RED Division players are strong for their grade level. Note that a Blue division player who is in 8th grade could be better than a Red division player in 2nd grade! These levels are somewhat relative to a child's age.
Pre-Requisites:
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Must attend MNSD
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Must be well behaved
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Blue Division Player
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Must have won 4 games in a 6 game tournament, or
3.5 games in a 5 game tournament OR have "tested into" the RED Division as approved by Mr. Seghers.
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Must Demonstrate knowledge of:
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Intermediate Tactics
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King and Pawn Endgames
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Concept of Planning
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Who is the World Champion?
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Who was the only American World Champion?
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Who was the first World Champion?
While a Red Division player, a Student should learn:
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Advanced
Tactics
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Clearance
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Interference
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Zugzwang
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Desperado
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Decoy
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Overkill Checkmate
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K+2B vs K
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Intermediate K+P Endgames
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Fox in the Chicken Coup
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Deep Freeze
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Minor Piece Endgames
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Minor Piece vs a Lone Pawn
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Middlegame
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Exploiting a large material advantage
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Space Advantage
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Basic Pawn Structure
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Pawn Islands
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Isolated Pawn
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Doubled Pawn
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Importance of the Center
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Attacking the King
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Open H File
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Cracking open a Fianchetto
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Memorize One Classical Game Unique to the Player
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Must be able to explain moves and relevant
sidelines
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Must be able to explain who each player is
Outside of Class, a Red Division player should:
· Watch Red and Black level videos on MuskegoChess.blogspot.com
· Practice tactics on ChessTempo.com
· Study Master games
· Choose a style of Play and at Least 2 openings for White and 2 openings for Black
· Play online chess on Chess.com
· Play in Tournaments!
· Win 4 games in a 6-game tournament, or 3.5 in a 5-game tournament
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