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Summer Chess Camps and Classes
Summer Chess Classes
Don’t miss out on a great way to keep your child’s mind in shape this summer by registering them for chess classes! CheckMates USA classes are fun, interesting, and teach your child the skills they need to be successful students and people. Space is Limited! Register now!
Lake Zurich Park District Weekly Chess Classes
4:30 – 5:30 Tuesdays June 5th – July 17th (7 wks) To Register call (847) 438-5146
4:30 – 5:30 Tuesdays July 24th – September 4th (7 wks)
Libertyville Park District Weekly Chess Classes
4:45 – 5:45 Mondays June 11th – July 16th (6 wks) To Register call (847) 367-1502
4:45 – 5:45 Mondays July 23rd - August 20th (6 wks)
Long Grove Park District Weekly Chess Classes
6:00 – 7:00 Tuesdays June 12th – July 10th (5 wks) To Register call (847) 438-4743
6:00 – 7:00 Tuesdays July 17th – August 14th (5 wks)
Long Grove Park District Advanced Weekly Chess Classes
6:00 – 8:00 Thursdays June 14th – July 12th (5 wks) To Register call (847) 438-4743
6:00 – 8:00 Thursdays July 19th – August 16th (5 wks)
Summer Chess Camps
Don’t miss out on a great way to keep your child’s mind in shape this summer by registering them for chess camps! Chess Camps last for 3 hours in which the students have time to learn new chess techniques, practice them with alternative chess games, play a few games of normal chess, and enjoy their times with friends! Each strategy that campers learn will be reinforced with one-of-a-kind online support and practice puzzles that they can do at home.
CheckMates USA classes are fun, interesting, and teach your child the skills they need to be successful students and people. Space is Limited! Register now!
Morton Grove Park District Chess Camps
9 am - Noon Monday-Friday June 5th – June 29h To Register call (847) 965-1200
9 am - Noon Monday-Friday July 16th – July 20th
9 am - Noon Monday-Friday July 30th - August 3rd
9 am - Noon Monday-Friday August 13th – August 17th
Long Grove Park District Chess Camps
9 am – Noon Tuesday – Friday June 13th –June 15th To Register call (847) 438-4743
Noon –3pm Tuesday – Friday June 19th – June 22nd
9 am – Noon Tuesday – Friday July 10th – July 13th
CheckMatesUSA is a nationally recognized leader in chess education. More information can be found at www.CheckMatesUSA.com or by calling (224) 619-6506.
The Pin
The Pin is a very important tool that every chess player should have in his or her repertoire. The word pin literally means that something cannot move. For example, if a poster is pinned to wall, it cannot move. In wrestling, a pin is when your opponent cant move. In chess, a pin is when a piece cannot move.
Creating a pin in chess can be useful, but it does not always win a piece. Above, the King from A1 can move to B2 to protect the Knight. Whenever you know a chess piece cannot move, it is always a good idea to put pressure on it, and attack it with more chess pieces.
The Bishop from H6 can move to G7 to pin the Knight. The King is expected to protect it by moving to B2. The Black player can then win the knight by attacking it with the pawn on B5 by moving it to B4. The white player then does not have to defend the white knight, and cannot move it either because it is pinned. Remember: when a piece is pinned, take advantage of it by putting pressure on the pin.
How the chess pieces are called in Spanish?
"Mexico set a new record for simultaneous chess games on when 13,446 players faced off at the same time in a vast Spanish colonial square at the heart of the former Aztec empire, Mexico City officials said."
How are the chess pieces called in Spanish?
Chess is a popular sport in the Hispanic Culture and is played in all Latin cultures across the world. Knowing what the chess pieces are called in Spanish could allow you to analyze a game in another language (Spanish).
The King in Chess is called “Rey” in chess in Spanish.
The Queen is called “Reina” in chess in Spanish.
The Bishop is called “Alfil” in chess in Spanish.
The Knight is called “Caballo” in chess in Spanish.
