Chess - Lesson 6

Chess - Lesson 6

Strategy

In this lesson...

• Smart Exchanges

• The 5 types of Draws

• Castling

Multiple Choice

What is a smart exchange in chess?

• Knowing when to take a piece and which piece to take

• When your parents tell you to eat vegetables you eat candy instead

• Trading with a sibling and giving them something broken in return for a new toy

• Eating pancakes :)

Smart Exchanges

Values of the pieces

Queen- most powerful (9 points)

Rook- (5 points)

Bishop & Knight are worth the same- (3 points)

Pawn- (1 point)

What should we do?

Bishop takes pawn or pawn takes knight

Remember- Queen(9), Pawn(1), Knight(3), Bishop(3), and Rook(5)

Multiple Choice

What should we do?

• Bishop takes pawn

• Pawn takes knight

Which piece should we use to take the rook on a8?

The Rook which is worth 5 points or the bishop which is worth 3 points?

Which piece should the knight take?

The pawn which is 1 point or the bishop which is 3 points, or neither?

Draws (tied games in chess)

When playing a chess tournament every time you win, you get 1 point. If your opponent wins then he/she will get the point. What would we do if there was a draw?

Split the point in half! Each player would receive 1/2 a point.

5 types of ways to draw...

• Insufficient material- Not enough pieces to checkmate

• Stalemate- When one player is NOT in checkmate and has nowhere to move any of his pieces

• 3-Fold repetition- You and your opponent make the same exact move three times

• 50 move rule- When one player has only their king and moves 50 times without getting into checkmate

• Agreement- When both players decide that they want a draw

Insufficient material

Neither player has enough pieces to checkmate

Multiple Choice

What is Insufficient Material?

• A big word

• When both players do not have enough pieces to checkmate

• When you do not have enough Legos to complete your building

Stalemate

The king is NOT in checkmate but cannot move anywhere

Multiple Choice

What is NOT a way to draw in chess?

• Insufficient material

• Stalemate

• Agreement

• 3-Fold repetition/ 50 move rule

• Using a pencil and paper

Castling

This is a special move in chess where the king moves two squares towards the rook on either side of the board and the rook hops over the king to go on the opposite side of the king.

This move is used to help protect the king from checkmate.

Kingside castle

When the whole back rank is empty and the king moves two squares toward the CLOSEST rook and the rook moves to the other side of the king.

Queenside castle

When the whole back rank is empty and the king moves two squares toward the FARTHEST rook and the rook moves to the other side of the king.

When can I NOT castle

• When the king has already moved before

• When the king is trying to escape check

• When King and rook are not in their original positions

• There are pieces between the rook and king

Multiple Select

When should I not castle? Select all that apply...

• When my king or rook has already moved before

• When my king is in check

• When I am eating food

• When there are pieces between the rook and king

Multiple Choice

Which way should white castle. *Look at where the black queen on b6 is aiming

• Queenside (which is to the left)

• Kingside (which is to the right)

This is the end to our lesson

There will be one more question after this slide and after everyone is done answering that questions you all can return to the ZOOM meeting.

Poll

Did you like this class/lesson?

• Yeah! It was fun :)

• Blehhh it was suuper boring and confusing :/

• I enjoyed it but there were something I still do not understand

Everyone can return to the Zoom meeting so we an finish off class

Hope you enjoyed! 😎