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| The Wisconsin Chess Rating by Bob Patterson-Sumwalt Students and adults playing in WSCF tournaments receive a Wisconsin rating. WSCF has been calculating this rating since its inception in 2004. Since then over 4500 players have participated in WSCF events. In the 2010 – 2011 season alone, 1400 players played in WSCF tournaments. From this pool of players WSCF calculates the Wisconsin rating using the WinTDchess tournament management software. |
| Using Chess as an Educational Tool by Bob Patterson-Sumwalt Chess has been touted for centuries as a way of educating the mind in preparation for life. The same is true today: Googling “Chess in Education” results in 998,000 hits. Interest in chess as an educational tool began in 1779, when Benjamin Franklin wrote:
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Chess Empowers Young Minds
by Bob Patterson-Sumwalt
There are many myths and stories about the origins of chess. According to David Shenk, author of The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, one of the oldest myths tells of two successive Indian Kings, Hashran and Balhait. King Hashran asked his sage to invent a game symbolizing man’s dependence on destiny and fate...
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The Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation (WSCF), formerly Milwaukee Area Scholastic Chess Association (MASCA), is a 501(c)(3) non profit association dedicated to promoting chess for our youth in greater Milwaukee and Wisconsin. WSCF coordinates scholastic chess tournaments at area schools, operates a chess school with qualified instructors who follow the WSCF curriculum, offers services through the WSCF chess club coach program, conducts chess club management seminars for parents and teachers, and provides chess club start-up grants.
2803 N. Tuetonia Ave Milwaukee, WI 53206. Correspondence to : WSCF P.O. Box 6685 Milwaukee, WI 53206. Phone: (262) 573-5624
Friday May 6th, 2011