Fideles Christian School Chess Club

Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1779 that the game of chess “is not merely an idle amusement (since) life is a kind of chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it.” Franklin suggests that playing chess develops foresight, circumspection, perseverance, and sportsmanship.

The Fideles Chess Club is a club that meets weekly during the Fall and is open to students of all ages. Students have an opportunity to participate in competition with other schools in the Winter/Spring.