SEMMES LIBRARY CHESS EVENT AND MORE

SEMMES LIBRARY CHESS EVENT AND MORE

Semmes Chess Event and More

Thursdays  4:00 p.m. till 6:00 p.m

Conference room.

 ALL ages welcomed

15060 Judson Rd, San Antonio, TX 78247

Semmes Library Chess Event and More !

Want to know how play chess?

 

Just want a match with fans of the game of Kings?

Come by every Thursday afternoon at the Semmes.

 

Other activities include checkers, and math games.

Bring your board or use ours.

 

However, we do have Chess lessons  self paced- online: 

 View Pages  on the right side of this article.

 

Bring your own chess boards, some will be available.

I recommend to bring wipes and and sanitizer for game pieces and players. 

Chess Lessons for Beginners

Chess Lessons for Beginners

 

 I have introduced a new page in this blog dedicated for beginners. A series of chess lessons with video, quiz, and games. 

To access note the top right of this blog, on top of my picture.

Just press Semmes Beginner Chess Lessons.  
Enjoy

Pawns a game just played with pawns.

Pawns

a game just played with pawns.

Objective: To learn how a pawn moves, takes and works with pawns to create defensive structures. 

                  Learn how to take advantage of a passed pawn.

How to Play:

Set up your board with only pawns:

As in regular chess make sure the board is correctly set with H1 is on the right white square

White side moves first.

Pawns move and take like a regular chess game.

First Pawn to reach the last row wins.

Texas Chess Coach : George De La Rosa

The Texas Chess Coach

Looking for advance lessons for your student chess player or yourself?  Check out: Texas Chess Coach : George De La Rosa!

Contact Info:
210-884-6799
gdchess@satx.rr.com

or go to his website:  https://texaschesscoach.com/ 

George has coached many of my students. We won several Regionals at Foster Elementary and has guided some the students to do very well at State competition.