Cool Chess 23: Forcing a Stalemate; Play Chess on Lichess.Org--Ages 10-12
The student will learn how to Force a Stalemate and play chess on the lichess.org website.
Julie Blasingame
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5.0
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What's included
1 live meeting
1 in-class hoursClass Experience
The students will learn how to force a stalemate, which is an important defensive strategy. This lesson will teach the students how to look for a stalemate opportunity when they are in a losing position in their game. The students will recognize that their King has no possible moves, but not in check, and that they have one other piece that will attack their opponent's King, causing it to be captured. When that piece is captured, a stalemate will result, giving both players one half of a point. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to play chess against other Outschool students, or the teacher, on the lichess.org website.
Learning Goals
The students will become stronger chess players as they learn how to force a stalemate and by playing chess games on-line.
Other Details
Supply List
Students should have a pencil with an eraser in class and a folder to keep all their chess curriculum and homework puzzles together.
3 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
The student will be using the lichess.org website to practice various checkmates and to play games against other students or the teacher. This is a FREE site for students to access to improve their chess skills. ChessKid.com is also a great resource for students to access daily Chess Puzzles, to play chess against the computer, or against other students around the world. There are videos on this site that the students can watch, done by Grand Masters, who can really help the student achieve a higher skill level in chess.
Joined July, 2020
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564reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Texas Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Abilene Christian University
I am a retired public school teacher of 26 years and currently am a Supervisor of Academic Programming for the Central New York Chess organization on Outschool (https://outschool.com/teachers/CENTRAL-NY-CHESS-INC?usid=wUq7nkLS&signup=true&authTrigger=follow_teacher&follow=true&utm_campaign=share_leader_link). I have taught children and adults in Beginning and Intermediate 1 Chess classes for 23 years in after school programs, summer Chess Camps, online in my Cool Chess classes and now for Central New York Chess. I love to see how Chess helps the brain to think, to make predictions, to sequence, see patterns, etc. I love to see when a student learns how to checkmate and improves upon their game! I teach One Time Cool Chess classes and Private and Multi-Day Classes with Central New York Chess. I enjoy Art, Chess, Scrapbooking, and Travel! I hope to see you in my chess classes soon!Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$15
per classMeets once
60 min
Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-12
1-4 learners per class
