Niles West Chess

Niles West Chess 2020-21

Chess Club meets Mondays and Thursdays after school from 2:00 - 4:30 on Zoom. Zoom Link

North Suburban Chess League

We will play against area schools on Fridays this year. Expect to play from 3:30-6:30 PM for single matches, and 3:30 to 9:30 for doubles. The dates for 2020/2021 are:

10-19 - NSCL Individual Opener - Niles North

10-16 vs. Lakes (Black) & Round Lake (White)

10-23 vs. (White) Evanston & (Black) Stevenson

10-30 vs. (Black) Niles North & (White) Highland Park

11-6 vs. (Black) Fox Lake & (White) Grant

11-7 - Evanston Team Tournament - ETHS

11-13- (Black) New Trier & (White) Maine South

11-20 - BYE

12- 4 vs. (White) North Ridge Prep

12-11 vs (Black) Glenbrook North & (White) Glenbrook South

1-23 NSCL League Tournament @ TBD

1-30 Sectionals @ TBD

2-12 & 2-13 - IHSA State Tournament @ Peoria IL (leave 6th period Thursday and return late on Saturday)

TBD US Chess National H.S. Championship in Schaumburg.

Chess Tournaments

We will play tournaments against many schools. These last pretty much all day, as we will play around 4 rounds. Plan to be to school by 7:30 am unless otherwise noted and return around 6:00pm.

Chess Websites:

www.thechesswebsite.com

Nice opening visualizations. Some practice setups.

https://www.youtube.com/user/thechesswebsite

http://chessopenings.com/

Lots of videos describing openings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)

One way of notating game

Curriculum and Activity Night is Jan

Puzzle of the Week

White to move, mate in two!