BLUE Division - Ready for Tournaments!

The BLUE Division players have demonstrated they are ready for tournament play!

TO EARN YOUR BLUE WRIST BAND, YOU MUST PASS A TEST AND DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING:

o   Thinking before moving- balancing offense and defense

o   En Passant
o   Battle Squares- counting defenders and attackers
o   Overkill Checkmates K+2R vs K and K+Q vs K
o   Avoiding Stalemate
o   Basic Tactics
o   Basic Openings
o   Opening Principles
o   Taking Notation
o   Tournament Basics- sportsmanship, manners, basics, etc.

AFTER YOU EARN YOUR BLUE DIVISION WRIST BAND, a Student should focus on earning their Red Wristband by demonstrating success in chess tournaments.  Here are the things a blue student should learn:

• Use Chess.com or other program to analyze game
• Intermediate Tactics

• Discovery

• Discovered Check

• Discovered Attack

• Double Check

• Deflection

•  Back Rank

• Trapped Piece

• Basic Endgames

• Overkill Checkmate

• K+R vs. K

• K + P vs. K

• USE YOUR KING! 

• Opposition

• Rook Pawn

• Rule of the Square

• Rook Endgames,  Rooks belong behind passed pawns

• Middlegame -  Concept of planning

Outside of Class, a Blue Division player should:

·         Watch Blue and Red level videos on MuskegoChess.blogspot.com
·         Practice tactics on ChessTempo.com
·         Play online chess on Chess.com
·         Take Notation and Analyze games
·         Play in Tournaments!
·         Win 4 games in a 6-game tournament, or 3.5 in a 5-game tournament