The senior citizen even gave the beginner, a middle-aged adult man, his business card and said that he would be happy to play chess with him again.Īfter library patrons played chess with each other, some were interested in the chess puzzle sheets. The older man relished the chance to teach.
That senior citizen had been telling me about how many years he had played, so I thought that he probably knew the rules. For example, when a complete beginner came into the room, I asked a senior citizen to teach that beginner instead of my teaching him. When patrons played each other chess, they called me over to their games to answer questions: “Can each pawn move two squares on its first move, or only the first pawn that moves in a game?” “Can I promote to a queen if I already have a queen on the board?” “How do I castle?” To be available to answer questions, I avoided playing chess myself. For the Expert level, I created six puzzles from famous games (such as the Immortal Game) which were checkmates in two or three moves.ģ) Have a procedure. That six-puzzle sheet had two checkmate-in-one move and four checkmate-in-two move diagrams. For the Advanced level sheet, I chose leftover assessments from the UT Dallas Chess Camp. The Novice and Intermediate puzzle sheets had four diagrams to a sheet. Intermediate puzzles, from, were also checkmate-in-one move, but with more chessmen on each diagram. Those puzzles had only a few chessmen on each diagram. (Dana and Kerol offered to photocopy for me, but I had photocopies available in my own chess teaching supplies.) The Novice puzzle sheet had Boden’s checkmates (downloaded from ).
Since the North Branch Library hosts a chess club every Monday evening, the sets and boards were already stored at the library.įor solving checkmate puzzles, I provided four levels of puzzle sheets. For playing chess, Public Services Librarians Dana M. Since I was the only chess volunteer at the Denton (TX) Public Library, North Branch, for International Games Day, I planned just two activities, playing chess and solving checkmate puzzles. Then you can ask your librarian for chess to be a part of International Games Day.Ģ) Get supplies. Your mentioning this chance to build a collection of games will endear you to your local librarian. The companies Good Games, Konami, Looney Labs, Steve Jackson Games, USAopoly, Yummy Yummy Tummy, and Asmodee donated games to participating libraries.
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September 11 was the deadline for librarians to request free games by registering for the NovemInternational Games Day. This article provides four ideas for you to promote chess all by yourself at International Games Day your library.ġ) Start early. If your local library will attract fewer chess-interested patrons, you can be a lone chess volunteer. Chess attracted 120 Fremont, CA library patrons. His volunteers played blitz chess, separately taught beginners and more advanced players, gave a simultaneous exhibition, and projected chess movies. Kirshner wrote about International Games Day your library.
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