Chess Basics for Beginners Level 1 Ongoing

Chess is one of the most popular board games and is known scientifically to have proven memory skills, critical skills and develop logical thinking. This class helps learners understand the basic concepts and rules of chess and no prior experience is needed to join any day of the game. The class will be conducted through puzzles and will also include game play for some days. This is a highly interactive class and learners will also develop their social skills by taking turns , suggesting their ideas and participating in game play on specific days. 

Week 1 :  Directions on the board , notations , introduction to pieces 
Week 2 :  Setting up the chess board , piece points 
Week 3: Piece movements and puzzles 
Week 4 :  Attacking and capturing / combat puzzles 
Week 5: CPR - capture , protect or runaway and game play 
Week 6:  Check and getting out of check  with game play 
Week 7 : En-passant and check in 1 move with game play
Week 8:  Castling, its rules and checkmate with game play 
Week 9 : Checkmate in 1 move and game play 
Week 10: Opening principles (golden rules of game) and game play

Students dont need to sign up on any platform and we will be using the digital chess board to teach. For game play we will share anonymous links to play with other students or with team mates. We dont need a physical chessboard for this class, just a high speed internet connection with laptop works best.