新课标Ⅰ卷 During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits
I 41 the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to 42 a few dollars
More than that, I’d always wanted to learn chess
And, even if I weren’t 43 enough about free credits, news about our 44 was appealing enough to me
He was an international grand master, which 45 I would be learning from one of the game’s 46 I could hardly wait to 47 him
Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this 48 was no game for him; he meant business
In his introduction, he made it 49 that our credits would be hard-earned
In order to 50 the class among other criteria, we had to write a paper on h