Unit Award Scheme

demonstrated the ability to

1. set up the pieces correctly on the chess board

2. name each chess piece and outline its permitted moves

3. play a competitive game of chess against an experienced chess player on at least three occasions

4. put an opponent's king in checkmate in a competitive game on at least two occasions

shown knowledge of

5. how to promote a pawn to a piece of the player's choice

6. how to castle (the only move in chess in which a player moves two pieces)

7. three popular opening moves (and the main reasons they are popular)

8. two bad opening moves (and the main reasons they are popular)

experienced

9. successfully teaching someone how to play chess.