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Cool Chess! Beginner 1 Lesson 3--The Rules of Castling!--Ages 13-18
Class experience
The students will learn that castling is a very special move that protects the King. It is the only time that two pieces, the King and the Rook, can move at the same time and yet call it one move. The students will learn that it is the only time when the King can move two spaces. They will learn that they have to touch the King first, and then the Rook, according to the United States Chess Federation rules. The students will learn the four special rules of castling, along with how to make the...
The students will learn the importance of castling their King for protection and how it makes their games stronger. They will learn that when playing chess against an opponent, that they will have to touch the King first, instead of the Rook to make this castling move.
Homework Offered
Students will receive chess puzzle homework sheets in a PDF format to be printed out. The chess puzzle homework sheets will be discussed in class to make sure all students understand what to do.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
A learner is assessed by understanding the answers on each chess puzzle assignment and knowing how to checkmate to win their games. When a student practices chess at home, with others, or on-line, their skills will increase--this will reflect in their knowledge of the game.Grades Offered
2 files available upon enrollmentStudents should have a pencil in class and the chess puzzles printed out, which will be attached in a PDF form in the Classroom.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
If students do not already have a username on lichess.org, a username will be assigned to the students by the teacher.
Lichess.org and ChessKid.com are great, safe resources to access daily Chess Puzzles, to play chess against the computer, or against other chess players around the world. There are videos on the ChessKid.com site that the students can watch, done by Grand Masters, who can really help the students achieve a higher skill level in chess.
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...
Group Class
$14
per classMeets once
60 min
Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-18
1-4 learners per class
This class is no longer offered
Financial Assistance
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