Our Autumn term is when we assess our members chess ability and cover key tactics and skills in preparation for our club chess tournament in the Spring term.
This term we also intend to give members some graded games so that they can acquire a chess grading and then seek to improve it.
We assess the level of our current members through practice games and adapt our teaching curriculum according to the current levels of our members. We cover both chess and go in each group varying our whole group teaching between the two games. members can choose whether they play both games or focus mainly on one game at their choice.
Junior section
We start each club session with a short coaching talk followed by paired games. During this term we will run our club tournament to determine age champions. We use this to introduce our members to tournament play and the rules for that (such as touch and move). The club tournament will run over a number of weeks with one game each week.
Intermediate section
We usually start the club meeting with a coaching talk where we study a tactical position or review a classical game. We encourage members to fully participate in these sessions contributing their thoughts and questions.
