| Emporia Chess Society
Emporia, Kansas |
Emporia Open Chess Tournament (2007).
The Emporia Chess Society is an informal association of chess players and supporters in the Emporia vicinity of east-central Kansas. The society was organized by Emile Darga and Chris Seeman in 2003. The club meets twice weekly for recreational chess games, analysis, instruction, and practice.
People of all ages and levels of chess experience are welcome! Preschool to seniors, beginner to expert players. There is no charge or membership dues. Come every week or just when you are able to play a game of chess. Bring your own chess set, if you have one.
| Granada Coffee Company
809 Commercial
Mondays: 6:30-9:00 pm
Saturdays: 1:30-4:00 pm |
Chess coaches: James Aber and Robert Hossfeld have received chess coach training from the Karpov International School of Chess in Lindsborg, Kansas (see below). They received instruction from Grandmaster Yury Shulman and International Masters Pascal Charbonneau and Irina Krush in July 2004. They are available to help beginning players understand and improve their chess skills.
Summer course for scholastic chess coaching (2008).
ECS News
- June 2008: Pyramid Pizza recently closed, so Saturday meeting changed to Granada Coffee Company (see above).
- September 2007: James Aber returned lately from a trip to Slovakia and Poland, where chess playing and wooden chess sets are quite popular. He acquired a hexagonal chess set designed for three players. This game was selected as the best new product in Poland in 2005. The game is exciting and fast paced. Without any opening theory, tactics and temporary alliances become more important than long-term strategy for winning.
| Six-sided chess set for three players. The three-color division of the board is for beginning players of this game. All pieces move just as in normal chess, but the added dimension makes for many more possible moves. |
| Vertical view from a church tower of outdoor chess at a souvenir stand in central Košice, Slovakia. For a small fee, anyone can play chess. |
- July 2007: Zach Button took first place in the scholastic division of the Kansas Chess Open tournament. Congratulations Zach, who has become a top contender in Kansas scholastic chess!
- Feb. 2007: James Aber presented a pair of stained-glass panels to the Karpov Chess School in Lindsborg, Kansas. He designed and built the panels, which depict stylized king and queen chess symbols. The panels are displayed in windows of the school. Aber made similar panels for the Emporia Chess Society, which hang in windows at the Granada Coffee Company.
| Susan Aber (left) and James Aber (center) hold stained-glass panels in front of the Karpov Chess School along with school president Marck Cobb. Photo by John Marshall, Lindsborg News-Record.
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- Feb. 2007: Zach Button competed in the McPherson Scholastic Chess tournament. He took 2nd place in the overall individual (K-12), winning five games out of six. Congratulation to Zach!
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