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WHAT'S A CHESSATHALON
Best of all the proceeds from Chessathalons are used to sponsor less able family's Georgia Chess Association membership dues and tournament fees.
A Chessathalon fundraiser is a fun way for your chess students to enjoy a new approach to competing.
Chessathalons raise the visibility of a school’s chess program and attracts students that might not otherwise express an interest in chess. This exciting event also incentivizes attendance and practice of existing club members.
WHAT'S NEXT
1. Chessology helps you and the competing school to choose a date, time and location for your event and communicate to parents.
2. We'll create puzzles based on your students level of understanding that reinforce what they're learning in class; like you see in the video above.(EXAMPLES BELOW, SCROLL DOWN AN SOLVE A FEW)
3. Attend your Chessathalon and have a ball! (ANY QUESTIONS: CALL 2CH-ESS-WIN1)
ONE MOVE ATTACKS
In chess, an attack is a tactic whereby a single piece aligns itself on the same rank, file, diagonal or in the case of a knight an "L' shaped travel of three squares, to position the piece for taking an opposing piece on the next move.
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FORK PUZZLES / DOUBLE ATTACKS
In chess, a fork is a tactic whereby a single piece makes two or more direct attacks simultaneously. Most commonly two pieces are threatened, which is also sometimes called a double attack . The attacker usually aims to gain material by capturing one of the opponent's pieces. Can you spot the fork?
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N E4 & Q H7
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CHECK MATE IN ONE MOVE
Also called mate; an act or instance of maneuvering the opponent's king into a check / attack from which it cannot escape, thus bringing the game to a victorious conclusion. Also defined as the position of the pieces when a king is checkmated.
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