The Rook is called “Torre” in chess in Spanish.
The Pawn is called “Peón” in chess in Spanish.
If you are playing chess in a spanish speaking country you must know how to say Check. Check is Spanish is called “Jaque.” If you need to say CheckMate in Spanish, you can say “Jaquemate.”
Cool Chess Boards: Cold War Chess Chess
My cousin from Russia seems to be able to find me the coolest chess sets; this one is no exception. It is a colorful, wooden chess set made under the theme of the cold war. The cold war chess set is a collectors set and probably not the best to play on. Still, it is nice to keep around. As you can see each piece is designed with detail and is quite comical.
Getting out of Check
Check is one of the most, if not the most, important concepts in chess. Check means the king is in danger. This means that the player whose king is in danger MUST get their king out of check.
There are three ways that a player can get out of check
1. Move - This means to move your king out of danger.
2. Block- This means moving a piece in between your king and the piece attacking it. Note: you cannot block a check from a Knight because it skips over pieces.
3. Attack- This means you are attacking the piece that is putting your king in check. You can use your king to attack or another piece on your team.
A good chess player will look through all his/her options before deciding. In each position, the correct move may be to move, block, or attack, but you will never know until you look at all the options.
Take a look at this position, what should the white team do?
What do you think the white king should do. He can move out of the way to b1 or b2. He can also use his queen to block on a2, but the best option is to capture the rook on a7 with the queen on f2.
The Rook and how it moves
The Rook is an important piece to use in chess and not very hard to learn. There is an easy rhyme I made up for the rook; here how it goes:
“Up, Down, Side to Side, that’s the way the rook will slide.”
The rook moves forwards, backwards, and sideways as many squares as it wants. It attacks the same way it moves and cannot skip over pieces. Like all the other pieces, it can only attack one piece at a time.
Each team gets two rooks and they start on the corners on the board. For white this is a1 and h1. For black this is a8 and h8.
Also, it is the rook, not the castle!
Superhero Chess Set
The Colorado Springs Chess Club sent me over pictures of this superhero chess set. This is a very cool chess set. This chess set has character divided in Marvel vs. DC comic teams for the comic book enthusiasts out there.
Check out the original post: http://cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8233724.
What is a pawn chain?
Pawn are the first piece that most players learn…but are by no means the simplest. They are a very unique piece for a variety of reasons:
1. They are the only pieces that cannot move backwards.
2. They are the only pieces that attack differently that they moves.
3. They are the only pieces that can be promoted.
Pawns are actually my favorite piece for these and many other reasons, but enough about pawns. Pawn chains are one the first strategies that a chess players learns when dealing with pawns. A pawn chain in when a group of pawns are in a diagonal protecting each other. This is beneficial because the pawns are much harder to attack for your opponent, and easier to defend for you. The pawn at the bottom of the pawn chain the only vulnerable one and therefore you can focus your defenses on him. Later on, more advanced players learn to coordinate their pawn chains with the color of their bishop. Having many pawns chains on the board leads to a closed position and is very powerful for a knight.
What does FIDE stand for?
Many of us know that FIDE is the leading world chess organization. But what does FIDE stand for?
FIDE stands for Fédération Internationale des Échecs, which literally translates into World Chess Federation. They are the governing body for most large chess events and create the rules for international competition. They also award players titles such as Grandmaster and International Master.
What is a GrandMaster?
What is a Grandmaster? Many parents and students alike ask me this question. A grandmaster is a rank that FIDE (World Chess Federation) bestows upon a player. Over the course of history the specific qualifications for this have changed; but it basically means you are a really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really good chess player.
Currently, the regulations for becoming a Grandmaster are somewhat complex. A player must have an Elo Rating of at least 2500 (although they need not maintain this level to obtain or keep the title). Also, at least two favorable results (called norms) from a total of at least 27 games in tournaments involving other Grandmasters, including some from countries other than the applicant’s, are usually required before FIDE will confer the title on a player. Current regulations can be found in the FIDE Handbook
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