Life Skills
Cool Chess! Intermediate 1 Lesson 4--Tactic: Pins!
The students will learn about the power of the Pin Tactic. #builder #superstar
7-12
year old learners
Intermediate
Level
1-4
learners per class
$15
Charged upfront
Meets once
60 minute class
Available times
Pacific
Description
Class Experience
The student will be learning about the Pin--a powerful Chess Tactic. A Tactic is a trap that a player sets to win pieces or to get a better position on the board. They will learn to attack a piece so that it cannot move because an important piece or square behind it would be attacked if the "pinned" piece moved away. The student will learn that there are two kinds of Pins--The Absolute Pin and The Relative Pin. After the lesson, the student will be able to practice against other Outschool...
The students will become stronger chess players as they learn how to master Pins and by playing chess games on-line.
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.
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:
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.
1 hour per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.
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.
Teacher
About Me
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...
