Teaching chess since 1996
Tournament News
We had twenty players at Friday’s tournament — our National Comic Book Day Open
The Richie Rich section was for players rated over 1200. Carl Yu was first with a perfect score, and Veer Patil and Soham Sethi tied for second with two points each.
Players rated 700-1200 were in the Caspar the Friendly Ghost section, and it had a pileup tied for first with two points each: Nila and Om Krishnan, Rohan Naidu, Samuel Kimmel, and David Mouritsen (in his first FBCC tournament).
And in the Donald Duck section, congratulations to Kyle Peterson with a perfect score, and Oliver Gamble (visiting us from Overland Park, Kansas and in his first USCF tournament), Saatvik Pattanaik, and Sanya Sethi all had 1 point and tied for second.
Contact us:
fbcc@fortbendchessclub.com
Our annual Halloween tournament will be the final Friday in October. This is always a popular event. There are special goody bags for all of the players. And we have a costume contest with Piada gift cards for the two best costumes. Only players in the tournament get to vote for the best costume (Coach Chuck votes only if there’s a tie.)
New Classes starting this Fall
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.
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.