Cactus Ranch Chess Club

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Cactus Ranch Chess Club
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Chess Lessons Practice

• Group Bs
• Continue chess lesson with Dinosaur Chess to
  learn how the Queen, King, and Pawn move
• group practices
• Group As
• before making a move, remember the 7-up rule ?
• practice checkmates with
• King 2 Rooks
• King Queen
• King 1 Rook
• King 2 Bishops
• King Bishop Knight

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How The Queen Moves

• The Queen is the most powerful piece
• It can move in any direction any number of
  squares as long as no other piece blocks its path
  (the Queen can not leap over any pieces)
• The Queen captures the same way it moves. When
  it captures an opponents piece, it displaces
  that piece (occupies the square of the captured
  piece)
• In the diagrams, the dots indicate where the
  white Queen can move to
• In the lower diagram, the white Queen can capture
  black Pawns and Bishop, but NOT the black Rook or
  Knight

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How The King Moves

• The King moves one square in any direction (see
  upper diagram)
• It can not leap over any other piece
• The King captures the same way it moves. When it
  captures an opponents piece, it displaces that
  piece (occupies the square of the captured piece)
• In the diagrams, the dots indicate where the
  white King can move to
• In the lower diagram, the white King can capture
  the black Rook, but not the black Bishop
• Note that the King can not move to any square
  that it is under attack. In the lower diagram,
  the King can not move to these 3 squares because
  they are under attack by the black Rook Bishop

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How The Pawn Moves

• The Pawn is the only piece that is limited to
  moving in only one direction straight ahead
• With one exception (noted below), a Pawn moves
  one square forward unless its path is blocked by
  one of his own or an opponents piece
• When a Pawn is moved from its opening position -
  even if this occurs late in the game - that Pawn
  on its first move has the option of moving 1
  square or 2 squares
• The Pawn's capturing method differs from the way
  it moves. The Pawn moves by advancing straight
  along a file. In capturing, however, the Pawn can
  take an opponent piece only if that piece is
  located on either one square forward to the right
  or left as indicated on the diagram (the black
  Pawn can capture the white Rook or Knight, but
  NOT the white Bishop or Queen)
• In the diagrams, the dots indicate where the
  white Pawn can move to

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7-Up Rule ?

• Before making a move to a square, remember the
  7-Up rule ? (looking for opponents threats in
  all 7 directions on that square)
• Up
• Down
• Left
• Right
• Diagonally Left
• Diagonally Right
• And the Knights

    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    
     
     
     
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
     
     
    
     
     
     
     
    
     
    
     
     
     
     
     
     
          
     
     
     
     
     
     
    
     
    
     
     
     
     
    
     
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
     
     
     
     
    
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Practicing Checkmates for Group As

• Video demonstrations of checkmates with
• King 2 Rooks
• King Queen
• King 1 Rook (with the knight jump style)
• King 1 Rook (with king in a box style)
• King 2 Bishops
• King 1 Knight 1 Bishop