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Co-ordinator

Raji Swaminathan

When do we meet?

Tuesdays 2.54 to 3.30 p.m.

Where do we meet?

Room 82 Shah Hall

Activities: Chess lessons (learn different chess openings, analyze middle and end game positions), Chess Tournaments.

Chess Quotes and Tips

Chess is life - Bobby Fischer.

Chess is like life - Boris Spassky.

Chess is everything - art, science and sport - Anatoly Karpov.

When you see a good move, wait - look for a better one - Emanuel Lasker.

Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the end game like a machine - Spielmann.

All that matters on the chessboard is good moves - Bobby Fischer.

The pawns are the soul of chess - Philidor.

The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made - Tartakover.

Chess is 99% tactics - Teichmann.

The pin is mightier than the sword - Reinfeld.

Every pawn is a potential queen - Mason.

A passed pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes - Capablanca.

Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all - Mikhail Chigorin.

Chess is the art of analysis - Botvinnik.

Chess Links:

Chess kids

Chess for kids

Kids love Chess

United States Chess Federation