chess tournament

no one from my school won a game today... the competition all knew how to checkmate, and that's a pretty important concept, seeing how it's the only way to win the game. my students couldn't grasp the concept that you don't win by killing the opponent's king, but by trapping the opponent's king. even those who had been taught last year and had all this time to practice didn't get it... in the awards ceremony, two of the winners were some truly gifted students from whittier primary, whose father is their coach and one of my favorite teachers from bradley university. other winners came from a family whose last name is 'vijay' and whose parents didn't speak english. i plan to begin chess lessons much earlier next year. and since my first chess students will be in third grade next year, i think we'll have a good foundation. i spent quite a lot of time with these students. chess.