GROUP 1: CHESS

[INTRODUCTION]
Chloe: Good Morning everyone, my name is Justine Chloe Calara, the reporter for
group 1. Today, I will be reporting about Chess.

[PRE ASSESSMENT (1)]

Chloe: But before I discuss about chess, we have a pre-assessment prepared for
all of you to see if any of you have an idea about chess.

Chloe: Our pre-assessment for all of you is jumbled words with pictures for hints.
Please raise your hands if you want to answer.

[PRE- ASSESSMENT]

[CHESS INTRODUCTION]
Chloe: Chess is a board game for two players it's beginning with 16 pieces of six
kinds that are moved according to individual rules. Chess’s old name was
Chaturunga. Chess also have nice benefits for our brain, like, improving IQ,
problem solving, concentration and more!
[EXPLAIN]
[CHESS HISTORY]
Chloe: Now, let’s talk about chess history. Chess is a game with 64 squares in
board, meaning there are 32 black squares and 32 white squares, and did you
know? That chess has been played for centuries and was thought to have
originated in India in the 15th century Long ago it was considered a game versus
only for Kings and members of the upper classes nowadays just is played by
common people even at an early age.
[EXPLAIN]

[CHESS PIECES]
Chloe: Now that all of you have a clue on what is chess and its history, we may
proceed to its pieces.

[QUEEN]
Chloe: So, what we have here is a queen piece. This queen can move vertically,
horizontally, and diagonally. This queen piece is also considered as the strongest
piece in chess. The queen of chess can eat the pieces that blocks its way or pieces
that’s on its square move. The queen could eat vertically, diagonally. And
horizontally.

[ROOK]
Chloe: This is the Rook. And the Rook may move to any square as far as it can but
it can only move horizontally and vertically. Just like the queen, it also eats the
pieces who’s on its square move. The rook could eat vertically and horizontally
only.
[KNIGHT]
Chloe: This is a knight, and this knight moves in an L motion. The knight can only
eat the pieces by moving in a L motion. The knight could also jump over the other
pieces.

[BISHOP]
Chloe: The bishop may move as far as it wants, but only diagonally. It’s useful for
sneaking an attack because of its range because usually players forget about
being cautious. Bishops can only eat pieces that’s on their same square color
diagonally. Bishops are placed on different square colors, black square, and white
square.

[PAWN]
Chloe: The pawn moves straightforward. It can’t move backwards and can only
capture pieces diagonally in one square only. Pawns can also promote into other
pieces like a queen, knight, bishop, and a rook. Pawns can only move 2 squares
forward when they are at their base. If they reached the other team’s base, they
can only move one square forward.

[KING]
Chloe: The king is the most important piece. It is also considered one of the
weakest. You have to protect your king in order to prevent losing. The king could
only move and eat in one square around it.
[CHESS BOARD]
Chloe: Now that I finished introducing the chess pieces, let’s talk about the chess
board.

Chloe: This chess board here has 64 squares, just like what I have said earlier.
Chess boards usually have notations in order to figure out where players are
placing their pieces and it is used to locate the square. Algebraic notation is the
official system to record a chess game.

[CHESS PIECES PLACEMENT]

Chloe: Now that we know the chess pieces and chess board, I will start showing
you guys on how to place chess pieces. I will use chess notations so that you guys
could locate it without having a hard time.

[QUEEN]
Chloe: Let’s start with placing the queens. We place the black queen on D8 square
and white queen on D1 square. Remember, the queen should always be on the
king’s left side.

[ROOK]
Chloe: Next, we have the rooks placed on both edge on the chess board. The
black rooks are place on A8 square and H8 square while the white rooks are
placed on A1 square and H1 square.

[KNIGHT]
Chloe: Next, we have the knights placed next to the rooks. The black knights are
on B8 square and G8 square while white knights on B1 square and G1 square.
[BISHOP]
Chloe: Next, we have the bishops placed next to the knights. The black bishops
are on C8 square and F8 square while white bishops are on C1 square and F8
square.

[PAWN]
Chloe: Now, we have the pawns placed in front of the queens, rooks, knights, and
bishops. Black pawns are placed on A7, B7, C7, D7, E7, F7, G7, H7 while the white
pawns are placed on A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1, G1, H1.

[KING]
Chloe: The last piece here is the king. The king is supposed to always placed on
the queen’s left side. The black king is placed on E8 while white king is placed on
E1.

[CHESS RULES AND REGULATIONS]

Chloe: Just like other games, chess also have rules and regulations.

