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Cool Chess! Intermediate 1 Lesson 11-- Proper Defensive Choices!

Julie Blasingame

Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(544)

The student will learn about Proper Defensive Choices on the chess board and will play chess on the chess.org website. #builder #superstar

Class Experience

US Grade 2 - 4

Intermediate Level

The students will learn to make Proper Defensive Choices in their chess game. They will learn to make the correct decision when faced with a difficult position. The students will look for the correct way to attack their opponent's piece and then to find a proper way to defend their own piece.  They will learn that it is just as important to defend their own pieces as it is to capture their opponent's pieces. The right choices can help the students to save their games or even to win them.  At...

The students will become stronger chess players as they learn how to make Proper Defensive Choices and by playing chess games on-line.

Homework Offered
Students will receive chess puzzle sheets to be printed out.  The chess puzzle sheets will be discussed in  class to make sure all students understand how to solve them.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
A learner is assessed by understanding the answers on each chess puzzle sheet 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

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Students 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:lichess.org

We will be using the lichess.org website for students to play chess games on-line. The students will be copying the game link and pasting it in the Zoom Chat Box for other students to click on and access the game. Usernames and passwords to lichess.org will not be used for this class.

ChessKid.com is an additional resource that can help the students to improve their chess skills. This website provides Chess Puzzles, practice against chess bots, and informative videos which are made by Grand Masters.

Available times

Pacific

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Meet the teacher

Julie Blasingame

Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(544)

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...