The elementary school offers a variety of after school clubs and being the social butterfly that Sanjay is, he opted to join the Fitness, Lego Robotics and Chess clubs. As it turns out, he absolutely loves Chess club. He has been going for several months now and each time he recaps his games, his record and the new strategies that he learned. A few times he has said, "I'm gonna try that move on Daddy". As a child, I never learned to play Chess so I think I'm going to need to step it up. I played my first game with him a few weeks ago and he's teaching me the game. Slowly but surely I am learning and may even be a mediocre competitor for him. He got a competition chess board for his birthday this year on which he's already enjoyed several games with Daddy and even a few with Priya.
Chess club lasts for several months through the end of January. After that the students are asked to stay by invitation only to continue practicing their skills so that they might compete in tournaments for the school district. Imagine Sanjay's delight when we received the email from the chess club moderator that he was invited to continue on. I wish I had captured the smile on his face. He still needs to make one more cut to actually compete in the tournament. Only 3 players are allowed at each grade level and I think there are currently 5 second graders in the club. Until then, it's practice, practice, practice!