[INSUFFICIENT MATERIAL DRAW]

Chloe: An insufficient material draw is called in chess when neither player does
not have enough pieces left on the board to checkmate the other player.
Example, Your opponent only have a pawn and a king and You only have a
bishop/knight and a king. If you take your opponent’s pawn, your opponent will
probably be left with just and king and you’re left with a bishop/ knight and a
king. The game will immediately become a draw since you don’t have enough
pieces to checkmate your opponent.
[50 MOVES RULE]
Chloe: If both players make 50 moves without captures or pawn moves then the
game is automatically draw. This only occur on endgames especially if you do not
know how to checkmate. Example, You have a king and a rook, and your
opponent only have a king. Since you do not know how to checkmate, it took you
a lot of moves to try checkmating your opponent and the moves reached 50
moves, it’s automatically a draw.

[TOUCH MOVE]
Chloe: A player having the turn to move deliberately touches a piece on the
board, the player must move that piece or capture the piece. This rule must
always be in your mind in order to not make a wrong move. Think before you
move. Example, you accidentally moved your pawn who’s protecting your queen.
You cannot put the pawn back or take back your move.

[STALEMATE]
Chloe: Stalemate only occurs when a player’s king got cornered and got no other
moves since they don’t have any pieces left. Stalemate is the worst thing a player
could do since they might be winning but they were not careful. Example, You
have a bishop and a queen as well a king, and your opponent was left with a king.
You accidentally cornered his king without checking him with your queen and
bishop, and your opponent’s king doesn’t have any moves left. It’s automatically a
draw because of stalemate.
[CHESS EQUIPMENTS]
Chloe: Here are the equipment we need to play chess.

[CHESS CLOCK]
Chloe: It is used to play chess in time, some chess games use standard which has
no time limited. If the players took way too long playing, they might consider
using a chess clock to end it fair and square.

[CHESS BOARD]
Chloe: It is the most important equipment in chess. You use the chess board to
play on it.

[TABLE]
Chloe: It is where you put your chess board.

[CHESS PIECES]
Chloe: It is what you are going to play with.

[OFFENSES/ ILLEGAL MOVES]

Chloe: Here are the offenses or illegal moves you need to avoid making in a chess
game.
[MAJOR OFFENSES]
Chloe: Major offenses are wrong movements of pieces. Example, you accidentally
moved the piece who’s blocking the check from your opponent, accidentally
eating your opponent’s king, not promoting your pawn when it reached the other
side.

[MINOR OFFENSES]
Chloe: Minor offenses such as using two hands in making a move, setting up or
placing the chess pieces incorrectly, use of force in pressing the chess, and more.

[ILLEGAL MOVES]
Chloe: Moving the king into check.

Chloe: Castling the king in check, through a check, or into check.

Chloe: Touching the piece but moving a different piece.

Chloe: Using two hands for castling, capturing, or pawn promotion.

Chloe: Making a different move instead of taking the king out of check.

Chloe: Moving the piece with one hand and pressing the clock with another.

Chloe: Moving the kings close to each other.

[WHAT’S MORE]
Chloe: Now, here are some things you should know in playing chess.

[CASTLING]
Chloe: Is a move of the king and the rook of the same color along the first
player’s row. Example, you are white and want to castle on the king’s side, there
must be no piece blocking the rook and the king from each other. Now, your king
is on E1 square and your rook is on H1 square. If you castled, the king must go to
G1 square and rook on F1 square. If you want to castle on the queen’s side, there
must no piece blocking the rook from the king. If you castled on queen’s side,
your king must be placed on C1 square and your rook on D1 square.

[CHECK]
Chloe: A result of a move that places the opposing king under an immediate
threat of capture by one or sometimes two of the opponent’s pieces. Check is a
way to threat your opponent’s king on losing. Example, we have a queen here
checking the king on the board.

[CHECKMATE]
Chloe: Is a situation in which one player’s king is threatened with capture and
having no move to avoid that threat, thus, ending the game. Example, we have
two rooks checkmating the king.
[EN PASSANT / PASSED PAWN]
Chloe: A special pawn capture which can occur immediately after a player moves
a pawn two squares forward from its starting position ang an enemy pawn could
have captured had it moved only one square forward. The opponent captures the
just-moved pawn as if taking it as it passes through the first square.

[BEFORE & AFTER THE GAME]

Chloe: Before starting the game chess, you must shake your opponent’s hand to
know that you’re starting. After playing chess, you must shake your opponent’s
hand to declare that the game is finished.

[AFTER GAME SET UP]

Chloe: After playing chess, you and your opponent must leave the table organized
back and set your kings in their proper place after game. If black won, they put
their kings in the middle and put them on the black squares. If the white won,
they put their kings in the middle and put them on the white squares. If it is draw,
the kings must face each other.

[ASSESSMENT (1)]
Chloe: Now that I finished reporting and discussing about chess to all of you, we
have assessment to see if any of you understood the lesson. Please raise your
hands if you know the answer.

[ASSESSMENT]

[ENDING]
Chloe: Thank you all for listening to our report today.