Chess In School

Topics of the Day

• Can I teach chess and why?

• Basic Movement of Pieces

• Opening: Control Center Space to Gain more Choices

• Middle: Basic Tactics using Forks and Pins

• End: How to win using a Fence and Attacker

Can I Teach Chess and Why?

• I need to be a great chess player to teach chess, right?!?

• Chess = STEM & Common Core

STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Chess = STEM & Common CoreMathematical Practice Principles • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.• Model with mathematics.• Use appropriate tools strategically.• Attend to precision.• Look for and make use of structure.• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Basic Movement of the Pieces

Light – Right Files Ranks Diagonals

Basic Movement of the Pieces

King

Max Choices = 8

Special Move = Castling with Rook

Value = ∞

Basic Movement of the Pieces

Pawn

Max Choices = 2

Special Move = Promotion, En PassantCapture Diagonal & Illegal to Go Backward

Value = 1

*Move Straight but Capture Diagonal

Basic Movement of the Pieces

Knight (not the Horsey)

Max Choices = 8

Special Move = Jump Over Other Pieces

Value = 3

Basic Movement of the Pieces

Bishop

Max Choices = 13

Special Move = None

Value = 3 to 3.5

Basic Movement of the Pieces

Rook

Max Choices = 14

Special Move = Castling with King

Value = 5

Basic Movement of the Pieces

Queen = Rook + Bishop

Max Choices = 27

Special Move = None

Value = 9

Board Set Up

1. Light Right

2. Rooks in the Corners

3. Knights and Rooks are Friends

4. King & Queen in Middle

*Queen: Dress Matches Shoes

5. Bishops beside King & Queen

6. Pawns Out Front

Start: White Always Moves First

Opening

Objective: Control Center Space

to Gain More Choices

Middle Game

Objective: Gain Material Advantages

ForkPiece Attacking Two or More

PinLocking Material In Place

End Game

Objective: Checkmate = Fence & Attacker

CheckA King is Under Attack

CheckmateA King is Under AttackCannot TakeCannot InterposeCannot Move

Where to go from here…1) Set up a meeting to talk with the school Principal or Headmaster2) Tell them of the benefits of chess and how it relates to STEM.3) Ask them if you can help organize a chess team at school.4) Ask the PTA for volunteers. Plenty of parents just need to be asked.

When you need ideas or help:1) Chess Achieves runs 16+ chess programs at public and private schools.2) Email: bill@raleighchessacademy.com or Call us: (919) 272-8017

Resources Online

• Chess.com or ChessKid.com• USChess.org• Chessimo• Wikipedia.com• YouTube.com

Tablet Apps• Chess.com• Shredder Chess• Chessimo• Openings Lite

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• In School Group Lessons• Offsite Group Lessons• Private Lessons• Year Round Camps• Weekly League Matches - Next Season Starts Oct 2014• Tournaments -NC K-12 State Chess Championship Every March

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