The Club welcomes all children from 2 to 6 grade. We meet on 16 Wednesdays during the school year at the Library from 4:00 to 5:00pm to play Chess.
Meeting dates for the 25/26 season are (* = also adults): session I: 10/15, 10/22 (*), 11/5 (*), 11/12, 11/19 (*), 11/26, 12/3 (*), 12/10 session II: 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18.
We expect children to know how the chess pieces move before their first visit. We teach chess strategy, chess sportsmanship and organize games.
Unfortunately, our Go coach is not available for our 2025/26 season. We hope Mike will be back soon.
Sportsman-like conduct is a key objective at all times. At the end of each game, players should shake hands and thank each other for the game saying "Good game"! When you touch a piece, you have to play with that piece assuming a legal move is possible. Chess and Go have many rules. The coaches are there to help.
Clean-up will start at 4:55 pm. For chess, members should set up the board to make sure the set is complete, replace chess pieces in chess bags, and return bags and boards to front of room.
At the close of each meeting Club Members should be picked up promptly in the Library. In case Simsbury public schools are closed for inclement weather, our club is canceled as well. Call the library at 860 658 7663 when in doubt.
We organize training and award trophies for certain achievements (see TRAINING) During one month in the spring we keep track of scores in order to be able to award the titles "Best 2nd Grader", "Best 3rd Grader" etc. (see CHAMPIONS) For children who want to play more and/or meet new opponents we promote partcipation in tournaments (see TRAINING)