Tuesday, November 19, 2013

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

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