miércoles, 2 de noviembre de 2016

Basic moves

Basic moves

Each chessman has a basic move. Let's study them:

-The king moves exactly one square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. A special move with the king known as castling is allowed only once per player, per game (see below).


-A rook moves any number of vacant squares in a horizontal or vertical direction. It also is moved when castling.


-A bishop moves any number of vacant squares in any diagonal direction.


-The queen moves any number of vacant squares in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction.


-A knight moves to the nearest square not on the same rank, file, or diagonal. (This can be thought of as moving two squares horizontally then one square vertically, or moving one square horizontally then two squares vertically—i.e. in an "L" pattern.) The knight is not blocked by other pieces: it jumps to the new location.


-Pawns have the most complete rules of movement:

A pawn moves straight forward one square, if that square is vacant. If it has not yet moved, a pawn also has the option of moving two squares straight forward, provided both squares are vacant. Pawns cannot move backwards.

Pawns are the only pieces that capture differently from how they move. A pawn can capture an enemy piece on either of the two squares diagonally in front of the pawn (but cannot move to those squares if they are vacant).


jueves, 27 de octubre de 2016

jueves, 20 de octubre de 2016

Class 4: bishop

Class 4: minigame bishop´s beware

How does the bishop move?

Bishop (B – black, b – white)
The Bishop is the second minor,
yet vital, piece in the game of chess.
The Bishop can move diagonally any
number of squares in any direction.

Bishop's Beware


Intention: This game helps beginner player’s become more aware of having a bishop on opposing colors.

Introduce the movements of the bishop
(any number of moves diagonally) and
point out they have one on each color.
Play

Wrap up –Orally summarize what has
taken place. Have students write one
or two summarizing sentences in their
journal.

jueves, 13 de octubre de 2016

Class 3: pawns

Class 3: minigame 

pawn parade

pawn moves

Now let´s play a minigame to learn how to move he pawn:

Lesson 1 - Pawn Parade
Vocabulary – strategy, opponent, illegal, move, check, checkmate, capture



The purpose of this
game is to move the pawn to the
other side of the board. The player
who gets the most pawns over “wins”. Be creative! 

Change colors each time You
play.
-The pawns move only one space forward, except to capture when they can
move one space diagonally forward. 

-Two pawns that meet "head on" are
stuck and cannot move. 

-The second exception is
their first move, when they can move two spaces forward.

lunes, 3 de octubre de 2016

Class 2: notation

Class 2: notation and spelling


The alphabeth


Spelling


Let's spell some words. Do You can spell your name?
Can You spell the chess pieces names?

Hangman game

It's time to play a classic game to practice spelling