The last couple of weekends we’ve had 15+ people at our Chess Club meetings. Let’s keep it going! If you’re thinking about coming by, do it this Saturday. And next Saturday. And the Saturday after that. And the … well, you get the idea. Pretty soon we’ll have enough people to hold a small tournament!
March 19, 2008
March 10, 2008
Speaking of tournaments …
It has been mentioned by more than one person that it would be good to have a tournament where anyone can enter, regardless of age.
This is really the reason I started the ACPL All Ages Chess Club. It’s not really useful to limit the membership of a chess club by age, unless you are in a school. What makes more sense is to get as many chess players of all ages together, so that the players with more knowledge and experience of the game can mentor the players who are just starting out or just beginning to grasp certain key concepts.
Then, once you have a steady attendance, you build the interest and excitement by running tournaments several times a year. So help me out by stopping by on the Saturdays you can make it, and pretty soon we’ll have enough people to get a tournament going!
Quick update
We had something like 15 people come through last Saturday’s meeting – they weren’t all there at the same time, but still, it was great attendance compared to recent weeks.
One chess player mentioned that he thought it people might not want to play in a library department since you can’t have food and drink there. I realized that it’s still assumed by a lot of people that you can’t have food and drink in most of the library. BUT IT’S NOT TRUE! ACPL changed its policy, and in the new Main Library, you can have food and drink anywhere except 1. in the Genealogy Center, and 2. at computer stations.
So now that we’ve moved the Chess Club to Young Adults’ Services on a full time basis, it IS farther from the cafe, but you can bring along your drink, snack, lunch, or other food.
We’re still meeting Saturdays from 10 am to 12 noon, but it’s probably not too early to say that there WON’T be a meeting on August 2 or August 9 – the dates of the two annual chess tournaments. (August 2 is the tournament for kids up through 5th grade, and August 9 is the tournament for people in 6th through 12th grades.)
