Cobra Chess is currently collecting canned goods for the annual Winterfest Chess Tournament #WinterfestChess21 and will participate on November 20th, 2021. Check in and pass the word! The tournament is opened to all grade levels and all donations will benefit those served by the Rescue Mission of El Paso. The flier is below:
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Let the games begin! Our first chess tournament back since the beginning of the pandemic February 2020. Open to all grade levels. Pass the word!
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In 2019 when our library was renovated and reopened in the NorthEast I signed up to volunteer with the City of El Paso at the Richard Burges Branch. I found out the previous chess educators were not returning and our librarian Ellen asked if Coach Plasencia and I would be interested in facilitating chess activity. …
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Break time only means its time to settle some scores!!! (j/k) Took an “L” last month so we’re back for another #chess challenge vs. California’s Redwood Middle School…it’s the Riggins vs. Cobras in today’s #ChessDigitalEP #ChessConnect match up! #check! #CobraChess #2ndaryLife. If you’re a middle school out there in the world and would like to …
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I’ll always remember the last time we all got together to play chess. It was on the 9th of March because four days later it would be Friday the 13th and that would be the last time I’d see the Cobras face to face and our classroom space. These photographs are from a special occasion. …
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Before we enjoy today’s El Paso Chess Adults vs. El Paso Scholastic Chess Chess Challenge, I want to take this time to extend my thanks to Coach Steve Van Zwienen of Hacienda Heights Chess in El Paso and Jose Plasencia of Segundo Barrio’s La Fe Chess and the Community Chess Connection. On March 9, 2020 …
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Due to the 2020 pandemic, our Cobra Chess Club and Community Chess Connection activities had to transition into an online space for safety concerns. For our Cobra Chess Club we continue to host chess meetings virtually every Tuesday & Thursday at noon and every Saturday at 1PM. Weekday club is called Cobra Chess Club Kids …
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It’s been a lot of fun these past few weeks competing with several schools on Li Chess. One of those competitors hails from Hacienda Heights International School of the Ysleta Independent School District. Along with La Fe Chess Preparatory School, St. Clements Parish School, and groups from the Westside Chess Academy, Cobra Chess Club of …
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Photograph by mrKingCobra This post will feature photographs and video from Grand Master Susan Polgar’s visit to El Segundo Barrio in El Paso, Texas on April 24, 2010. Susan Polgar is a pioneer in the world of chess and runs a program at Webster University in the chess capital of the United States St. …
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Canyon Hills 1st Annual New Year Chess Tournament #CobraChess2020 #CobraChess. Registration is $2 plus a donation of one of the following items for the El Paso Coalition for the Homeless: hygiene products such as tooth brushes, toothpaste, travel size shampoo, conditioner, shaving razors, combs, brushes, or feminine hygiene products (pads, tampons, sanitary wipes). Donations collected …
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Checkmate 2019 a Community Chess Connection event promoting chess in the community #ChessConnect. For all chess coaches, organizers, or educators, if you have have a flier or brochure you’d like to have printed and included during Community Chess Connection events or club meetings please email the attachment as PDF to mrleebooks@gmail.com. Community Chess Connection does …
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On December 21, 2019 the Community Chess Connection of the NorthEast Chess Club in El Paso, Texas collaborated with the El Paso Coalition for the Homeless to collect toys from the community to give as gifts to the children of the Salvation Army of El Paso Emergency Shelter. Participants from all over the city joined …
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Our Chess season opens today at Wiggs Middle School! The Queen and King cobras are back!
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The NorthEast Chess Club inaugural chess tournament! Our first chess tournament as a club and the first chess tournament since the Richard Burges Branch Library’s return after renovation! Come enjoy a morning of chess in the NorthEast on August 24, 2019! Register early by submitting the following information to mrleebooks@gmail.com Name: Grade (K-12th): School: College …
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The purpose of the Community Chess Connection #ChessConnect is to connect chess enthusiast to opportunities to learn and play chess in the community. Our community is based in NorthEast El Paso, Texas. Our goal is to promote the game of chess to youth & educators in the area, to encourage more schools to start chess …
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We’re coming around full circle…nearly a year ago Canyon Hills Cobra Chess Club made its first move into the community to compete on the Chess boards as a squad! Queen & King Cobras are back at Wiggs February 9th, 2019!
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As our 13 Queen Cobras and King Cobras prepare to compete in this year’s Region IV Scholastic Championship, it’s time to take a look back, just a year before when we made our grand debut at the TCA Region IV Scholastic (K-12) Chess Championship, January 26, 2019 at the La Fe Cultural & Technology Center …
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On January 26, 2019, La Fe Cultural & Technology Center will host the Texas Chess Association Region IV Scholastic (K-12) Chess Championships. Participants will include students that reside within Texas Region IV, which consists of the following West Texas counties: Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Terrell, Val Verde, Ward, …
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In collaboration with the Looking For Smiles Program, La Fe Chess hosted a Christmas Toy-Clothes Drive that took place on December 22, 2018 at the Armijo Public Library. Players that participated in the event donated a new wrapped toy or clothing item which would be donated to the Looking For Smiles program. Looking For Smiles …
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November 16, 2018 was our Queen & King Cobras first time ever meeting a professional Chess player & Grandmaster at Henderson Middle School, home of the state and national champs in El Paso. Grand Master Josh Friedel and Women’s International Master Ivette Morales were in attendance for a Chess simulation against dozens of Chess kids …
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