ABOUT OUR PROGRAM:
Coach Ken Fee, a nationally certified chess coach, a nationally rated player and a certified merit badge counselor, is the instructor of the Chess Merit Badge Workshop. Ken has taught numerous state and national scholastic champions, is a retired high school communication arts teacher and owner of the Kansas City Chess Club and Regal Chess School. We follow the two deep leadership requirement so we also have another certified merit badge counselor (Yvonne) attending the virtual class at all times. Since 2012, we have awarded hundreds of merit badges!
FIDE MASTER Alejandro Garcia will be a guest during the online workshop and will be presenting some of the material as well. FM Garcia is a teacher for our virtual Regal Chess School and also gives personal lessons if you are interested. If you would like more information on lessons or our online chess programs, feel free to reach out.
This workshop includes scouts from all US time zones although we have had others participate from outside the states. This chess merit badge workshop and tournament is 2.5 -3 hours in total starting at 10 AM Central. The online tournament is held during the last half hour. Scouts are required to submit the completed course worksheets and handwritten scoresheet from one of their tournament games played that day for grading and evaluation. Once all requirements have been verified, Scoutbook will be updated with the earned requirements. Directions, printouts and Zoom link will be sent out 1-2 weeks before class is scheduled. Please use parent contact information when registering scouts.
A basic knowledge of chess is required. Zoom access and a Chess.com account is necessary to participate in the online workshop and online tournament. Completion of this merit badge will be posted on Scoutbook. If you require a physical blue card, we are happy to fill out our information, sign it and mail it back to you. Please contact us for our mailing address.
Classes will be removed from the list when maximum size has been reached or 24 hours before the session starts. Future dates will be scheduled for the first Saturday in Feb, Aug and Nov. For registration questions, please email [email protected].
