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Don't Miss the 3rd Annual Chess Adventure Camp in Owasso on 28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008 Now is the time
for preparing to start a new scholastic chess
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FREE Chess Lesson PlansChess teachers and coaches can help each other by sharing short chess lesson plans on this site. These are 5 to 15 minute lessons for use during a chess club meeting or chess class, leaving plenty of time to enjoy honing the new skill over the board. Lessons are listed below in the approximate order that they are normally taught. Examples of many possible additions are included in the list, but without links (topic order and title changes will be determined by contributors). All of the chess lesson plans on this page were contributed by teachers and coaches for their own use. They are sharing these with you, hoping you'll do the same. If you have a new or improved lesson plan to share, please email it in MS Word (doc) or Rich Text (rtf) format to admin@okschess.org with "Lesson Plan" included in the subject. Sample outlines you can use when creating your own lesson plan are available in MS Word (doc) and Rich Text (rtf) format. We will convert your file to the other formats available for each lesson below, including web page (html) and Adobe Acrobat (pdf). We hope you'll benefit from these, and The Chess Board The Piece Names and Starting Position Pawn Moves and Captures EnPassant - pawn capture in passing Knight Moves, Pattern and Tour Bishop Moves and Importance of Color Rook Moves and Open Files Queen Moves King Moves, Legal Moves and Introduction to Check Castling Piece Values, Exchanges and Material Advantage Pawn Promotion Check, Escaping From It and Checkmate Draws - Stalemate and How To Avoid It Chess Notation - the language of
chess. Checkmating And Checkmate Puzzles Pawn Under-Promotion - why not a queen? Draws - Insufficient Mating Material Draws - 3 Fold Repetition and 50 Move Rule - scoresheet or independent witness required Draws - By Agreement - and when not to agree Endgame - King and Queen or Rook Endgame- King and Pawn vs King - Elementary
Opposition Opening Principles - Center Pawn First Opening Principles - Minor Pieces Second - stopping the scholar's mate Opening Principles - Castle Early - protect the King, activate the Rook Opening Principles - Keep your Queen at Home - or else... Opening Principles - One Move per Piece - introduction to time and space Introduction to Pawn Structure The Pawn Game Analysis Basics - questions to ask yourself each move Tactics - Forks Tactics - Pins Tactics - Skewers Tactics - Discovery Attacks and Double Check Tactics - X-ray Attack Tactics - Trading Pieces 1 - clearing the board with material advantage Tactics - Trading Pieces 2 - gaining positional advantage More topics to come with above topic order and title changes determined by lesson plan contributors
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