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