Daily Message from Coach West - Plug Into the STAR with a US Champion - GM Sam Shankland
Good Morning Chess Families & Communities!
Coach West here, we hope everyone is enjoying the spring weather.
We are very happy to have our teams engaged in their weekly Chess Club & Team after-school sessions, as well as our morning Daily Rapid & afternoon Serious Games events each day.
In addition to this daily programming, it's important to make use of our Social Team Activity Room (STAR) - players can come and receive top quality one-on-one lessons from the coaches there. Our zoom room will remain open all day, and ALL ARE WELCOME!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Puzzle Duel vs Coach Matheu
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Rapid Room (Coach James Black)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Serious Game Review (Coach Angel)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Serious Game Review (Coach Jonathan)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Sitting with Shankland
On Wednesdays, Grandmaster Sam Shankland does game review at 6:00 PM. Come and have your game analyzed by one of the best!
Connect with teammates & receive high quality coaching any time during the day! (Check Morning for link)
Also, tomorrow is Thankful Thursday, please send us your stories and anecdotes of your recent chess experience, we love to hear from you, and we'll post them on our website!
Finally, please take a moment to read our Letter from the Director regarding the state of our programs as we head into the future.
Thanks,
Coach West
Congratulations to the following kids who promoted to new ChessKid Groups for online tournament competition!
PROMOTED TO 1000+ or U1500
Devin Wang 1064
Charles Jia 1023
Kevin Xie 1043
Miles Stringer 1004
PROMOTED TO U700
Yonah Wolfhagen 352
Evelyn Guo 317
Ananya Bhatnagar 445
Parker Chang 315
Ayan Shrestha 341
Francis Jia 302
Ethan Mosca 416
Shira Trilling 329