I came across this chess puzzle today and tried to recreate it, using google forms.
I hope it works.
Click here to test your chess knowledge.
:-)
Here we want to keep all our chess parents up to date (electronically) with what's up with chess at Aristea Primary. Just remember, all the new posts are on top.
Saturday 24 November 2012
Tuesday 20 November 2012
Special 100th post!
I would like to share with you our 100th post:
Almost 7 months ago, on the 22nd of April, I started this blog.
Today, this post, is our 100th!
We also had more than 1400 hits on our blog!
Thanks for your support!
:-)
Almost 7 months ago, on the 22nd of April, I started this blog.
Today, this post, is our 100th!
We also had more than 1400 hits on our blog!
Thanks for your support!
:-)
Chess tactics
Good afternoon (my time) to everyone!
I recently ordered two chess books for our learners (especially the juniors) written by Garry Kasparov - Checkmate! My first chess book and Checkmate tactics. In the last week, I paged through them and had a very interesting read. I can really recommend parents buying these books for your children to read through with them.
While I was reading and paging through the books, I just thought of the blog and that I must share some of the tactics that I found in the books. Some of them I have put up on the blog already, but that was almost 6 months ago!
Here are the links to those posts, click on them, go through them before you scroll down to the next post. Click on each word, it won't open in a new window, so be sure to press the 'back' button to come back to this post.
The Fork
The Pin
The Skewer
In the post below this one, I will have more and better examples of each of these, and I will include a section where you have to sacrifice a valuable piece to gain advantage or even win the match later.
Enjoy!
:-)
I recently ordered two chess books for our learners (especially the juniors) written by Garry Kasparov - Checkmate! My first chess book and Checkmate tactics. In the last week, I paged through them and had a very interesting read. I can really recommend parents buying these books for your children to read through with them.
While I was reading and paging through the books, I just thought of the blog and that I must share some of the tactics that I found in the books. Some of them I have put up on the blog already, but that was almost 6 months ago!
Here are the links to those posts, click on them, go through them before you scroll down to the next post. Click on each word, it won't open in a new window, so be sure to press the 'back' button to come back to this post.
The Fork
The Pin
The Skewer
In the post below this one, I will have more and better examples of each of these, and I will include a section where you have to sacrifice a valuable piece to gain advantage or even win the match later.
Enjoy!
:-)
The Pin, Fork and Skewer
The Fork
If you attack two of the opponent's pieces at the same time by using one piece , this is called a fork.
A white bishop attacks to a black king and knight. Black is obliged to lose his knight. (Diagram 1) A white knight attacks to a black queen and rook. Black is obliged to lose one of its pieces.
A queen and a pawn can also fork the opponents (see Diagram 2)
The Pin
Black knight can't move because it will lose his king. (see diagram 3) This position is called as a pin. The black bishop is also pinned by a white queen.
The Skewer
The white rook is attacking to more valuable black queen . The queen must escape but the black rook will be lost. This is called a skewer. (see Diagram 4)
All this I got from the following website: usefullchess.com
Click here to go to their website.
Then, a sacrifice to put the other player in a bad position - when you play again, you have forked him. (diagram 6) OR you win the game (diagram 5)
Let's have a look:
This is an easy example. White wins after the sacrifice of a queen.
1. Qd8 + Rxd8 2. Rxd8 mate
1. Rxf7 !!
A sacrifice of a rook . Qxf7 2. Nd6+ !! (this is a fork. Knight attacks the Black king and queen at the same time. Black's queen is captured)
Saturday 17 November 2012
Blog posts updated
Just a short post with regard to the blog being updated:
On the post: "My own chess experience", (click here to go there in a new window)
> I have uploaded three photos in the post,
> I also made a link to the rest of the photos in the album, in the right hand navigation bar.
Then,
In the bottom post: "Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop", (click here to go there in a new window, otherwise just scroll down)
>> I played the game and saw that there was one mistake on move 94, which I changed already.
>> I can also tell you, the board ends as follows:
White king on h1
Black: Kf2, Bf3, Nf1
:-)
On the post: "My own chess experience", (click here to go there in a new window)
> I have uploaded three photos in the post,
> I also made a link to the rest of the photos in the album, in the right hand navigation bar.
