UTD to honor chess educator at ChessFest
Kim Felder
Issue date: 2/26/07
UTD’s annual ChessFest, Feb. 27-28, will feature a talk by chess educator David MacEnulty, who will receive the “Chess Educator of the Year” award at the festival.
MacEnulty is currently head of the Dalton Chess Academy and will be speaking of “Chess and Emotional Development: Helping the Child,” 7 p.m. on Feb. 27 in the library’s McDermott Suite. His effort to improve the lives of children through the game of chess was showcased in the 2005 A&E Network movie “Knights of the South Bronx.”
“David MacEnulty’s knowledge is born out of many years of actual classroom experience of teaching chess to children,” UTD Chess program Director James Stallings said. “His ideas are down to earth and practical.”
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I am really interested in knowing what David MacEnulty has to say about Chess and Emotional Development of the Child. Some of the parents at my son’s school have begun to question whether the chess program should continue because they feel that chess, particularly tournament chess, puts too much pressure on children. I think it depends on the child, the parents and the coach as in all sports.