David Mackenulti brings together chess, life lessons in the new book, Sunrise in Bronx – Talahasi Democrat

For a relatively short time, the small team competed with other schools – some of them “ranked” private institutions with their own chess teachers on the campus. There were many losses; Many dissections after the match about what movements have worked and who led to a defeat.

But Mackenulti notes how he grew up as a teacher while his students persisted, not realizing that they were learning about life as they learned about chess.

Like a real teacher, Macenulty puts out what can be called “Lesson Plans”, tips on how to teach and how to prepare small warriors to win.

He describes steps “Thinking skills” such as: logical consistency; Comparison and contrast; Analysis; and reflections by analogy. And he exposes simple but universal truths that he learned as a thrombonist: “Immit models that already work” – then quoting Bruce Lee, he reminds, “Without technique there can be no art.”