{"id":3032,"date":"2022-05-23T12:03:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakearbor.knpdesigns.com\/about\/?page_id=3032"},"modified":"2022-05-26T20:14:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T20:14:16","slug":"chess","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lakearbor.knpdesigns.com\/about\/chess\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Beginners Track<\/h3>
\nWeek One: Intro to Chess
\nWeek Two: Chess Basics
\nWeek Three: Fun and Trivia
\nWeek Four: Chess Scholastics
\nWeek Five: Chess Openings
\nWeek Six: Chess Endgames
\nWeek Seven: Tournament Prep
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Intermediate \/Advanced Track<\/h3>
\nWeek One: Strategy and Tactics
\nWeek Two: Chess Scholastics
\nWeek Three: Opening Theory
\nWeek Four: Middle-game Theory
\nWeek Five: Endgame Theory
\nWeek Six: Strategy Tactics II
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Current Cohort Dates<\/h3>\nCohort 1: March 1 \u2013 March 24
\nCohort 2: March 28 \u2013 May 19
\nCohort 3: May 24 \u2013 July 14
\nCohort 4: August 30 \u2013 October 20\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Meet our Chess Coach<\/h4>\nMr. Okhomina (Mr. O) is a licensed DC attorney, educator, and competitive chess enthusiast. Mr. O grew up in Prince George\u2019s County and has over 25 years of experience playing and teaching chess, in the DMV area and internationally. Mr. O also holds a Master\u2019s degree in Education and has extensive experience teaching learners of all ages.\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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7 Interesting Chess Facts<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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During World War II, some of the top Chess players were also code breakers. British Chess Masters Harry Golombek, Stuart Milner-Barry, and H.O\u2019D. Alexander were on the team that deciphered the Nazi Enigma code.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The longest chess game theoretically possible is 5,949 moves.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Got Questions?<\/h3>\n\nPlease contact LaMont Geddis our Program Director at\u00a0 programdirector@thelafi.org<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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