We learned a few of the basics, including Castling and then Alex played against all of the Booth & Dimock Members present. We followed up with an hour of playing against ourselves.
The Booth & Dimock Chess Club will be meeting again on Friday, February 11th from 2:45pm-5:00pm.
Tom and Alex invited anyone who was interested to attend the UCONN Chess Club on Tuesdays at 7:30pm. You can find out more about the UCONN Chess Club here. Alex recommended ChessCube as a great place to play against others online.
Don't forget the Booth & Dimock Memorial Library has some excellent books on the history of Chess and how to play the game.One of the chess facts learned is that Chess was often used in medieval literature to bring star-crossed lovers such as Lancelot and Guinevere together and was considered a crucial attribute of heroes such as King Arthur.---From the book The Art of Chess by Colleen Schafroth.
