Mission Statement:
Our club is here to introduce chess to as many willing individuals who may want to explore, study and play the most ancient game of all time.
For those students, who may just want to play on a social level and build up their playing skills, by sharing ideas and by sheer experimentation. Another level of chess is for those students who enjoy the battle of chess pieces across 64 squares,and by going to tournaments and building up their rating points.
Either way, chess is a universal sport, crossing all boundaries and social barriers. It is an exciting and educational journey. Enjoy each moment and share your experiences and knowledge with others, who may also fall in love in the art of playing a good game of chess.
Goals:
The Surrey School District # 36 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada has 124 schools located in Surrey and White Rock, serving more than 67,200 students.
We have 104 Elementary and 20 Secondary Schools in our local area.
Ideally, it would be nice to have active chess clubs in all of our Elementary and Secondary Schools, just like soccer, basketball, badminton, etc. are considered active sports, so too, chess is an active sport that requires a lot of mental thinking and planning ahead and one also has to have a lot of physical endurance, to compete against other students and trying to win their games.
Our Annual Chess Tournament usually tops off at 160 to about 185 chess students from various Elementary and Secondary Schools, with the emphasis on the younger generation showing up at the Chess Challenges.
One can only imagine if just 1% of each school's population would send in just a few of their best players, we would have 672 students participating. Now what if 10% per cent of the student population played chess ( 6,720 ) and only 2% ( 1,344 ) decided to represent their schools at our Annual Chess Challenges, it would be a tremendous boost, supporting our local chess playing kids, to meet other kids who also love playing chess and enjoy the creative, artistic and competitiveness of the game.
I believe that with a lot of patience, time and energy, and teaching chess in our local schools, we can definitely bring up the number of chess participants at our Annual Chess Challenges. Encourage your son(s) and or daughter(s), to try this most interesting game, to develop their minds and to meet knew friends and challenging each to a good game of chess.
Personally, I would like to thank all the parents, students, grandparents, young adults, caregivers and all the schools that support chess as a great learning activity.
For those students, who may just want to play on a social level and build up their playing skills, by sharing ideas and by sheer experimentation. Another level of chess is for those students who enjoy the battle of chess pieces across 64 squares,and by going to tournaments and building up their rating points.
Either way, chess is a universal sport, crossing all boundaries and social barriers. It is an exciting and educational journey. Enjoy each moment and share your experiences and knowledge with others, who may also fall in love in the art of playing a good game of chess.
Goals:
The Surrey School District # 36 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada has 124 schools located in Surrey and White Rock, serving more than 67,200 students.
We have 104 Elementary and 20 Secondary Schools in our local area.
Ideally, it would be nice to have active chess clubs in all of our Elementary and Secondary Schools, just like soccer, basketball, badminton, etc. are considered active sports, so too, chess is an active sport that requires a lot of mental thinking and planning ahead and one also has to have a lot of physical endurance, to compete against other students and trying to win their games.
Our Annual Chess Tournament usually tops off at 160 to about 185 chess students from various Elementary and Secondary Schools, with the emphasis on the younger generation showing up at the Chess Challenges.
One can only imagine if just 1% of each school's population would send in just a few of their best players, we would have 672 students participating. Now what if 10% per cent of the student population played chess ( 6,720 ) and only 2% ( 1,344 ) decided to represent their schools at our Annual Chess Challenges, it would be a tremendous boost, supporting our local chess playing kids, to meet other kids who also love playing chess and enjoy the creative, artistic and competitiveness of the game.
I believe that with a lot of patience, time and energy, and teaching chess in our local schools, we can definitely bring up the number of chess participants at our Annual Chess Challenges. Encourage your son(s) and or daughter(s), to try this most interesting game, to develop their minds and to meet knew friends and challenging each to a good game of chess.
Personally, I would like to thank all the parents, students, grandparents, young adults, caregivers and all the schools that support chess as a great learning activity.
