Our Spring term is when we hold our club chess championship spread over 6 weeks which we use to find our age group champions for each year group. For meetings when we hold the tournament, there will be a short session to solve a couple of problems while we arrange the draw for the round and then everyone will play the round after which we will continue with practice games or one on one teaching according to time.
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.
