by Richard Weekes | Feb 19, 2012 | chess for children news, Uncategorized
Chess is a game of skill and patience – that is something I teach the children and young people in my groups and an important lesson that Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem probably wished he had stuck to because he host nearly 20 points after failing to defend his...
by Richard Weekes | Feb 19, 2012 | chess for children news, Uncategorized
This week (Wednesday February 15 2012) Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov and Silvio Danailov, President of the European Chess Union (ECU) visit the European Parliament in Strasbourg to promote chess in school. The main focus of the day was to highlight the...
I have more than 35 years experience working in the community and I’ve been passionate about junior chess for some time, so in March 2006 I started the Greenwich Chess Group after my research highlighted the low levels of chess activity in Greenwich schools. [Read More]