Dr. Alexey Root taught a Chess merit badge workshop and ran a tournament from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (12-12:30 p.m. lunch break) at the National Scouting Museum. Thirteen Scouts attended. One Scoutmaster adult participated so that the day had an even number. Requirements were covered but only 10 of the 13 Scouts were able to complete their badge on August 27.
The hardest requirements were 5a (explaining four elements of strategy), 5b (explaining five tactics), and 5d (solving five direct-mate problems, which in this case were checkmate-in-one-move problems). The two rook checkmate (5c) was also challenging for some Scouts initially but with repeated instruction and practice everyone did the two-rook checkmate successfully one time before the day's end. Dr. Root used ideas from her book Prepare With Chess Strategy to teach the Scouts.
Alexey Root alifundisha Warsha ya Chess Merit Badge na kuendesha mashindano kutoka 9:30 asubuhi hadi 3:00 mchana (mwisho wa chakula cha mchana 12:30-12:30) katika Jumba la Makumbusho la Kitaifa la Scouting. Waskuti kumi na watatu walihudhuria. Msimamizi mmoja wa Skauti aliyekomaa alishiriki ili siku hiyo iwe na idadi sawa. Hata hivyo, ni vijana 10 tu kati ya 13 waliopata alama za uzuri wa kuwa Scout. "Mazoezi ya kwanza ya ""mfano"" ni 5a, 5b, na 5d, ambayo ni ""mfano wa moja kwa moja"" katika hatua moja." "Kutoka kwa ""checkmate"" kwa nguzo mbili (5c) pia ilikuwa changamoto kwa baadhi ya Scouts mwanzoni lakini kwa maagizo ya mara kwa mara na mazoezi kila mtu alifanya ""checkmate"" ya nguzo mbili kwa mafanikio mara moja kabla ya mwisho wa siku." Dakt. Root alitumia mawazo kutoka katika kitabu chake Prepare With Chess Strategy kuwafundisha Waskauti.