Chess for Schools
Southside Chess hosts chess clubs, classes, camps, and scholastic tournaments for schools and students in Eugene, Oregon. Since 1993 Southside chess instructor Jerry Ramey has guided elementary, middle school and high school students to more than 75 state titles. Two students have won national championships and three have achieved the title of Chess Master. Read more...
Upcoming Events
Due to the Coronavirus, Southside Chess has suspended all in-person school chess clubs, small-group in-person classes and in-person tournaments, probably until the winter or spring of 2022.
That being said, we have developed an outstanding online chess program in which your child can participate now! Our online classes using the video-conferencing software 'Zoom' in conjunction with the chess engine 'HIARCS' have had great results. We feel confident that our online program is as good as and may be in some ways better than in-person teaching.
One key is that our chess engine has an attractive chess board diagram which appears on the students’ screens and allows us to move the pieces around to explore different variations of the chess positions we study. The kids need something interesting to look at, and this fits the bill. We can also cover a lot of ground quickly and make liberal use of many online chess resources, as well. One of our objectives is to teach students to access and utilize those resources.
We will offer classes for Beginners Only, Beginner/Intermediate, and Intermediate/Advanced. Further, the classes will be tailored to the makeup of the student group. i.e., a group with more highly-rated students will be presented with more advanced material, although the theme of each class category will remain consistent.
Go to 'Online Classes' for more info, class schedule and to register.
CONTACT JERRY RAMEY FOR MORE INFO: 541-232-0328 (leave voicemail or text) or email j-adoube@efn.org.
Note regarding phone calls: Robocalls and sales calls to my phone have exploded over the last several months and have become entirely unmanageable. If your number is not on my phone's contact list, your call will go to voicemail. Please leave a message, and I will return your call.
That being said, we have developed an outstanding online chess program in which your child can participate now! Our online classes using the video-conferencing software 'Zoom' in conjunction with the chess engine 'HIARCS' have had great results. We feel confident that our online program is as good as and may be in some ways better than in-person teaching.
One key is that our chess engine has an attractive chess board diagram which appears on the students’ screens and allows us to move the pieces around to explore different variations of the chess positions we study. The kids need something interesting to look at, and this fits the bill. We can also cover a lot of ground quickly and make liberal use of many online chess resources, as well. One of our objectives is to teach students to access and utilize those resources.
We will offer classes for Beginners Only, Beginner/Intermediate, and Intermediate/Advanced. Further, the classes will be tailored to the makeup of the student group. i.e., a group with more highly-rated students will be presented with more advanced material, although the theme of each class category will remain consistent.
Go to 'Online Classes' for more info, class schedule and to register.
CONTACT JERRY RAMEY FOR MORE INFO: 541-232-0328 (leave voicemail or text) or email j-adoube@efn.org.
Note regarding phone calls: Robocalls and sales calls to my phone have exploded over the last several months and have become entirely unmanageable. If your number is not on my phone's contact list, your call will go to voicemail. Please leave a message, and I will return your call.
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