LESSON

We went over all the rules for castling.

We also went over moves with pawn including when a pawn can move 2 squares, capturing, and promoting a pawn.

You should be able to answer these questions:

Can a pawn capture two squares on a diagonal? NO

If you pawn makes it all the way across the board can you turn it into any piece? ANY PIECE OF YOUR COLOR EXCEPT A PAWN OR KING

Can you turn it into a queen if you still have a queen? YES

Can you castle to get out of check? NO

If you moved your king but then later moved it back to it's starting square, can you castle? NO

How many times can you castle in a game? ONLY ONCE

RATINGS

Elijah	446
Harrison	121
Cameron	120
Ansel	120
Carlos	120
Jordan	119
Maura	117
Walter	115
Sully	115
Freddy	110

The Lesson today was on pins. We learned how to find a pin and how to win a pinned piece - attack it again.

Tournament results. Congratulation to Elijah who earned a trophy at the statewide tournament Sat.

Name  r1r2r3r4r5r6r7 bef aft chg

Elijah W L L W L W L 412 436 +24

Here's Elijah at the tournament

LESSONS

We learned more about forks and we learned about hurdles

RATINGS

Elijah	412
Harrison	111
Cameron	110
Ansel Gage	110
Walter	110
Carlos	110
Freddy	110
Jordan	109
Maura	107
Sully	105

 

My name is Bill Heinemann. I learned to play chess when I was six by watching my older brothers play. I played board 1 or 2 on my high school team. I taught my own children how to play and started a club at Moreland in 1991 so they'd have a place to play. In 1996 Moreland won the state championship. In 1991 and 1992 my daughter Marjorie won the state championship for kindergartners an then repeated as a 1st grader. I took her to the National championships that year. In the following years I organized trips to nationals. Teams from Moreland competed successfully winning many trophies in Peoria, Nashville, Pittsburg, Milwaukee. Marjorie competed in the top section and finished tied for top girl in the nation.  Her senior year she represented Minnesota in the first Susan Polgar invitational. 

Since 2005 I've coached at Moreland, Heritage, Mendota, Farnsworth upper and lower, Capitol Hill, and Salem Hills. So now I'm back at Moreland since 1985. When the pandemic hit, I took a year or two off, then wasn't sure if I could do this after I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. But after teaching chess at Heritage since 2021, I'm confident I can handle Moreland as well.

We're running this through Community Ed. We meet Monday's from 2:15 to 3:15 starting April 8, 2024.