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Targets to attain |
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- know how to set up a chessboard correctly
- know what is meant by the chess terms: rank, file, diagonal, queen-side, king-side
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| 2 |
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- know how to identify and name all of the chess pieces - both physically (in the Staunton form) and as the symbols used in this site.
- know that how to move each of the six different chess pieces.
- know the comparative strengths of the pieces.
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3 |
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- know that White always makes the first move.
- know that White and Black move alternately.
- know that only one piece can be on a square at one time.
- know that if you touch a piece you have to move that piece - you can't change your mind!
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4 |
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- know how to think of attack positions for each piece.
- know how to 'take' an opponent's piece.
- know how to evaluate the value of a capture.
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5 |
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- know how to 'take' an opponent's piece with a pawn.
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6 |
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- know how to defend by moving away
- know how to defend an attacked piece by using another piece to fortify its position.
- know how to defend by capturing the attacker.
- know how to defend by moving another piece so it is in the path of the attacker - blocking the attack..
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7 |
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- know that you are 'in check' if your King is under attack from an opponent's piece.
- know that there are three ways of getting out of check.
- Moving the King away.
- Capturing the attacker.
- Moving a piece in the way - blocking the attack.
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8 |
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- know that you have checkmate when you have checked a King in such a way that the opponent could:
- Not move his King away
- Not capture the attacker
- Not move a piece to block the attack
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9 |
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- know how to 'castle' both on the King and Queen's side.
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10 |
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- know how to take a pawn that makes a double square initial move 'en passant'
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11 |
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- know of the following 'special moves' and how and when to employ them:
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12 |
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- know that at the end of a game you can 'win', 'lose' or 'draw'
- know what is meant by the term 'stalemate'
- know what is meant by the term 'perpetual check'
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