Members of the Rock Rooks Chess Club gather each day in the library and enjoy the art and fellowship of playing chess. Friendly games of chess can be played throughout the day. Competitions, tournaments, and events are organized on campus throughout the year. With more than 100 members, Rock Rooks Chess Club shares a wide variety of skill levels ranging from beginner to advanced. All are welcome to join as the club is not just available to students, faculty, and staff, but it is open to the public as well.  Online players can join the Rock Rooks and play in frequent online tournaments via www.chess.com.

Business meetings are Wednesdays at Noon.
The club has purchased many items over the last several years and include:
1) 4 tournament triple-weighted chess sets
2) 13-volume DVD series: “CHESS THE EASY WAY” with Grandmaster Susan Polgar (available for checkout from the library).
3) 22 instructional DVDs from Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili (Available for checkout from the library).
4) 11 instructional DVDs featuring many other Grandmasters.
5) 9 Fritztrainer instructional DVD computer programs.
6) 6 books on chess instruction.
7) A DTG electronic chess set (records up to 500 moves that can be downloaded to a computer, analyzed, and uploaded onto the chess club website.
8) and a Digital Grand Master Chess Board by Excalibur Electronics. Test your skill against this computerized chess board with 100 play levels topping at the FIDE rating of 2400 (Grandmaster level).
9) Jumbo Chess Set (King’s height of 7.5 inches), and Chaos Chess (a 4-person chess variant game) donated by James Halderson.
10) Beautifully hand-crafted wooden chess board donated by Ken Hayward.
11) Two chess tables with chairs.

Instructors of chess are available with daily instructional sessions. It is hoped that we will be able to organize tournaments with other UW Schools this year and provide instructional workshops.

The Rock Rooks Executive Committee, 2008-2009
Josiah Stone (President)
Matt Webb (Vice President)
Melissa Lueck (Secretary)
Jordan Hartwig (Treasurer)
Paul Bordner (Temple Elect)
Brian Beecher (Advisor)

For more information, please contact…
Brian Beecher, Library Director and Chess Club Advisor
brian.beecher@uwc.edu

Chess Club Photos

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