Life Skills
Cool Chess! Intermediate 1 Lesson 6--Introduction to Opening Traps!
Students will learn about a trap that can occur on the chessboard in the opening of the game. #builder #superstar
7-12
year old learners
2nd-5th
US Grade Level
Intermediate
Level
1-4
learners per class
$15
Charged upfront
Meets once
60 minute class
Available times
Pacific
Description
Class Experience
The students will learn about an opening trap on the chessboard, which can cause them to lose a piece in a bad trade, lose a piece for free, or to be checkmated early in the game if they are not looking for this trap. This trap is called the "Noah's Ark Trap," in which a Queen or a Bishop will have to be sacrificed in order to escape this trap. It is named this because some think that the arrangement of the black pawns on the board look like the front of Noah's Ark or some think that this...
The students will become stronger chess players as they learn about the Noah's Ark Opening Trap and how to prevent from falling into this trap.
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...
