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jim and sloan on chess
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harry potter chess in 2017
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24 to 28 July 2017 Chess Camp Diploma
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Want to learn the game?
This is for adults too.
All Ages.
Want to learn some tricky opens?
We can do this.

4 Sunday Afternoons - 2pm to 4pm
or try just one session

Starting November 6, 2022

Registration open

Email jimmoyer1@gmail.com
 

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure. - Kasparov

Past Schedules

Welcome to Chess in 2022 !!

16th Year of Jim Moyer Chess Camps
with
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum

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Summer 2022
 
First Camp: July 18-22 M-F from 9AM-12 Noon
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this was consolidated with first camp
2nd Camp August 1st to 5th  M-F from 9AM-12 Noon
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Golden Rule
Touch Move
 
Castling
 
Knight Move

 

 

Pawn Moves
En Passant
Pawns attacking
Pawns on 8th row

 

 

Stalemate
Tie Game Scenarios
Opening fundamentals 
French Defense Fort Knox

​French Defense

Scilian Defense

 

US Chess Federation

http://www.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,323/

 

Virginia Chess

http://www.vachess.org/

Rook and King
Rook and Rook
Scholar's Mate 4 moves
2 and 3 and 4 move mate
Bishop and Knight
Bishop and Bishop
 
Pins
Forks
Discovered Check
The video to the right shows some of the Westminster Chess Club playing at the Handley Library's outdoor chess board to commemorate The Mike Foreman Rotary Reading Garden September 25, 2013, Wednesday at 5pm. The man in the white cap is 100 years young.
 
 
 
Later on October 12, 2013 at 2pm. Handley Library. The Westminster Chess Club met to teach chess down stairs next to the Archives.

 

 

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