Welcome to The Weibel Chess Club's Website:

Weibel Chess is an after school activity at Weibel Elementary School, 45135 S. Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539. (510) 651-6958. Two hundred and fifteen students of the 840 that attend this kindergarten through sixth grade school participated in the program during the 2006-2007 school year. The Weibel Chess Club meets on Tuesday afternoons from 2:55 to 4:10 PM. The Weibel Chess Team meets on Friday afternoons from 2:55 to 4:30 PM. Over the years we have had a waiting list due to the high demand for this program at Weibel.

Weibel Chess has become the model program for Success Chess School, a non-profit corporation. SCS has over 70 programs in the San Francisco Bay Area and over 2000 children studying chess using the Weibel method. Other chess programs have also adopted innovations first used at Weibel Chess.

At Weibel Chess children make the choice as to whether to participate in the Club or the Team. We provide instruction for half the period and the children play chess under tournament conditions during the second half of the sessions. Weibel Team members are required to compete in at least four United States Chess Federation matches each year as well as attend the CalChess State Scholastic Championships in May. Team members may also compete against other school or club teams during the year. Team members turn in homework weekly. Weibel Club members have no requirements beyond learning how to play great chess and having fun. They attend the Club sessions to improve their tactics and strategy and to play chess. They may select to do homework for extra credit.

All children receive points for their activities, including winning, drawing or losing their games. We award titles such as King based upon the points they receive. At the end of the school year we have an awards banquet. All students receive certificates stating their ranks. In addition, they receive chess trophies. The students love the door prize drawing because we give away large amounts of chess paraphernalia. Our instructors favorite part of the evening is the food the parents supply.

Team 2002-2003 (Click on photo to view in high resolution!)

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