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Cool Chess 28: Pattern Recognition; Play Chess on Lichess.Org--Ages 10-12

The student will learn about Pattern Recognition of the piece positions on the board and will play chess on the lichess.org website.
Julie Blasingame
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1 in-class hours

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In this lesson, the students will learn about Pattern Recognition of the piece positions on the board. The ability to recognize familiar patterns is one of the key skills that players must learn to improve. The students will study typical checkmate patterns and learn to solve these puzzles when other positions are added.  By recognizing these checkmate patterns, the students will be able to solve puzzles up to three moves ahead.  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 about Pattern Recognition on the board and by playing chess games on-line.
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Students should have a pencil with an eraser in class and a folder to keep all their chess curriculum and homework puzzles together.
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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 and 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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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!

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60 min

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Ages: 10-12
1-4 learners per class

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