Then,
In the bottom post: "Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop", (click here to go there in a new window, otherwise just scroll down)
>> I played the game and saw that there was one mistake on move 94, which I changed already.
>> I can also tell you, the board ends as follows:
White king on h1
Black: Kf2, Bf3, Nf1
:-)
Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop
Good afternoon everyone!
I'm enjoying a nice relaxed afternoon after running the Winelands Marathon in Stellenbosch this morning. I know that has got nothing to do with chess, but it has to do with me. I also want to mention that I have updated some of the 'about me' information in the side bar.
Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop
First, lets look at the puzzle, that brought me to this post:
Answer: Be5#
I have read up about the topic at hand, and found a very interesting read on wikipedia.
Click here to go the that post. It will open in a new window.
In that page they had the following game:
I suggest you print this post. :-) I am going to do it now and play it on one of my boards!
Enjoy your weekend!
I'm enjoying a nice relaxed afternoon after running the Winelands Marathon in Stellenbosch this morning. I know that has got nothing to do with chess, but it has to do with me. I also want to mention that I have updated some of the 'about me' information in the side bar.
Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop
First, lets look at the puzzle, that brought me to this post:
Answer: Be5#
I have read up about the topic at hand, and found a very interesting read on wikipedia.
Click here to go the that post. It will open in a new window.
In that page they had the following game:
Get a chess board, and set it up in the following position. Then play the rest of the game:
From this position, play continued:
84.Kd6 Kf6 85.Kc5 Ke5
86.Kc4 Bd5+ 87.Kd3 Nf4+
88.Ke3 Be4 89.Kd2 Kd4
90.Kc1 Kc3 91.Kd1 Bc2+
92.Ke1 Kd3 93.Kf2 Ke4
94.Kg1 Bd1 95.Kf2 Nd3+
96.Kg3 Ke3 97.Kh4 Kf4
98.Kh3 Ne1 99.Kh4 Ng2+
100.Kh3 Kf3 101.Kh2 Kf2
102.Kh3 Be2 103.Kh2 Bg4
104.Kh1 Ne3 105.Kh2 Nf1+
106.Kh1 Bf3# 0-1
I suggest you print this post. :-) I am going to do it now and play it on one of my boards!
Enjoy your weekend!
Friday 16 November 2012
Aristea's first simultaneous match
Attention all chess learners:
I am looking for 12 chess players, who has the ability to notate, from grade 4 to 7 to play against me simultaneously in, what will be a first for Aristea Primary (as far as my knowledge stretches), a 'simul' match.
Everyone will play on his or her own board against me simultaneously! I will play 12 games simultaneously against everyone else.
Date: Thursday, 29 November 2012
Time: After school, 'till everyone is done
Place: Arts and Culture room
Requirement: Must be able to notate!! Each grade must be represented.
Cost: ITS FOR FREE!
Non-participants are welcome to come and watch, even take a board to play against someone else.
Pictures of all participants, the day in a whole and all the games will be uploaded on the blog. Thus, if you beat me, everyone else who reads the blog will know that you were the one to beat me, and they can see how you did it!
Let me know as soon as possible, when and where ever you see me, if you want to play, so that I can put your name on the list! Only the first 12 names that I get, will be allowed to play.
I am looking for 12 chess players, who has the ability to notate, from grade 4 to 7 to play against me simultaneously in, what will be a first for Aristea Primary (as far as my knowledge stretches), a 'simul' match.
Everyone will play on his or her own board against me simultaneously! I will play 12 games simultaneously against everyone else.
Date: Thursday, 29 November 2012
Time: After school, 'till everyone is done
Place: Arts and Culture room
Requirement: Must be able to notate!! Each grade must be represented.
Cost: ITS FOR FREE!
Non-participants are welcome to come and watch, even take a board to play against someone else.
Pictures of all participants, the day in a whole and all the games will be uploaded on the blog. Thus, if you beat me, everyone else who reads the blog will know that you were the one to beat me, and they can see how you did it!
Let me know as soon as possible, when and where ever you see me, if you want to play, so that I can put your name on the list! Only the first 12 names that I get, will be allowed to play.
My own chess experience!
Hello everyone!
First of all, I want to share with you my own chess experience this week. I took part in the Western Province Individual Blitz tournament on Thursday evening. I saw a couple of familiar faces faces from the previous tournaments I played in, and from the Western Province Individual Schools Tournament, that took place in Gansbaai in the July holiday. It was held at the Claremont Chess Club.
