Chess Tournament

This year Noah started going to chess club and he's really enjoyed it. He gets to stay after school each Monday. His best friend Jackson is also in it. So every Monday Jackson's mom and I take turns picking the boys up from chess club.

On Saturday, Todd took Noah to the Charles County Chess Tournament at Westlake High School. Noah's was in the Kindergarten to Second Grade division. He had a lot of fun and even came in 3rd place! (His friend Jackson came in 2nd.) That's pretty good for not really learning how to play chess.

In chess club, they just let the kids play, but they don't actually teach them how to play chess; they're supposed to already know. And we don't play often at home. So Noah did an awesome job without any coaching or knowing any special strategies. Maybe now we'll actually start playing with him more, and helping him to learn more about chess. (Although, we'll have to learn to, because he probably already knows as much as I do about chess. I know the rules on how the pieces are supposed to move, but that's about it.)