All the Right Moves

These resources may help you with your school chess club or classroom, or as a parent teaching the game to your daughter or son.

• Lesson plan for teachers (U.S. Chess Center) www.chessctr.org/teaching.php "These lesson plans are designed to be used by teachers with no background in chess. Each of these lessons is a chapter in the book and may be downloaded and printed." Posted at 8:05pm on Sat, May 09 2009

• Teaching Life Skills through Chess (Fernando Moreno) www.chessville.com/reviews/TeachingLifeSkillsThroughChess.htm Montgomery County Schools' own Fernando Moreno (counselor, Broad Acres ES) has written a book about chess and how it can help with teaching. The link leads to a "Chessville" review of Mr. Moreno's book by Steve Rubin, with a link to the Amazon.com order page for the book if you decide you'd like to buy it. Posted at 8:46pm on Sat, May 09 2009

• U.S. Chess Center www.chessctr.org/ "The U.S. Chess Center teaches chess to children, especially those in the inner city, as a means of improving their academic and social skills. In our fifteen years we have taught tens of thousands of children the rules, strategy and etiquette of the game. " Posted at 8:24pm on Sat, May 09 2009

These are general chess resources. We're staying away from online games and forums here since we hope readers are working with school chess clubs.

• Maryland Chess Association www.serve.com/mdchess/ Sponsors Maryland chess tournaments (the Maryland Open, the Eastern Chess Congress, the Maryland Action, the Maryland Junior and Senior Championships, the Maryland Scholastic, and the Maryland Team Championships, etc.) Posted at 8:58pm on Sat, May 09 2009

• The United States Chess Federation www.uschess.org/ "The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is the official, not-for-profit US membership organization for chess players and chess supporters of all ages and strengths, from beginners to Grandmasters." Posted at 8:43pm on Sat, May 09 2009

• World Chess Federation (FIDE) www.fide.com/index.php Founded in Paris on 20 July 1924, the World Chess Federation (Federation Internationale des Echecs, known as FIDE from its French acronym) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the supreme body, responsible for the organization of chess and its championships at global and continental levels. Following its recognition as an International Organization in 1989, FIDE was recognized by the IOC in June 1999 as an International Sports Federation. Posted at 9:03pm on Sat, May 09 2009

• More chess, less violence (Katz Miller, Takoma/SSprg Voice, May 2009) www.takoma.com/archives/copy/2009/05/schoolscene0509.html "State Senator Jamie Raskin wants to launch a national 'chess movement.' In his first move, he plans to use chess to capture every school in Montgomery County and promote the game as an alternative to gang violence. Or at least that is the goal of 'All the Right Moves,' a new organization founded by Raskin, school guidance counselor Fernando Moreno, Impact Silver Spring, and a coalition of community activists. Posted at 12:02pm on Tue, May 12 2009

• In death, students leave lasting legacies (Tomassini, Montgomery Gazette) www.gazette.net/stories/06032009/silvnew183319_32521.shtml Posted at 9:17pm on Sat, Jun 06 2009