Francis Kok and Sam Breaux tied for second. The Writin’ section covered players 700-1300, and Nila Krishnan was first and Evan Esfeller (a new player at FBCC) took second. The ‘Rithmetic section was for players rated from 400-700, and there was a 3-way tie for first with three points each: Chase Kamage, Rohan Naidu, and Advik Paul. And in our PE section (players below 400, Kyle Peterson in his first tournament finished first with 2 points, and Connor Cross and Sanya Sethi tied for second with 1 point each.
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Chess Apps
Version 0.82 of the Beast Chess Trainer has been released to assist you with your chess training. Click on the Beast for more details.
New Classes starting this summer
Level 1 - Basic Rules of Chess
This class is for new players to learn how the pieces move, how to make legal moves, and how to win games. It’s mostly for children, but adults can attend with permission.
Level 2 - Principles of Good Moves
I’ve been getting lots of calls from players who know how to play chess and are ready for the next step. Our Level 2 class will begin in October after our Level 1 class finishes. Level 1 teaches all the legal moves of chess, how to record your games, how to checkmate your opponent, and other foundational elements of chess. Level 2 starts teaching principles of what we want to accomplish in our games and how to make good moves instead of just legal moves.
Level 8 - Intermediate Tactics
Do you have problems finding a winning attack after your opponent has castled? This level continues intermediate tactics by surveying the techniques to win against a castled king (or if the king is stuck in the center).
Coaching
If you are looking for one-on-one instruction or small group instruction, contact us and reserve your time with one of our coaches before someone else grabs your best spot with the coach that you want.