Chess Club: for students who love chess or want to learn/improve their skills.
If your student already loves chess or wants to learn how to play, all are welcome. We have set up an online chess club for our school district (YKSD) so Raven and River students can play one another all over the state. This is a closed club just for our students, so when your student joins, please do the following so that we know your student is enrolled with us when the joining request comes through.
- Option 1: If your student already has a chess.com account and wants to use that one, please email cbacke@yksd.com with your student's username so that he knows to allow them into our club once they have requested to join.
- Option 2: If your student doesn't have an account yet with chess.com or if they want to make a new one for this purpose, please have them add their location to their username (i.e. ANC, DEL, ER, FAI, JUN, WAS). This will also make it fun so you can see where the students are located who you are playing against. You are welcome to use your student's district email address for this purpose which is listed in Brightways under "Credentials."
Live Games & Tournaments: Tuesdays starting at 3:30pm
Students can play games with members of our club whenever they like; however, it often takes a while when the players are not logged in at the same time and have to wait for their opponent to make a move. To help with this, we'll have live games and tournaments happening on Tuesdays starting at 3:30pm. This is a great time for your student to log in and play live games with other YKSD Chess Club members. There will also be opportunities in the future for students to earn cool rewards for their achievements and bragging rights as they level up their skills and ratings.
- Log in: https://www.chess.com/club/yksd-chess-club
- Click on "Members" in the menu on the right side of the screen.
- Click the green "challenge" button next to someone's name to start a live game with them.
- Have a question or need help? Click the envelope "send message" button next to our "Super Admin" Chuck Backe (username Bladdies) to get assistance while logged in.
