Try the ABC's of Chess style books and lessons based on trying to predict the moves made ba a master / GM... My stronger kids like these games because they are high level play without the "danger" of 'loosing' and allow a weaker coach to teach kids to play much better chess and also learn with them.
Bruce
I am not agreeing to go or anything at this point, but if I were to go...
I would be interested in finding a way to teach my high school kids beyond the basics. I have kids from 400 to 1300. I have a USCF rating of 1060 or so, but I can play up to 1400 relatively well. I can teach and work with the lower level kids easily enough - that becomes based on their willingness to learn. BUT, when they get to the point where they can beat me at least one out of five times or so, I begin to lose the ability to teach "new" stuff. It becomes more a situation in which we learn together, which works pretty well, or I just send them off with a book, which doesn't always work well. I don't know what exactly a class could entail for this situation other than telling me to get better so I can teach them... At least point, I often learn as much from the higher rateds as they do from me and though that is useful and helpful... it is not as effective as when I work with lower rated players.
That is my 2 cents anyway,
Brett Bothwell
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