Instructional Materials
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All of the following documents were created by Chuck Beach who founded Rockford Scholastic Chess. These materials are excellent resources for any coach or teacher who's looking for a way to work with students to build their skills of chess from beginner to skilled player.
Flashcards
Use these flashcards to drill students on their knowledge of openings. Each pdf sheet contains a single opening line that players (and coaches) can use to drill memorization of next moves.
Minigames
Each of the following documents contains practice exercises that can help students develop various chess skills. Each minigame provides the setup, objective, and some tips for players.
Minilessons
Each of the following documents contains a very specific lesson about pieces, checkmates, tactics, openings, and more. Each lesson contains basic information, diagrams, and at least one puzzle for the student to solve with the new information.
Basic Concepts
Basic Checkmates
King/Pawn Endings
Special Checkmates
Worksheets
These worksheets can be used as work for students to practice what they've learned from minilessons.
- 1.e4 d5, 2.Nf3 Bc4 - Worksheet
- 1.e4 d5, 2.Nf3 - Worksheet / 1.e4 d5, 2.Nf3 - Answers
- Opening Trap 1.e4 e5, 2.Qh5 - Worksheet / Opening Trap 1.e4 e5, 2.Qh5 - Answers
- Ruy Lopez 4.Ba4 - Worksheet / Ruy Lopez 4.Ba4 - Answers
You Be the Coach
Checkmate Worksheets
Each of these worksheets contains 9 diagrams that can be used to test students' knowledge of the basic checkmate patterns
Beginner Materials
Players should use the Beginner Skills Checklist to begin learning the absolute basics about chess. As they progress through each item, they can check it off and move on to the next one. All supporting materials are list below.
Board and Pieces
- The Board - The Board Worksheet
- Pieces
- King - King - Worksheet
- Rook
- Bishop - Bishop Quiz / Bishop Mate in One / Bishop Worksheet
- Queen
- Knight - Knight EZ Worksheet / Knight Mate in One EZ Worksheet / Knight - Worksheet
- Pawn - Pawn - Worksheet
- What Chess Pieces Love... - What Chess Pieces Love - Worksheet / What Chess Pieces Love - Answers
Basic Moves
Novice Materials
Players should use the Novice Skills Checklist to begin learning some more basics about chess. As they progress through each item, they can check it off and move on to the next one. All supporting materials are list below.
Basic Checkmates
- Getting Out of Check - Getting out of Check - Worksheet
- Checkmate with 2 Rooks - 2 Rooks Mate Worksheet
- Checkmate with a Queen - Queen Mate Worksheet
- Checkmate with 1 Rook - 1 Rook Mate Worksheet #1 - 1 Rook Mate Worksheet #2 - 1 Rook Mate Worksheet #3
Tactics
- Forks - Fork Attack - Worksheet #1 / Fork Attack - Worksheet #2 / Fork Attack - Worksheet #3
- Skewer
- Pin - Pin - Worksheet #1 / Pin - Worksheet #2 / Pin - Worksheet #3
- Discovered Attacks - Discovered Attack - Worksheet / Discovered Attack - Answers
- Double Attacks - Double Attack - Worksheet
- Scholar's Mate / Scholar's Mate - Defense / Scholar's Mate - Defense / Scholar's Mate - Offense
Openings
- Coach's Notes on Opening Moves
- Opening Principles / Basic Openings Flashcard
- The First Moves... / Move 1 Flashcard
- 1.e4 e5 - Worksheet
- 1.e4 - Worksheet / 1.e4 - Answers
- 1.e4 Flashcard
- 1.e4 e5 Flashcard
- 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 Flashcard
- 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 Nc6 Flashcard
- Ruy Lopez Flashcard / Ruy Lopez, Exchange - Black Flashcard
- The Italian Game - Italian 3.Nf6 Ng5 - Worksheet
- Guioco Piano Flashcard
Intermediate Materials
Players should use the Intermediate Skills Checklist to dig deeper into the fundamental skills of chess. As they progress through each item, they can check it off and move on to the next one. All supporting materials are list below.