The meeting room at the Computer History Room was filled to capacity, mostly with local chess club members and their families. We were welcomed by Computer History Museum's Vice President of Public Programs, Karen Tucker. By a show of hands, the majority of the room had never visited the museum. Huff Elementary chess coach, David Floyer, played a demonstration game of speed chess with Math Olympiad teacher and Chess Prep owner, "Mr. G" (Dan Gertmenian). Afterwards the two debriefed and discussed their moves and strategies. With only five minutes for a game, Mr. G said we have to look for patterns. Rapid decisions are based on intuition and experience. "Go with it!"
We then moved to the large room where the "Mastering the Game" exhibit resides (very appropriate). Everyone then had a chance to try a rousing game of speed chess. Even a half hour after the official two hour activity, it was hard to put away those last two chess boards.How to post comments
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It was great to have such a supportive, diverse, and interested audience in attendance. The Computer History Museum was of course an ideal setting for a demonstration on playing chess via the Internet. I was especially pleased to see so many young people in attendance, enthusiastically trying to take down David and myself in speed chess games. An outstanding event!
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