象棋乃我国国粹,它能益智健脑,陶冶情操,尤其对于老年人,更是一种很好的活动项目。许多老年人下了半辈子象棋,但对其中的开局、中局、残局知识十分匮乏,对象棋深厚的文化底蕴也是一知半解。鉴于此,望江县老年大学1999年开设了象棋班,将老年棋友汇聚一堂,让他们在楚河汉界边寻求乐趣,陶冶情操,既丰富了晚年生活,又推广了象棋文化。在办班中,我们主要从4个方面进行教学,取 Chess is the quintessence of our country, it can puzzle brain, mold sentiment, especially for the elderly, it is a very good activity. Many elderly people have spent the rest of their lives playing chess, but their knowledge about the start, the middle board and the endgame is very scarce. The profound cultural background of chess is also poorly understood. In view of this, the Wangjiang County Elderly University opened a chess class in 1999, brought together old chess friends and let them seek pleasure and cultivate sentiments in the Chu and Han boundary, which enriched their later life and promoted chess culture. In the class, we mainly from four aspects of teaching, access