| |
Saturday Chess Club
Saturday Chess Club runs almost every Saturday throughout the year at the Music School on Leckhampton Road. Sessions run from 2pm to 3:30pm for children aged 7 to 13, and cost £10 pp. I coach these sessions with another adult helping, and both of us have current DBS certificates.
Part of the time is given to formal coaching with the
Big Demo board, perhaps using a famous Grandmaster game to learn about different
tactics and strategy.
The rest of the time we have mini-competitions and friendly games, we tackle chess puzzles, and sometimes try out variations such as Shotgun Chess and “4-player chess”. The many benefits for children can be found on the separate webpage. Please see links above for chess benefits and contact details - please ring to register before coming along.
We also offer one-to-one chess coaching.
Checkmate Chess Club Curriculum
The rues of the game and a few basics:
- The board
- The pieces
- Purpose of the game: Checkmate!
- Value of the pieces
- Moves generally
- Attacking and capturing
- Special moves
- Defending an attacked piece
- Check and checkmate, stalemate
- Other draws in addition to stalemate, etiquette, touch move
- Another special move: en passant
Basic strategy:
- The opening
- The middle game
- The profitable exchange
- Counting attackers and defenders
- Trades
- Other middle game basics
Basic tactics:
- Forks
- Pins
- Skewers
- Discovery
- Overload
- Mixed tactics
The endgame:
Engame concepts:
- Checkmate
- Opposition
- Pawn promotion
- The square of the pawn
Tournament play:
- Overview
- How to play with a clock
- Notation
|
|
