Chess Club  

Sponsored by the Bennett PTO

Are you interested in joining Bennett's Chess Club?
We meet the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month
from 8 - 9AM in the cafeteria.

Chess is a powerful tool for developing higher order thinking skills, creativity, numerical and verbal aptitudes, and memory. Students of all grades and skill levels are welcome! 

Parent volunteers are always appreciated.

Reminder: On meeting days, all chess club members must be signed into the building by an adult. Kindergarteners
                  must be accompanied by a parent.

                  Starting with the November 2nd meeting, we will group the children according to grades.
                  Please remind them to look for their tables as they enter the cafeteria which will be labeled as    
                  follows:       K and 1st --pawns
                                     2nd---------knights
                                     3rd --------bishops
                                     4th---------rooks
                                     5th---------kings
                  Also, make sure your child brings a pencil to the meeting.

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Introduction

The picture shows what the pieces look like in most diagrams.

 
Chess : a game for two played on a board of 64 squares of alternate colors with each player having 16 pieces.' - The Merriam-Webster Dictionary '

Chess is a board game played by two opponents called White and Black. The goal of each player is to attack the opponent's King so that it has no escape. Players take turns moving one piece at a time to strengthen their own position and to weaken their opponent's.

The chess pieces are symbolic of a medieval army. Each player starts with a King and a Queen (the monarchy), two Rooks (the heavy artillery), two Knights (the horsemen), two Bishops (the church), and eight Pawns (the foot soldiers).

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Chess Game Directions came from Mark Weeks: Mark Weeks is an American living in Europe who has had a life-long interest in chess. He has been a USCF member since his high school years, has a FIDE rating of 2235, and is an ICCF Master.

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For more information, please contact Taryl Smith at sandtsmith@att.net

 

 

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