per class

Cool Chess! Intermediate 1 Lesson 2--The Do's and Don'ts of Development!

Completed by 10 learners

Ages 7-12

Live One-Time Class

The students will learn about good and poor examples of chess development in the opening of the game. #builder #superstar

Julie Blasingame

Average rating:

5.0

Number of reviews:

(564 reviews)

Live video meetings

Meets once

1-4 learners per class

60 min

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What's included

1 live meeting

1 in-class hours

Homework

1 hour per week. 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.

Assessment

A learner is assessed by understanding the answers on each chess puzzle sheets 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.

Class Experience

US Grade 2 - 5

Intermediate Level

The students will learn the fundamentals of developing their pieces wisely, by controlling the center of the board, getting the knights and bishops active at the beginning, castling their king, connecting their rooks, and not moving their queen and rook early in the game. We will study a game showing an example of poor development and study a game showing an example of good development. The students will learn about not moving too many pawns at the beginning and to not move the same pieces over and over.

Learning Goals

By learning the fundamentals of developing their pieces wisely, the students will improve their game by not falling into common traps experienced by many chess players.

Other Details

Parental Guidance

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.

Supply List

Students should have a pencil in class and the chess puzzles printed out, which will be attached in a PDF form in the Classroom.

2 files available upon enrollment

External Resources

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:

lichess.org

Sources

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.

Meet the teacher

Julie Blasingame

Joined July, 2020

5.0

564reviews

Profile

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!