Recent ActivityPorter Chess Club meets every Friday morning from 7:30 AM to 8:35 AM.
It is open to ALL Porter School students who are interested in learning and playing chess. New players may join at any time during the year. Just bring your registration form with you for your first day.
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“Chess is the gymnasium of the mind” Blaise Pascal
Group Announcements 2011-2012 VA State Scholastic & CollegiateVA State Scholastic & Collegiate tournament:
Mar. 17-18, 2012 http://www.vachess.org/scholastics/11-12%20State%20Ch/Home11-12.html Chess NotationWe will be reviewing chess notation the week of 27 Jan. Below is a good link to review for it:
http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/basic/notation/notate.htm Porter Chess Tournament DelayedBecause of inclement weather, today's (1/21) Chess Tournament is delayed until 28 January. All registered students will NOT have to re-register. Registration WILL be reopened for anyone else who would like to join.
Opening Chess TechniquesGood opening technique increases your chances for winning.
1. Open with a center pawn 2. Bring your Knights before your Bishops 3. Don't move the same piece twice 4. Make as few pawn moves as possible in the opening 5. Don't bring the Queen out to early 6. Castle as soon as possible, preferably on the King Side 7. Always play to gain control of the center of the board 8. Try to maintain at least one pawn in the center of the board 9. Try to get a Rook onto an open file 10. Keep your Knights in the center of the board These rules are not absolute, but are strong general guides. Porter Chess TournamentOur next Tournament is 28 January at Porter
Traditional School. Registration will be at: http://loudounchess.org/reg/register See Porter Tournament file below for details The following volunteers are needed for the tournament: student greeters, set up, score keepers, concessions, arbitrators and clean up.  Four Move Check MateNew Chess Players Beware:
It is very common for players to try to trap you with the Scholar's Mate aka the 4 move checkmate) in the opening of a game. Hundreds of games are won and lost with this one check mate. Worksheet #1 OFFENSIVE Worksheet #2 DEFENSIVE Please watch the following videos and practice recognizing and defending against the "Square of Doom": The Square of Doom Scholar's Mate Lesson #1 Scholar's Mate Lesson #2  Saunders Middle Tournament Results - 17 NovMiddle School Eugene Lee (took 10th place)  Tournaments 2011-2012Date Location
January 28, Porter Traditional School (snow date) Volunteers NeededWe have an intertesting year of Porter Chess planned. We are in need of volunteers both long-term and drop-in volunteers to assist. We are looking for individuals to help with taking attendance, maintaining our chess sets, playing chess with students, tournament particition and recording game results. If you can help with any of these areas (or others), please contact Kathy. All support is appreciated and contributes to a richer environment for all our Porter chess players. We will be hosting the Porter Chess Tournament in January 2012 and are looking for volunteers to help with the tournament. We usually host between 500-600 guests on tournament day. A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS!!
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