PS 11 Community Chess Standards

Chess Community Standards for the Chelsea ChessMates

1. We are a kind and gentle school as is set in our PS11 Community Standards and those standards also apply to chess practices and tournaments.

  • Be respectful of other people’s bodies.
  • Be kind with other people’s feelings.
  • Be respectful of chess items
  • We always tell the truth.
  • Never hit, bite, push, or kick.
  • Never touch anyone except to shake hands at the beginning of the game and at the end.
  • If someone tries to hurt you physically, tell an adult immediately.
  • Never tease, insult, threaten or bully.
  • You always want to win but you never want to make someone feel bad if you can help it.
  • If someone gets mad at you, don’t get mad back. Tell your coach.
  • Don’t make your teammate feel bad. When playing a teammate in practice, share your knowledge so that the team will get better.
  • Never slam clocks or pieces.
  • Chess pieces are for chess games, not pretend, catching, or stacking.
  • Win, lose, or draw, we are honest.
  • If you make a mistake you need to admit it and explain how you will work to fix it.

2. We have special rules just for chess team practice and tournaments:

  • When the lights go out, you freeze.
  • The Coach gets your respect & attention All the Time.
  • The practice room is for Practice. This applies to both students and families.
  • If you need to talk socially with others, students need to wait for a break (snack) or ask the coach to go out in the hall.
  • When you start a game, shake hands and say, “Good luck.” And when the game is over win, lose, or draw, say, “Nice game,” and shake hands again.
  • In tournaments we only say “check” and “adjust”. For anything else you raise your hand and get a tournament director to answer your question. At the end of the game make sure you report your result before you leave.
  • Our voices are always low and conversations should be about chess. Social conversations are for snack and/or break time.
  • Unless your coach says otherwise, students and their families should not watch other people’s games and we never touch other players’ pieces or talk about their game in front of them.

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  • At tournaments there are NO student electronics in the practice room.

WHEN YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT YOU CREATED.

Here are the usual steps that will be taken:

✓ Warning: Coach or teacher reminds you of rules.

✓ Time Out: No playing chess with others.

✓ You explain how you will fix the problem: Write a letter of explanation and/or a letter of apology.

✓ Lose the privilege of playing chess variations like bughouse or blitz.

✓ Make up chess work that didn’t get completed or was interrupted because of your behavior.

✓ Contact other adults about a serious problem or a problem that keeps repeating.

WHEN YOUR FAMILY IS CONTACTED THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT CONSEQUENCES MAY INCLUDE CHESS @ P.S. 11 SUSPENSION FROM THE TEAM OR BEING PROHIBITED FROM PLAYING ON THE TEAM.

 
 

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