We reward players with trophies when some strategies are mastered.

Chess

1. Win King+Rook+Rook vs King; win King+Queen vs King; show 10 opening moves; defend against 4 move checkmate;
2. Win King+Rook vs King; win King+pawn vs King with King in front of pawn; show a fork, a pin, a discovered check; show how to record moves;
3. Win King+Bishop+Bishop vs King; defend King vs King+pawn; show your favorite opening; operate a chess clock; show a skewer, a back rank mate and a double check, teach a new member the level 1 requirements;
4. Win King+Rook+pawn vs King+Rook using a bridge; show 4 openings of your choice (for instance show Ruy Lopez, Réti, Kalashnikov, Scheveningen, QGD, etc.), teach a new member the level 2 requirements;
5. Win King+Bishop+Knight vs King; memorize and show a game of your favorite world champion, teach a new member the level 3 requirements.
6. Win a game against our 5th or 6th grade champion blindfolded.

Go

1. Capturing the nested cranes; the monkey jump; 3-3 point invasion; solve 5 problems from a 30kyu-25kyu book.

Documents

• Chess
  • Introduction
  • Level 1
  • Level 2
  • Level 3
• Go
  • Level 1

Coach Mike teaching Go.

TOURNAMENTS

For players who would like to play more and meet new opponents there are tournaments.
Tournament participation is also excellent training.

Most events are suitable for all playing levels. You can consult one of the coaches when you plan to go somewhere. Also, please consider taking a few other club members along. Tournaments are usually more fun when visited as a group. Our PICTURES section contains many examples of past events.

Occasionally, we will mail members about interesting events in our area.

Generally, tournament directors try to avoid pairing players from the same school. Therefore, please register your child with school "Simsbury Library". After all, the main reason to go to tournaments is to meet and compete with others than our own members.

Going to a tournament - we have room for more... (photo Robert Cyr)

MORE

Chess on CBS 60 minutes: Bobby Fischer (1972)     Magnus Carlsen (2012)
Simsbury Chess Club on NPR (starts around 45th minute)

Chess movies:

• Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
• Queen of Katwe (2016)
• The Queen's Gambit (2020)

CT CHESS TOURNAMENTS

The above list is the Connecticut part of the New England Clearinghouse.
This is a list of events as maintained by the New England Chess Association.

CHESS CLUB

Nearest chess club is the New Britain Chess Club in New Britain, CT.