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Chess

Town of Gilbert, Arizona May Cut Special Needs Services

May 4, 2009

The following is posted with permission in reference to the 5/5/09 meeting: On next Wednesday’s Town Council agenda, there is an item relating to the proposed budget for next year. On page 8 of the council communication there is a listing of services that will be considered for elimination from the budget…one of those items [...]

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Meltdown at the Chess Tournament

February 23, 2008

I posted earlier today that I’m not in Chess Mom mode; Chess Dad took Alexander to his second chess tournament.  I received a happy call from Alexander after every game who proudly proclaimed that he lost but had fun.  The final round was supposed to start at 2:00 pm our time; the phone rings at [...]

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Not A Chess Mom Today

February 23, 2008

I somehow managed to talk my husband into taking my son to today’s chess tournament.  My husband does not like crowds and new situations.  We’ve played around with several online autism screening tools and he always scores quite high on the “maybe an Aspie” tests.  I even had him fill out The Ritvo Autism Asperger’s [...]

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I Am Officially A Chess Mom

February 16, 2008

I knew I would never be a soccer mom; I tried the tee-ball mom thing for a season and that didn’t work out either.  As of today, I am officially a chess mom.  At the urging of the coach of the chess club at my son’s school, I took Alexander to his first chess tournament [...]

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My Son – A Natural at Chess?

February 15, 2008

Last month my son attended his first chess club meeting; chess club meets for an hour before school on Friday mornings.  That was his first, and up until today only, chess club meeting.  They went over the names of the chess pieces and the allowed moves.  That weekend my son and I played chess and [...]

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