Beginner Chess (ages 4-6) 10 Weeks
$200.00 USD
$170.00
Early bird price expires on Sep 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
- 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:
- 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
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
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