1. Explore chess related activities suitable for classroom use
Chess in the classroom
Explore chess related activities suitable for classroom use
Rita Atkins

2. Competitive Chess in schools
Series of chess games played in Round Robin, Swiss systems format or as a Ladder League.
National Schools Team Championship and the UK Chess Challenge are popular tournament choices for over schools in the UK.
Chess rules as stated in the World Chess Federation (FIDE) handbook are generally followed even in practice games.
Focus is on students who already play some good chess, and players new to the game are often left behind.
While competitive chess can be tremendous fun, it is not suitable for every child.

3. Competitive <-> Classroom Chess Chess
Taught by chess experts
Breakfast, lunch or after-school club
Instruction by game analysis
Mixed age and chess experience
Informal setting, attendance by choice
Taught by teachers
Chess Lesson
Variety of chess activities
Uniform age and experience
Formal setting, compulsory attendance

4. Classroom Chess: Mini Games
Mini Games follow the rules of chess but are played with a limited set of pieces

5. Classroom Chess: Chess Variants
Chess Variants are played on the chess board with one or more new rules introduced.
First check wins!
Business as usual?
No check or checkmate, and
The King can also be captured.
The player with more material
wins.
The knight that eats
all the apples first wins

6. More Chess Variants Football chess (Tatiana Ogneva): Crowding knights:
Starting from the position above arrange your pieces on your side of the board in the first seven moves. The football game then begins; capturing is allowed and the ball moves along with the piece that occupies the same square. Goal is scored on d8-e8 and d1-e1.
Crowding knights:
Players take turns to place a knight on the board where it is not under attack by enemy pieces. The player who first runs out of safe squares and can no longer place a knight on the board loses.

7. Survey results

8. Contour of the pieces
Bishop,
Queen
Knight
Rook

9. Problem solving for the young
Capture the flag
Amazing Maze
Capture the knights
Source: Igor Sukhin, Gary's adventures in Chess Country

10. The Rook's tour
Starting with a rook on a1 visit every square on the chess board and return to the starting point. What is the smallest number of moves in which the tour can be completed? What is the longest tour that you can find?

11. Mathematics problem solving
A chess piece stands on a square of the chess board. The rest of the board is completely covered with 3x1 triminos. Where does the piece stand?
How many rectangles are there on a chess board?

12. Problem solving for the chess player
Black is in checkmate.
Can you identify the pieces?
Black is in stalemate.
Can you identify the pieces?

13. Colouring for the chess player
Black is in checkmate.
Colour in the chess pieces!