But this won't be all work and no play. Joining Jasmine weekly is friendly rival and friend Joan Gass, and John Lasley, a promising young player from Clairette, Texas, also joins the sessions. The kids play and practice as a group. Right now she lists chess as No. 3 on her list of favorite activities, behind roller skating and playing Math Blaster on her computer. Yet when her schoolteacher asks the kids to write a composition on an activity they enjoy, she selects chess.
Chess is strategy.
Most of all, chess is fun. This site is best viewed using Netscape 4.0 or IE 4.0.