Chester C. Uytiepo Mrs.

May Dulalas-Diongon
BSPSY 2-A Professor

Chess Pieces Basic Moves Demonstration

I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter
B. Preview
II. Discussion/Body
A. Materials
1. Chess Board
2. Chess Pieces
3. Printed images
B. Procedure
1. Ready all the materials needed.
2. Show the pictures of the fundamentals and the setup of the game and
explain the implication of chess and and its rules.
3. Ready the King piece on the board and demonstrate its one tile move in
any direction and state the importance of its role in the game
4. Remove the King and place the Queen on the board and demonstrate
its capability to move in any direction and state its importance and
restrictions in the game.
5. Remove the Queen and place the Rook on the board and demonstrate
its capability to move horizontally and vertically and how strong it can be
when it is partnered with another rook and state its importance and
restrictions in the game.
6. Remove the Rook and place the Bishops on the board and demonstrate
its the capability to diagonally according to the tile they are standing on
and state its importance and restriction in the game.
7. Remove the Bishops and place the Knights on the board and
demonstrate its L move and its capability to jump on pieces and state
their importance and restriction in the game.
8. Remove the Bishops and place the pawns on the board and
demonstrate its capability to move forward one tile at a time and state its
importance and restriction in the game.
9. Remove the Pawns and rearrange the board to show and demonstrate
how check and checkmate happens in the game.
III. Conclusion
A. Summary of Playing Chess
B. Memorable Statement

Chess Pieces Basic Moves Demonstration

When I see a person, I already know if that individual can succeed in life. But
when I see most of you, I can see great failures. Charles Buxton said that, In life, as in
chess, forethought wins. What is chess and how do we play it that it is closely related
to our success in life?

It was said that successful individuals know how to plan ahead of time and that
principle is called Forethought. In the game of Chess, forethought is one of the most
important habits that a player should possess in order for him to succeed. Chess is a
game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board. Each player has 16
pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns. These are the
materials needed in the game of chess. The goal of the game is to checkmate the other
king. Checkmate happens when the king is in a position to be captured (in check) and
cannot escape from capture.

At the beginning of the game the chessboard is laid out so that each player has
the white color square in the bottom right-hand side. The chess pieces are then
arranged the same way each time. The second row (or rank) is filled with pawns. The
rooks go in the corners, then the knights next to them, followed by the bishops, and
finally the queen, who always goes on her own matching color (white queen on white,
black queen on black), and the king on the remaining square.

The player with the white pieces always moves first. Each of the 6 different kinds
of pieces moves differently. Pieces cannot move through other pieces (only knights
can), and can never move onto a square with one of their own pieces. However, they
can be moved to take the place of an opponent's piece which is then captured.

The king is the most important piece, but is one of the weakest. The king can
only move one square in any direction - up, down, to the sides, and diagonally. The king
may never move himself into check (where he could be captured).

The queen is the most powerful piece. She can move in any one straight
direction - forward, backward, sideways, or diagonally - as far as possible as long as
she does not move through any of her own pieces.

The rook may move as far as it wants, but only forward, backward, and to the
sides. The rooks are particularly powerful pieces when they are protecting each other
and working together!

The bishop may move as far as it wants, but only diagonally. Each bishop starts
on one color (light or dark) and must always stay on that color. Bishops work well
together because they cover up each others weaknesses.

Knights move in a very different way from the other pieces going two squares
in one direction, and then one more move at a 90 degree angle, just like the shape of an
L. Knights are also the only pieces that can move over other pieces.

Pawns are unusual because they move and capture in different ways: they move
forward, but capture diagonally. Pawns can only move forward one square at a time,
except for their very first move where they can move forward two squares. Pawns can
only capture one square diagonally in front of them. They can never move or capture
backwards. If there is another piece directly in front of a pawn he cannot move past or
capture that piece.

As stated before, the purpose of the game is to checkmate the opponents king.
This happens when the king is put into check and cannot get out of check. There are
only three ways a king can get out of check: move out of the way (though he cannot
castle!), block the check with another piece, or capture the piece threatening the king. If
a king cannot escape checkmate then the game is over. Customarily the king is not
captured or removed from the board, the game is simply declared over.

As I have stated earlier, I have seen great failures in all of you, and that is very
much true in life as in chess. The point is, our failures are our birthright to success
because I believe that no one succeeds in life without having experience failures, so do
not be afraid of failures, instead, embrace them and learn to grow from it.

With everything said, this quotation may give us a wonderful insight in the game
of chess and of life. Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the
Chess player, not the Chess piece - Ralph Charell.