Chess Will Be A Competitive Event At LISD Schools

Chess Will Be A Competitive Event At LISD Schools
By: Brooke Thomas
CBS - TV / Lubbock, TX

Chess will now be a new competitive event at LISD schools

Its part of a partnership between the University Scholastic League and Texas Tech.

2nd through 8th grade students all across the state will compete in 30 minute chess competitions in the form of an exam.

They'll solve chess puzzles designed by chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar.

The first students to correctly solve 20 puzzles before the time runs out will win the competition.

"It teaches students responsibility. There's all sorts of the positive things that chess can do. This not only helps students but it also helps teachers in our schools," said Lynn Elms, Texas Tech Division of Institutional Diversity.

The chess program is the first competition Texas Tech has ever proposed to UIL.

The first event will be in January.

Source: http://everythinglubbock.com

SPICE activity update

Through the special invitation by Assistant Superintendent Jack Booe, I attended the Administrative Staff Meeting earlier this morning. I was asked to address all the principles, assistant principles and key educators about the importance of chess and education, chess in the schools, and how chess can help children acquire many critical skills which can help them in school and in life.

There are approximately 55 schools (up to 12th grade) in Lubbock with approximately 28,000 students. This is one of the goals of SPICE. We hope to be able to introduce chess to every child in Lubbock.