We played 7 rounds between 19:30 and 21:30! In this blitz tournament we had 3 minutes on the clock, with 2 seconds being added to your time (automatically) with every move that you make. I had a score of 1 out of 7! I only won my sixth match! But it was a good experience, and I enjoyed and learned a lot. It just goes to show - the more chess you play the better you will get, and the less chess you play (like myself), the rustier you get! :-) Back to the drawing board for me, as they say!
For more information, click here to go to the Western Province Chess website for more and up and coming WP chess events. Here are the photos that I promised. The rest you can find in another photo album in the right hand navigation bar.
Just to end off this post, just a easy puzzle to get your brains going:
Checkmate with a pawn!
The previous post, here below, has got more interesting puzzles to learn from - chess puzzles with more a lot to learn from!
:-)
First of all, I want to share with you my own chess experience this week. I took part in the Western Province Individual Blitz tournament on Thursday evening. I saw a couple of familiar faces faces from the previous tournaments I played in, and from the Western Province Individual Schools Tournament, that took place in Gansbaai in the July holiday. It was held at the Claremont Chess Club.
We played 7 rounds between 19:30 and 21:30! In this blitz tournament we had 3 minutes on the clock, with 2 seconds being added to your time (automatically) with every move that you make. I had a score of 1 out of 7! I only won my sixth match! But it was a good experience, and I enjoyed and learned a lot. It just goes to show - the more chess you play the better you will get, and the less chess you play (like myself), the rustier you get! :-) Back to the drawing board for me, as they say!
For more information, click here to go to the Western Province Chess website for more and up and coming WP chess events. Here are the photos that I promised. The rest you can find in another photo album in the right hand navigation bar.
The next one was an big ornament in the club:
Can anyone please remind me from what TV show this was from? Thx!
Send me an email: chess dot aristea at gmail dot com
Just to end off this post, just a easy puzzle to get your brains going:
Checkmate with a pawn!
:-)
Puzzles with an extra edge!
The first puzzle, it is Black to move, but if it would have been White's move, then he/she would have an easy checkmate in one move - Q to e or f 8#
+2+move+-+mate+in+2(1).jpg)
The second puzzle we can learn a lot from:
> Black moves Rf5+,
> The King moves to g4
> Now, from here, black can move his Rook to d5, with a discovered check from the Bishop, White must move his King, while the Black Rook takes Whites Queen!
Thus:
>> ....... Rf5
>> Kg4
>> Now the Black advances with his pawn, to put Black in check, with h5+.
>> ......... Kh3
>> Now, Black has one move to put White in Checkmate
I will give you a clue - The Rook and the Bishop behind him, will put white in double check!
Let me know if you get it - comment below.
I hope you enjoyed it!
:-)
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Checkmate with two Bishops
Good morning everyone!
This is an interesting checkmate - with White only having two Bishops.
If White only had one Bishop left, would a checkmate be possible?
Let me know!
:-)
This is an interesting checkmate - with White only having two Bishops.
If White only had one Bishop left, would a checkmate be possible?
Let me know!
:-)
Tuesday 13 November 2012
Puzzles page update
I updated the puzzle page this morning.
The following 3 boards are a preview to the puzzles I have upload in the puzzles page.
Click on the picture to enlarge
Click to enlarge:
This puzzle I go through with you step for step to help you get to the answer
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The following 3 boards are a preview to the puzzles I have upload in the puzzles page.
Click on the picture to enlarge
Click to enlarge:
This puzzle I go through with you step for step to help you get to the answer
.jpg)
Monday 12 November 2012
Have a great week!
Hi everyone!
I hope you have a great week ahead.
To all our learners - good luck with the exams starting today.
Do your best - what more can one ask!
:-)
Mr. Bekker
I hope you have a great week ahead.
To all our learners - good luck with the exams starting today.
Do your best - what more can one ask!
:-)
Mr. Bekker
Sunday 11 November 2012
More puzzles uploaded
Just a note: The puzzle page were updated with more puzzles! :-)
Answer the easy puzzle below, then click on it to go to the puzzles page for more!
:-)
Friday 9 November 2012
Checkmate in 2 and 3 moves - with clues!
Good one.
.
