Dalkeith Junior Chess Club

 Mailing List Guidelines Anyone inquiring about our club meetings via email, phone call, or in person will be automatically added to our mailing list.  Additionally, we maintain attendance records for each club meeting, which we CC to Dalkeith Baptist Church. Individuals who inquire about our club meetings but consistently fail to attend for three consecutive sessions will be removed from our mailing list. Similarly, those who have attended meetings but then ceased attendance for more than 5 or 10 sessions (depending on their prior frequency of attendance) will also be removed accordingly. Children who, for various reasons, interrupt their attendance at club meetings are always welcome to return at any time. They can do so by checking the calendar on our club website: DJCC - Calendar (google.com). However, it's important to note that once removed from our mailing list, they will no longer receive weekly or bi-weekly updates via email. This practice ensures the effective organi...

View from an Unchessable Parent Q&A 5 — the highs, the lows, and the challenge When your child dives into a hobby completely different from yours, it's like opening a window in an otherwise stagnant life. Suddenly, you're thrust into a whole new world of knowledge, a vibrant social circle, and even a different approach to learning. These experiences broaden your horizons and enrich your understanding of life in ways you never imagined. Life is an adventure. Despite the different paths we take, we all end up in the same place eventually, much like a fly that darts away from a window but finds itself circling back to where it began. Striving to make that circle bigger, and experiencing more along the way, that's what makes life worthwhile. Over the past two years, as Kobe delved deeper into chess, we've met fascinating people within the chess community and received incredible support. Those tiny chess pieces have become a huge amazing medium for us to connect, reveali...