Online Classes, Events & Tournaments, and Services
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Class Schedule for Adults & Advanced Scholastic players |
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Day & Time (all in PT) |
Class |
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Monday 4:00 - 5:30PM |
Chess Cafe -- Ongoing |
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Monday 6:00 - 7:00PM |
ZugZwang by GM Nick de Firmian -- Sept 24 - Oct 18 |
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Wednesday 5:00 - 6:00PM |
Free Adult Beginner Class for Mechanics' Members -- Aug 11 - Sep 29 |
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Wednesday 6:30 - 8:00PM |
The Art of Defense -- Sep 15 - Oct 20 |
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Wednesday 7:00 - 8:00PM |
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Sunday 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Free Women's Class by Sophie Adams - ongoing |
Classes are 60 or 90 minutes long and conducted via zoom meeting. Details of the class, including the link to the zoom meeting, are sent via email prior to the first class, and reminder emails are sent before each class in the session.
1) Mondays 4:00-5:30PM PT --- Chess Cafe
Course Dates: Ongoing
Casual meeting to talk about chess, life and everything. Join 3-time US Champion GM Nick de Firmian and FM Paul Whitehead as they give a lecture and class in a fun casual atmosphere where you can discuss games, learn strategy, discuss chess current events and interact in a fun casual atmosphere. Enter our Monday chess café for the pure love of the game. Class suitable for ALL level of players and FREE for MI members.
More information: https://www.milibrary.org/chess/chess-cafe
Register: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2021OnlineClasses/2021ChessCafe
2) Mondays 6:00-7:00PM - Zugzwang by GM Nick de Firmian
Course Dates: Sept 27 through Oct 18 (4 weeks)
3) Wednesdays 5-PM - Free Adult Beginner Class for Mechanics' Members
Current session: August 11 - September 29, 2021
Are you an adult who wants to put learning chess on top of your New Year's resolution! Get a head start with us at the Mechanics' Institute! This virtual class is open to any MI member who has no knowledge of the game or who knows the very basics and wants to improve. Taught by MI Chess Director Abel Talamantez along with Judit Sztaray and other MI staff, we will patiently walk through all the basics at a pace suitable for our class. Our goal is to teach piece movement basics, checkmate patterns, importance of development, and general strategy. We will also show students how to play online so they may practice. The goal of the class is to open a new world of fun and joy through the magic and beauty of chess, from one of the oldest and proudest chess clubs in the world.
More information: https://www.milibrary.org/chess/free-adult-beginner-class-mechanics-members
Registere here: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2021OnlineClasses/FreeAdultBeginnerClassforMechanicsMembersAugSep2021
5) Wednesdays 6:30-8PM - The Art of Defense by FM Paul Whitehead -- Course Dates: Sept 15 through Oct 20 (6 classes)
We all want to attack, but to be comfortable and skillful at defense is just as important.
Learn how to safeguard your king and drum up counterplay using chapters and examples taken from The Art of Defense in Chess, by Polugaevsky and Damsky (1988). Stalemate, Blockade, Trench Warfare, Counterattack, Traps: these are just a few of the concepts we will take up in this six-week course. Be prepared for a little homework - and become a chess player who's hard to beat!
Information: https://www.milibrary.org/chess/art-defense-fm-paul-whitehead
Register: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2021OnlineClasses/TheArtofDefensebyFMPaulWhiteheadSeptOct2021
6) Wednesdays 7-8PM - Chess Tactics for Developing Players by Coach Colin Schober
Course Dates: September 15 through November 15 (10 classes)
Tactics are the magic of chess. The study of tactics involves applying your knowledge of chess to unlock mysteries on the chessboard for a material or winning advantage. What's more, they are a lot of fun to learn, producing an equivalent excitement to any Sudoku or New York Times crossword puzzle. In this class for new and developing players, we will cover elementary tactics such as pins, forks, skewers, and discoveries and then move on to combinations. We will move at a smooth pace to ensure understanding and provide resources for additional practice away from the class. Students will be challenged while having fun in this continuation class for any chess enthusiast and participants from our beginner class.
More information: https://www.milibrary.org/chess/chess-tactics-developing-players
Register: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2021OnlineClasses/ChessTacticsforDevelopingPlayers
7) Free Women's Online Chess Class by FIDE trainer Sophie Adams
Sundays 10AM - 12PM - ongoing
Come join us on Sundays as we are offering a free class for women from 10am-12pm(noon) online.
Coached by FIDE Trainer Sophie Adams, this class is for women and girls looking to develop their chess skills with a community of women. Knowledge of piece movements and mates is expected. Registration is required so we may send the links for players to join. Zoom will be required to participate, and we will include optional links to participate in online platforms like chess.com if players would like to play with each other online.
Be sure to be a part of the Mechanics' Women's Chess Club on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/club/mechanics-womens-club
If you haven't already joined, please click request to JOIN and please put your full name when requesting.
If you are not yet part of the club, you can also choose to send your username to us, and we can send you an invite.
We are proud to offer this opportunity to bring communities together through chess.
More information: https://www.milibrary.org/chess/free-womens-online-chess-class
Class is free, but must register to receive class information: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2021OnlineClasses/FREEWomensOnlineChessClassSundays1012
Testimonials about our classes
" It was fascinating to me and a wonderful challenge. Now I have many directions to follow in my studies, and I am newly interested in the history of many of these World Champions. Paul had obviously done a great deal of research, and I can't believe how much I learned in speeding through so many games. I enjoyed both Part I and Part II very much. I've done more reading about chess and chess history than I have playing chess. " Terri C.
"I continue to be impressed by the level of service the Chess Team provide to chess players. I believe that "The Queen's Gambit" is having an impact comparable to Bobby Fischer in the '70's!" Larry S.
Game Annotation and Analysis from 3-Time US Champion GM Nick de Firmian
https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2021OnlineClasses/GameAnalysispackageGMNickdeFirmian