sure have a tourny why not?
I need some ideas for my chess club
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Sounds good so far.
In the 1980s, I remembered there was a GM named Sammy Reshevsky(sp?) who offered to give training lessons and lectures for a fee. We couldn't afford it but he did suggest holding Themed Tournaments after a lecture, to hone your play (this was in the pre-computer age) and drive home the lessons. So, one night there'd be an evening where everybody played the same openings: King's Indian Defenses (including the Gruenfeld variation), Ruy Lopez, Sicilian, etc.
Mike
That's a good start, but be more creative. Remember, people in college tend
to be more open to new ideas than at any other time in their lives.
Try to get more women involved by having a Ladies Night, which in turn would
immediately get more guys interested. You could even buy a couple dozen roses
and hand one to each lady who comes.
Get a DJ (There are plenty there I'm sure) to volunteer to play music and have
a combination dance mixer and chess party. You'd be surprised how many "cool"
people will admit they like chess. Robert Hess was a football star in high school,
as a matter of fact.
Invite some people from other clubs at the college, people who join one
club tend to join several.
Have a students versus faculty chess challenge, that would generate huge
interest.
Put up inexpensive flyers on bulletin boards all over the college, that won't
cost you very much.
As far as raising the skill level of everyone, that's a much tougher issue,
people improve very slowly at chess. How about starting a group for your college right here
at Chess.com with you as the Super-Administrator?
Hi guys,
regularly scheduled meetings
Club tournament (for college championship)
Chess 960
ladder standings/rankings
Dec 10, 2009
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challenging other schools would be exciting, even over correspondence.
challenging the faculty or any teachers interested.
regular tournaments/themed tournaments within your club.
tactics lessons should be done regularly for sure.
maybe a challenge where the students themselves have to bring in tactical positions and if they can stump the club then they win a prize.
if you can get speakers in to lecture that would be amazing!
find out who there favorite players are and bring in their games to go over and analyze.
take games from your students themselves and analyze them as a group (a great learning technique for all).
and getting your club to sign up on chess.com and joining a team altogether would obviously be beneficial.
Readily available beer and dancing girls will ensure an enthusiastic congregation.
By the way, the Arizona Scorpions of the U.S. Chess League are members
right here at Chess.com (Chess.com/ArizonaScorpions).
I don't know where in the state they are based, but you can message them
here or send them a note.
Perhaps they will be willing to help you out in some fashion.
This is a lot of good replys so far. Thanks guys!
I'm not so sure Chess looks good on a resume. If I'm at work and its kind of slow most folk jump online, I can be found online checking out my list of games on various different websites and I'm always getting chinned for it.
Nobody seems to mind women sitting reading celebrity BS though. Or checking out shoes or whatever women do online.
Over the years i have come to realise that the best way to keep people following you is to meet their needs ,solve their problem and profer directions for them ,they will always follow you.
The point is what do they lack in terms of extra curicular activities fuse chess in to that and you get an outstanding result.
Jun 1, 2022
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zankfrappa wrote:
That's a good start, but be more creative. Remember, people in college tend
to be more open to new ideas than at any other time in their lives.
Try to get more women involved by having a Ladies Night, which in turn would
immediately get more guys interested. You could even buy a couple dozen roses
and hand one to each lady who comes.
Get a DJ (There are plenty there I'm sure) to volunteer to play music and have
a combination dance mixer and chess party. You'd be surprised how many "cool"
people will admit they like chess. Robert Hess was a football star in high school,
as a matter of fact.
Invite some people from other clubs at the college, people who join one
club tend to join several.
Have a students versus faculty chess challenge, that would generate huge
interest.
Put up inexpensive flyers on bulletin boards all over the college, that won't
cost you very much.
As far as raising the skill level of everyone, that's a much tougher issue,
people improve very slowly at chess. How about starting a group for your college right here
at Chess.com with you as the Super-Administrator?
Dude, that will get men having love with women, You need something that effects like a virus, that will get your club growing so rapidly, scout through big clubs or other websites and you will get some ideas
So near the beginning of the semester I voluntereed to be the president of the chess club at my school (a community college). I was not, and still am not, a great chess player, but having enjoyed the game as a child and looking for activities that would look nice on a resume, I decided it wouldn't be a bad idea.
So throughout the semester we had a few meeting. I'd bring a book on chess I had checked out on the library and we go over a few tactics, we'd play some games. I think overall we had about 4 meetings over 3 months. To be honest, I just didn't know what to do.
Recently I have been playing a lot. I must have been bitten by a chess bug because I can't stop thinking about this game, and now I really want whatever small chess community exists at my school to grow. So I'm looking for ideas to two things. Bring new players in to the club, and raise the skill level of everyone who plays.
As I've been slowly improving I'm beginning to a feel more confident, so teaching basic tactics and openings are within my comfort level now. We have some good resources, such as a computer hooked up to a projector, so giving lessons/demonstrations on that would be cool. I was thinking I could do it using powerpoint presentations, but I'm not sure how that would work out.
So far I have thought of making a ranking battle, where people play games against everyone in the club and their wins and losses are recorded, and the top players at the end of the season would be awarded prizes.
Comments or suggestions?