forerunner christian chess team
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Forerunner ChristianChess Team
Week 4
Last Week Review
Check, Checkmate, Stalemate
3 Things to Think About on Each Move
Connecting Rooks and Forks
Chess Principle 3: Be Humble When Winning
Sample Game: Nunn winning a a large combo of forks
3 Things to Think About
1.What is my opponent doing?
2.What did he STOP doing?
3.How are my pieces feeling?
Christian Chess Principle #4
Respect your opponents (and their pieces)
Levels of ChessLevel A: Still learning the rules of chess
Level B: Can easily finish games of chess but not tactics
Level C: Can think strategically and use simple tactics like Forks/Skewers/Pins; King Queen/Rook Checkmate
Level D: Can apply all tactics into a game; Pawn endgames; Weak Squares; 2 Bishop Endings, Disco-Attack, Create Attacks
Level E: Understands positional play: pawn structure, piece superiority, subtle advantages, tactical sacrifices, Bishop/Knight ending, positional sacrifices, prophylaxis, decoy
Level F: Chess Expert. Understands the dynamics between dark/light squares, imbalances, positional sacrifices, overprotection,
Discovered Attack (Disco)
Discovered Attack (Disco)
Bridge TheoryStep 1: Complete Development
Step 2: Once you have advantage, open up the bridge through a pawn breakthrough
Step 3: Get as many pieces to the other side of the board safely as possible
Step 4: Use your pieces to get your pawns to become Queens
Complete Development
Pawn Breakthrough
Get Pieces to other side
Example GameBuilding an Attack
1. King-side AttackII. OverloadingIII. Disco-AttackIV. Trading when Down
Notation