Checkmate: Wilton youths learn to master the game of chess
Posted on 07/23/2009
By LAUREN MYLO
Villager Staff Writer
WILTON — Students pressed up against the door Wednesday waiting to be let in to the craft room at the Wilton Library for the second session of the six-week chess program.
After they were allowed to enter, within seconds they were moving rooks and knights across the board.
Despite their young ages — the session is open for children in grades three through seven — the children have a passion for the game of logic.
“Chess is like, one of my favorite sports,” said 7-year-old Andrew Segall, one of the participants.
Andrew’s brother Ethan, 12, said his teacher went to Germany to play, and with chess, it doesn’t matter what language you speak.
“It’s goes across all different cultures too,” he said. Ethan is a veteran player who was helping Scholastic chess instructor Christopher Potts coach the younger children (most were under age 10).
Potts, the founder of the Norwalk Children’s Chess Club, was instructing beginners on the history and the game itself and teaching the experienced players other skills like castling, the only move in chess where two pieces may be moved.
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She’s cute.
She needs to learn the touch rule.