WE ARE LEANING HOW TO PLAY CHESS!

In 6th class Hazel our Teacher has started to teach us some chess skills.

Here are a few guidelines on how to play chess!

• Players must always shake hands before and after games.
• White always starts the game.
• One piece-one square.
• When setting up your board a white square should always be on your right

This week we started learning how to use the pawn and the rook piece.

The Pawn

• White pawns start on rank 2, black pawns on rank 7.
• Pawns can move only one space forward at any time except for their first move when each pawn has the choice of moving one or two spaces forward.
• Pawns can capture other pieces by moving one space diagonally to the left or right.

The Rook

• The Rooks begin on the extreme corners of the board.
• The rook moves horizontally and vertically any number of squares, forwards or backwards.
• A Rook cannot move through or jump pieces but can capture opposition pieces in its way.

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