Next one:
In this one, even thought White has a queen to work with, Black uses his Rook, Bishop and Knight together to good effect, and to win the game in three moves:
Struggling? Here is the first move:
1) .........Nf5 #
2) Kd2
Then Black moves his Rook
And then his Knight again to win the game.
Let me know if you get it!
:-)
Checkmate with a pawn!
Hello everyone!
I hope you are all having an excellent day. To all the learners, I wish you the best of luck with the last exams of the year! Remember, study hard and you will achieve good marks! The more you put in the more you get out!
With the chess year over, I am not going to have so much chess news on the blog. However, I can still share chess puzzles, interesting reading material and links that I find on the internet. Today I have found a chess puzzle, where black is put in to checkmate - with a PAWN!
Check it out:
I will post more chess puzzles with clues in a short while!
Just a note: Remember that the newest post always go on top.
Have a nice weekend!
:-)
I hope you are all having an excellent day. To all the learners, I wish you the best of luck with the last exams of the year! Remember, study hard and you will achieve good marks! The more you put in the more you get out!
With the chess year over, I am not going to have so much chess news on the blog. However, I can still share chess puzzles, interesting reading material and links that I find on the internet. Today I have found a chess puzzle, where black is put in to checkmate - with a PAWN!
Check it out:
I will post more chess puzzles with clues in a short while!
Just a note: Remember that the newest post always go on top.
Have a nice weekend!
:-)
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Puzzles - checkmate in one or two moves
Hi there!
Here are a couple of puzzles for you to enjoy!
Let me know if you see it and if you are having trouble!
Puzzle - White to move
White must move and put black in checkmate.
Here is a tip: You must put him in double check!
Let me know if you get it!
Here is a tip: You must put him in double check!
Let me know if you get it!
Saturday 3 November 2012
Chess puzzle from the tournament
White to move and to put black in checkmate.
Do you see it??
The answer is below....
Answer: N on d4, move to c6.
Do you see it??
The answer is below....
Answer: N on d4, move to c6.
Last Mini-Tournament Final results
The results for the finals are as follows:
Click on the images to enlarge.
With the second semi-final between JJ and Enrico, we actually had a draw! Enrico went through to the final based on more points in the group stages. Luckily I set up these situation rules before-hand.
CONGRATULATIONS to Liam Meyer for winning the tournament!
We also celebrated our last chess day for 2012 by everyone wearing their T-Shirts with jeans, while the rest of the school still had to wear their school clothes! :-)
Thanks again to Cavendish Toyota for sponsoring the shirts!
Click on the images to enlarge.
With the second semi-final between JJ and Enrico, we actually had a draw! Enrico went through to the final based on more points in the group stages. Luckily I set up these situation rules before-hand.
CONGRATULATIONS to Liam Meyer for winning the tournament!
We also celebrated our last chess day for 2012 by everyone wearing their T-Shirts with jeans, while the rest of the school still had to wear their school clothes! :-)
Thanks again to Cavendish Toyota for sponsoring the shirts!
We like to think that they are still beautiful!
Clint, deep in thought, proudly wearing his T-shirt!
Last Mini-Tournament of 2012
Hi everyone!
Yesterday, Friday 2 November 2012, we had our last mini-tournament for the year. Next week our revision week starts and the week there after our exams! From me, good luck to all the learners preparing and learning for the exams.
But first, here is what happened yesterday:
I changed the format from the previous tournament we had in October. I divided all the entrants in 4 groups, randomly drawn during first break by Mr. Delport in the staff room. Late entrants were divided in the groups from the first to last group.
The first two places in each group went through to the finals: quarter-, semi- and finals. All the finalists won a keyring, and the overall winner a keyring and a medal.
Here are the group results:
The finals will be posted next!
:-)
Yesterday, Friday 2 November 2012, we had our last mini-tournament for the year. Next week our revision week starts and the week there after our exams! From me, good luck to all the learners preparing and learning for the exams.
But first, here is what happened yesterday:
I changed the format from the previous tournament we had in October. I divided all the entrants in 4 groups, randomly drawn during first break by Mr. Delport in the staff room. Late entrants were divided in the groups from the first to last group.
The first two places in each group went through to the finals: quarter-, semi- and finals. All the finalists won a keyring, and the overall winner a keyring and a medal.
Here are the group results:
:-)
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