Chess Coach Resources
Of our 1,400 students, 86 percent meet some federal poverty criteria. But this championship shows that our young men can reach the highest levels, regardless of race, economic background or family situation.
-- William Duffie, of Chicago's Orr High School, 1996 National Co-Champions
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Chess Instructional Material
 | About.com's Scholastic Chess -- Excellent. |
| Green Country Chess -- Watch out for those bouncing pawns! |
| Chesskid Antics -- Alabama Chess Federation |
| U.S. Chess Federation Chess Resources -- Greatly improved. |
| Chess Teacher Directory at Duif's Place. |
| ChessWise site includes its own directory of chess teachers. Nice! |
| Chess Primer, from Jon Edwards. Nice. Requires frames-capable browser. |
| chessKIDS Academy |
| Chess Academy, from GM Gabriel Schwartzman, 1996 U.S. Open Champ. Recommended. |
| Beginner's Chess Page More good stuff from Traveller. Check it out. |
| Exeter Coaching Page Recommended. |
| Chess Syllabus by Ken Sloan |
| Frequently Asked Questions about Chess in HTML format (not limited solely to "scholastic" issues). Very useful. |
Research/Essays on Chess Coaching
| The Kingsley Chess Experiment Carol Skinner's excellent essay about innovative approaches to scholastic chess organization in Illinois. |
| How to Improve Your Scholastic Chess Program, by active Virginia chess organizer Martin Roper. |
| Seeds an essay on philosophy of scholastic chess promotion |
Tools for Chess Organizers
| Chess Lobby How to build public support for chess. Includes, among other things, sample letters you can use as models for your own letters to state and federal legislators. Another resource from the Association of Chess and Teachers. Recommended. |
| Download Chess Software Steve Pribut, author of the Chess FAQ, makes it easy. |
| Subscribe for free, easy communication with scholastic chess coaches and organizers around the world. |
| Chess_in_Schools: a Brazilian project |
| Scholastic Chess WebRing -- A confederation of scholastic chess oriented web sites. |
Scholastic Chess Organizations
| Chess in the Schools program. |
| U.S. Chess Center -- Headquartered in Washington, DC; concentrates on inner city children. |
| ACS (American Chess School), headquartered in Bradford, PA. |
| Western Pennsylvania Youth Chess Includes schedule. |
| Chess 'N Math Canadian scholastic chess organization. |
| UMBC Info on scholarship opportunities for chess players at University of Maryland at Baltimore County. |
Schools
| Kingsley Elementary School Evanston, Illinois--Great model for other schools to follow. Check out the "kid friendly" diagrams illustrating games from the Anand-Khtmlarov match. |
| Lanier Middle School, Houston, Texas. "Netscape enhanced," ambitious and fairly elaborate. You may learn something, and get a smile, from their list of do's and don't's. For example, "Do not wear the shirt to a tournament, that you slept in the night before." |
Scholastic Chess Camps
| Chesscamp.com |
| The Chess Learning Center |
| Green Country Chess Camp |
Scholastic Tournament Schedules
| Ohio |
| Alabama Chess Calendar lists local and national scholastic events. |