International Chess
Beginner Level
Time:3:35 – 4:55 pm (add 20 more minutes）；
Intermediate level
Time: 2:15-3:30 pmï¼›
Dates: Saturdays （No classes on Statutory Holiday Weekends, from Sep. to June）
Location: St. John XXIII Catholic School
Introduction to the Coach
Richard, a chess expert with 18 years of experience teaching chess group lessons in schools.
With a current FIDE chess rating of 2003, Richard is a chess expert and in the top 20 players in Edmonton. Richard has taught thousands of juniors proper tournament chess play, in dozens of schools in Edmonton, Calgary and Fort McMurray. Many of his students have become provincial and national chess champions. He was the first teacher to Richard Wang, who is now an accomplished International Master and received a chess scholarship to attend Harvard, who himself became a chess expert (rating of 2000) at age of 10!
Alberta Chinese Cultural Education Society (ACCES) was registered in 2001 as a non profit organization. It was approved by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a charitable organization in 2021. For the past 23 years, ACCES has been providing services to more than 6000 members in the community. In 2023, the Alberta Education approved our application for being a funded and accredited Alberta Heritage Language School, which will provide online and in-person Chinese Language and Culture credited courses to Grade 10-12 in Alberta. The ACCES Chinese School for Preschool to Grade 12 students, even for adult students without providing credits is still a non-profit school under ACCES. There are four sections under ACCES: ACCES Chinese School, Alberta Heritage Language School, Beyond Language and Culture Education, Sports, Workshops, and Activities.