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CHESS INDUCTION COURSE FORNEWLY APPOINTED PET’S 2010-11 PRESENTATION BY TANDEL NILESH M.(LIBRARIRAN) JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA, SABARKANTHA ( GUJARAT)

INTRODUCTION • CHESS GAME MOST POPULAR BOARD GAME IN THE UNIVERSE. CHESS HAS HALPED PLAYERS IN DEVELOPING LOGICAL, METHODICAL NAD CONSEQUENTIAL THINKING PROCESS. WHICH ISUSEFULL IN OTHER SHERES OF LIFE. CHESS IS NATURE OF THE GAME NOT PHYSICALLY ONLY TWO PERSON START TO THE GAME.

CHESSBOARD • BOARD 8X8 SQUERES = 64 SQURES • COLOUR = WHITE AND BLACK • TOTAL 32 CHESSMEN • EACH SIDE 16 CHESSMEN OR PIECES.

CHESSMEN • TYPE OF CHESSMEN • • • • • •

KING QUEEN ROOK BISHOP KNIGHT PAWN

-2 -2 -4 -4 -4 -16

ARRANGE THE CHESSMEN • • • • •

THE PICES ARE SET UP IN THE FIRST ROW THE PAWNS ARE SET UP IN THE SECOND ROW. EACH OF ROOKS WILL CORNOR SQUERS. EACH OF KNIGHTS WILL SQUERE NEXT TO THE ROOK. EACH OF THE BISHOPS WILL SQUERS NEXT TO THE BISHOP. • THE WHITE QUEEN WILL WHITE BLOCK & BLACK QUEEN WILL BLACK BLOCK. • WHITE KING SET BLACK COLOR & BLACK KING SET WHITE COLOR.

CHESSBOARD

AREA

ALGEBRAIC NOTATION

ALGEBRAIC NOTATION • THE PIECES ARE REPRESENTED BY THEIR FIRST LETTER. • KING -K • QUEEN -Q • ROOK -R • BISHOP -B • KNIGHT -N**

ROOK

ROOK

KNIGHT

KNIGHT

BISHOP

BISHOP

QUEEN

QUEEN

KING MOVE

KING

PAWN

PAWN

SHORT CASTLING

LONG CASTLING

EN-PASSANT

EN-PASSANT

STALEMATE

STALEMATE

CHECKMATE

CHECKMATE

CHECKMATE

CHECKMATE

RULES FOR MOVING & CAPTURING • MOVING “ PASS” • PLAYER NOT ALLOWED TWO MOVES. • CAPTURING: • CAPTURING IS ALWAYS OPTIONAL AND

NOT COMPULSORY. • CAPTURING PIECES REMOVED FROM THE BOARD.

PAWN’S SPECIAL POWERPROMOTION: • PAWN REACHES THE END OF THE

CHESSBOARD IT CAN TRASFORM QUEEN, ROOK, BISHOP OR KNIGHT OF THE SAME COLOUR. ALSO IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE NINE QUEENS.

CHESS NOTATIONS • LEARN CHESS NOTATION • DEVELOP A HABIT TO WRIT DOWN YOUR GAME AS NEATLY AND CORRECTLY. • FIND OUT YOU CAN YOUR STRONG & WEAK POINTS. • HEL GOOD CHESS PLAYER.

RELATIVE VALUE OF THE CHESSMEN • QUEEN • ROOK • BISHOP • KNIGHT • PAWN

-9 -5 -3 -3 -1

POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS

TOUCH AND MOVE • FIRST PIECE TOUCH THAT CAN BE MOVE. • CAPTURE THE FIRST PIECE TOUCHED CAN BE CAPTURED. • GOOD HABIT TO MAKE ONE HAND ONLY.

HOW A GAME IS WON • YOU HAVE CHECKMETED YOUR

OPPONENT. • DECLAIRED RESIGNED OPPONENT. • TIME OUT.

HOW A GAME IS DRAWN • PLAYER ON MOVE HAS NO LEGAL MOVE AND KING IS NOT THE CHECK “ STALEMATE” • THREE TIME SAME POSSITIONS. • FIFTY MOVE RULE. • MITUAL- TWO PLAYER DRAW OFFER.

CHESS SYMBOLS •+ •X •! •? •# • !! • ??

- CHECK - CAPTURE -A VERY GOOD MOVE. - MISTAKE -CHECKMATE - EXCELLENT MOVE -BLUNDER.

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