In my first post, I talked about what I have been doing in the morning. After I finish up at Stray Rescue, I head over to the Chess Club for a few hours. The Chess Club is a non-profit that aims to promote Chess throughout the Saint Louis area.  I was put to work right away and started off by creating tactic puzzles. For those who don't know a lot about chess, tactics are certain positions in which the player needs to find an obscure winning move in order to solve the puzzle. Different tactics have certain themes they revolve around. The tactics that I have been creating involve being up material whether it be a rook, queen, bishop or knight and how to win from those positions. I've also worked on Active King positions and Pawn Promotions. A pawn promotion occurs when the pawn reaches the other end of the board and can be exchanged for a stronger piece typically a Queen. The tactics that I've been creating are being compiled into a giant lesson plan that the Club is creating in order to help guide their teachers in the classroom. On top of tactics, I have also reviewed different activities and separated them into sections based off of chess skill. The sections are novice, intermediate and advanced. Finally, on Wednesday and Thursday, I head down to Buder Elementary to teach a group of Kindergarteners and a group of 1st graders. I've had one really good day and one bad day with each group showing the unpredictability of little children. Nevertheless, I try and get some teaching in as well as some playtime/ activity. Usually, the teaching involves reminding them of how the pieces move. Then will play some sort of game that they can handle. With the younger ones, I have to throw in a game of Simon says to keep their attention. One time, I got all of them by telling them to touch their ear while I touched my nose. Needless to say, I am a legendary Simon.
 What I have listed above is what my typical week looks like. However, I have been to the occasional Chess event. The first one was a Scholastics tournament for kids. Held at Lindbergh High, the event gathered 180 chess players from K-12. I oversaw the games being played and helped set up and tear down. However, the more interesting event was cops and kids event. The chess club went to an inner-city school and invited cops to play chess with them.