best Move for Black
In the real game, black blundered by moving the rook to Re7 to protect the f7 pawn. White made a fabulous move to win the game.
But what should have the move for Black now?
Can he capture the g4 pawn instead ?
Checkmate with queen and rooks. Some lesson plans on stalemates
Topic:
Checkmate with the support of the King - Show them all possible combinations. Three on each side and one on each corner.
Sample checkmate on the side.
Sample checkmate on the corner
Play this position and ask them to checkmate. They will do it in 10 or more moves. Let it be. Then ask them to reduce the number of moves. Slowly reduce the number of moves and eventually they will do it in two moves using the concept you thought
Problem 1 : White to move and checkmate
2. Here , you have to teach a strategy. First teach them what to do...where to trap the king, how to trap the king.
Problem 3:
Then change the position of the queen to the other side, ask them to follow the guidelines you give in problem 2.
Topic
Checkmate without the support of the king
This is useful when they checkmate with Rook. Show them how the black king is trapped.
Move the queen to B4, c5, d6 to show various checkmate options for white.
Play with them placing the queen at various places and show the strategy.
STALEMATE WITH QUEEN
Some kids don't know stalemate. This is a good time to teach stalemates
Checkmate with two rooks
Checkmate with rooks gives the students an opportunity to see how two rooks are supporting each other to trap the king.
No matter where you put the black king, white always wins
Then, change the position elsewhere and solve the problems.
The challenge is put the rooks on the same file and solve
Should black knight to capture the h2 pawn ?
Black knight is in a good position to capture the pawn h2. Is it a good move or a bad move ?
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