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The students will learn the basic rules of chess, study openings, middle game, endgame, how to checkmate the opponent’s King and understand what stalemate is. They will also learn basic tactical exercises (pins, forks, double attacks, skewers etc.) and how to look out for tricks and traps in the game. As they grow stronger, they will learn to spot simple combinations and master the simplest methods of attacking and defending.
The purpose is to teach the student to see the chessboard, to find hidden threats and connections between different pieces, and to understand how to coordinate the pieces to achieve one goal or another.
Decisiveness, discipline, analytical thinking, focus and patience are taught and required to improve in chess and are important at this young age, as this is when thinking patterns and habits are developed. Chess encompasses all of these qualities.
In co-operation with Allen ISD Community Education
