Small World Montessori School Fall 2019 Beginner Chess (Morning Class)

  • Chess
Small World Montessori School: 308 Tom Hunter Rd, Fort Lee, NJ 07024, USA
Sep 20 2025
Nov 22 2025
Beginner Chess (ages 4-6) 10 Weeks
$200.00 USD $170.00

Early bird price expires on Sep 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM

  1. Fri12:45 pm - 1:35 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:
    1. checkmate -or the goal of the game
    2. development of pieces (more squares means stronger pieces)
    3. stalemate
    4. capturing the opponent’s pieces
    5. piece value (absolute, and relative)
  •  Check Mate Concepts (The common‘how to's”)
  1. mate with queen & king against king
  2. mate with 2 rooks, or 1 rook 1 queen (Ladder mate)
  3. mate with 1 rook and king against king
  4. mate traps in the beginning of the game (scholar’s, fool’s, Legal’s)
  5. mate traps in the middle game (Batteries, plus Smother, anastasia, Arabian, etc.)
  • Basic End-Of-Game principles

  1. King becomes strong at end-of the game
  2. Pawn & King against King (opposition, flanking)
  3. Simple end-game positions for practice

Class dates

09/26/2025, 10/03/2025, 10/10/2025, 10/17/2025, 10/24/2025, 10/31/2025, 11/07/2025, 11/14/2025, 11/21/2025

Restrictions

Participants must currently be 4 years to 6 years old.

Program enrollment capacity

Minimum: 6

Maximum: 16

Registration period

Registration starts on 09/11/2025 and ends on 09/30/2025.

In-person location

Small World Montessori School: 308 Tom Hunter Rd, Fort Lee, NJ 07024, USA
Registration is not started yet. The registration opens on Thursday September 11, 2025 at 00:00 AM