Beginner (Grades K - 2)
$150.00 USD
$136.00
Early bird price expires on Mar 02, 2026 at 11:59 PM
- Thu3:35 - 4:35 pm
Description
Beginner Class Description
- Rules of the game: how pawns/pieces move & capture; what is attack, castle, 'en passant', pawn promotion; check; checkmate; notation – I.e. The “abc’s” of chess.
- Basic strategy:
- checkmate -or the goal of the game
- development of pieces (more squares means stronger pieces)
- stalemate
- capturing the opponent’s pieces
- piece value (absolute, and relative)
- Check Mate Concepts (The common‘how to's”)
- mate with queen & king against king
- mate with 2 rooks, or 1 rook 1 queen (Ladder mate)
- mate with 1 rook and king against king
- mate traps in the beginning of the game (scholar’s, fool’s, Legal’s)
- mate traps in the middle game (Batteries, plus Smother, anastasia, Arabian, etc.)
Basic End-Of-Game principles
- King becomes strong at end-of the game
- Pawn & King against King (opposition, flanking)
- Simple end-game positions for practice
Class dates
03/12/2026, 03/19/2026, 03/26/2026, 04/02/2026, 04/09/2026, 04/16/2026, 04/23/2026, 04/30/2026, 05/07/2026
Restrictions
Participants must currently be in grades kindergarten to 2.
Program enrollment capacity
Registration period
Registration starts on 01/28/2026 and ends on 03/11/2026.
In-person location
Lake Hiawatha Elementary School: 1 Lincoln Ave, Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034, USA