Welcome New Members

The best site for beginners to learn the rules and for players who know the game to improve is chess.com because it has videos as well as interactive drills where you can play along. Have fun exploring the website and click "learn," and then, "lessons" or "drills."

Fall Tournament Bracket is Set

Javen and Josh try their hand at Stratego

Stratego is a dope board game that shares with chess the elements of turn-based play, capturing pieces, a square grid, and one piece that spells victory or defeat for each side. However! A critical difference is that the identity of each piece is concealed, and only revealed when one piece attempts to capture another. A fascinating twist! Check it out!

Tournament starts Thursday!!

Tournament bracket will be posted on Thursday. If you can't attend Thursday's meeting, please see Mr. Mandel or Mr. Sterling to sign up.

Current Rankings are posted on this website!

October Happenings

The Chess Club met three times in October. Our focus is always on Chess, but we incorporated a few new games, including tiny Jenga:

Chess Club continues to meet every Thursday in Room 25. With the end of fall sports, we expect an uptick in attendance. Get ready for the Fall Tournament!

Welcome Back

Chess Club meets every Thursday after school in Room 25. We have had two meetings so far this year, September 13 and 20 with a decent turnout. (There was no Chess Club September 27 because of Back-to-School Night).

We play many games at Chess Club, and we are always happy to show the ropes to newcomers. Come join us!

Chess Club Returns!

After missing several weeks due to snow days, half days, and spring break, chess club is back!

Here's everything you need to know:

• Chess Club meets every Thursday in Room 25.
• If you don't know how to play, ask a veteran player or an advisor (Mr. Sterling or Mr. Mandel) to show you the basics.
• Record your games using the "Submit Results" link.
• You can come whenever you like, and no meetings are required (however, if you get involved in a tournament, you may have to make up a match if you miss a meeting!)

February Updates

With winter sports winding down, it's time to look ahead to the spring tournament.

The top 5 players have shifted, check the rankings to the right. Franklin L still retains the top spot, but Henry R is gaining fast. Feng C is the fall tournament winner, and still holds the Chess Club title until the spring tournament.

In chess, Javen C wears the uranium sombrero, winless in nine matches. Nevertheless, he is currently the top player at Exploding Kittens!

Josh V is currently our Carcassone champion, with the most wins in multi-player bouts.

Come out any Thursday and get your game on!

New and Different Games

Chess is not the only game in town. At chess club, players are always trying out any new board game that combines skill and strategy, including some fascinating multi-player throwdowns. Here are some of the new games students have been playing in addition to chess:

Anagrams:

In this game, players use a common pool of letters to make as many words as possible. Watch out, though! Other players can steal your word if they can add letters to it, rearrange it, and make a new word.

Carcasonne:

In this game, named after the medieval French city, players collaboratively build a map by placing tiles, and vie for control of it by placing their "meeples" on its roads, cities, and monasteries.

Exploding Kittens:

This is a game that... well... you just have to play it for yourself!

Mr. Sterling's Puzzle of the Week

White to move. How can white avoid the stalemate and win the game?