Hello! Below are the tentative meeting dates through the end of 2024. We have five dates for 2024 we are aiming for (October 14th is locked in but the others may be subject to change) and we should have at least seven meetings in 2025 through the end of March. This year we will meet at the Germantown Public Library once per month. We are still determining how to hold the other half of the meetings. The JV group will meet from 5:00-6:00 and Varsity will meet from 6:00-7:00 (the library closes at 7:30). Updates on meeting locations and cancellations for weather or other reasons will be posted in the blog section of the ia-chess.com website and will also be emailed to parents. You can find upcoming scholastic tournaments here: https://www.ia-chess.com/tournaments or on kingregistration.com.

The structure of the JV meetings typically goes as follows: students may start with some warm-up puzzles either on sheets or to be solved on the demonstration board. This is followed by a short lesson on the demonstration board that generally follows the curriculum of the Dutch Steps Method (working on tactical fundamentals and decision making by applying specific questions to the position at hand). After this, the students are either given specific training positions to play or they pair up against each other for practice games.

For Varsity, this group also begins with usually around 5 tactical warm-up exercises. Then the coach gives a presentation on some middlegame or endgame theme or leads a group game analysis if any of the players have recent tournament games. After this, the players usually play a training game with clocks and notation. 

When: Mondays 5-7 PM - October 14 (library), October 28 (TBD), November 11 (library), November 25 (TBD), December 9th (TBD) Once the 2025 dates have been locked in they will be posted in the blog section of the ia-chess.com website. 

Where: Germantown Community Library - N112W16957 Mequon Rd, Germantown, WI 53022 (in the large community room).