GREEN Division - New to Chess!

This is the first of five articles explaining the different divisions of the Muskego Scholastic Chess Club.

The GREEN Division consists of kids who are new to chess, or who have not yet demonstrated the skills necessary to earn their WHITE wrist band.  There is no Green wrist band given out at this time.  Students in the Green Division should have as their goal to make it to the White division as soon as they can, so they are ready to really learn the game of chess.

TO BECOME A GREEN DIVISION PLAYER, YOU MUST:

·         Must attend a Muskego K-12 school
·         Must be well behaved and attentive in class

TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT DIVISION (White), THE GREEN DIVISION PLAYER SHOULD LEARN:

·         Board and zones, setup
·         Basic chess rules
·         Chess pieces and movement
·         Basic moves
·         Pawn promotions
·         Castling
·         Three parts of the game
·         Basic Check and Mate
·         Stalemate
·         4-Move Checkmate

Outside of Class, the Green level student should:

·         Watch Green level videos on MuskegoChess.blogspot.com
·         Practice board setup and piece movement
·         Prepare to testThis is into White Division when Ready!