I am the advisor of my high school's chess club, and we invited the middle school players to our most recent meeting. There are only 5 members of the high school club, as most others interested in chess play other sports that meet at the same time. However, 15 middle school students came up to join us on this day! It was so much fun! The best part was meeting this one 8th grade home-schooled student. I could tell from watching his first game that he was a savant and has been studying the game extensively. He has already started playing tournaments and claims to have almost beaten a 1700. I really want to get him up to the high school chess club more often so I can continue to challenge him (he's MUCH better than me though, fyi). Does anyone have any advice for him that I could pass along?

Edit: I should also mention that many of the other middle school players are quite good as well. I almost lost to a 6th grader hehe