Chess Club
Next meeting
kids: Oct 15
adults: Oct 22
Two sessions of eight Wednesdays in the fall and winter time | for 2nd to 6th grade | Program Room
     HOME     
     PICTURES     
TRAINING
     CHAMPIONS     
     TOURNAMENTS     
     PEOPLE     
     ADULTS     
     LIBRARY     
     FRIENDS     
     HJMS     
     SHS     

     Introduction     
     Level 1     
     Level 2     
     Level 3     
     Level 4     
     Level 5     
     Level 6     
     Knight jump     
     Merit Badge     
Merit Badge #3
     Merit Badge #4     
     Merit Badge #5     

Chess Merit Badge, requirement #3

3a. The name of each chess piece

King
Queen
Rook
Bishop
Knight
Pawn

3b. How to set up a chessboard

abcdefgh
 8   8 
 7   7 
 6   6 
 5   5 
 4   4 
 3   3 
 2   2 
 1   1 
abcdefgh

  • Light square in bottom right corner
  • Queens on their color: white queen on white, black queen on black
  • White pieces on rows 1 and 2, black pieces on rows 7 and 8

3 extra. Chess 960

Chess960 or Fisher Random Chess is a chess variant where the starting position of the king, queen, rooks, bishops and knights is different for every game played. It is determined at random with the following restrictions:

  1. Bishops have to be on different colors
  2. King has to be located somewhere between the two rooks
  3. Black and white have the same line up.
There is one difference in the rules: castling in allowed but the king and rook have to end up in the position as if the regular game was played.

This variant was invented and promoted by the former world champion Bobby Fisher. The intent was not to give people who study openings an advantage. Since there are now 960 different possible starting positions such preparations would now not be practical anymore.

An example:

abcdefgh
 8   8 
 7   7 
 6   6 
 5   5 
 4   4 
 3   3 
 2   2 
 1   1 
abcdefgh