starting up a chess club?

What are the fun activities that can be incorporated intoa chess club in a school to lift its profile and fit in with the students of today?

1. keep a ladder with the positions of each player visible to all.

2. play other schools, if only in an informal way.

3. play one correspondence game with another school, accepting input from all

4. divide group up into two teams. everybody plays one move on a board, then goes on to the next. not playing two moves in a row on one board.

5. invite a good player to give a simul, giving away prizes to any who win or simply the best game

6. play one minute games in a tournament. always fun to see pieces flying around

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thanks you two! 🙂

already, with your great direction we are on the way to being much more innovative and therefore are able to give our students more chess experiences and opportunities!

thanks again for your superb and immediate replies, we certainly like to act quickly and you two are helping to facilitate fast innovations to happen in our club

Place a ghetto blaster beside each board.

Refreshments! More important than anything else. Especially if the club is after school. Kids that age circle brownies like sharks injured fish. talk to the home economics teacher. see what they can cook up.