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• 2011
• 27 June Mates in One move !
• 30 May Chess IS a game of problems to solve, sit on your hands and add more (pieces, resources, preparation) if you can't quite see the whole solution
  
• 23 May Check ALL checks AND take care of the BACK RANK !
  
• 9 May Check ALL checks
  
• 2010
  
• 22 Feb Aust Champ positions
  1 March openings (1)
  Values 15 March
  Piece Movent and 'Peasants Revolt'
  Herald article - Farrell game, exercises and recap of last week
  Trapped ! - out of play
  Trapped example , US champ 2010 rnd 2
  31 May - checking moves and thinking ahead
  7 June 2010
  21 June 2010 NSW Open 2010
  
  
  
  • 2001
  • 14 March 2001 Positions and Teacher answers
  • 21 March 2001 Stalemate
  • 28 March 2001Tournament Chess and en passant Remove Defender
  • 28 March 2001 mates
  • Term 1 a 2001 Positions General - Notes
  • Term 1 b 2001 Positions General - Notes
  • Term 1 c 2001 Positions mating positions
  • Term 1 d 2001 Positions stalemate - Notes
  • Term 1 e 2001 Positions evaluating positions 1 - Notes
  • Term 1 f 2001 Positions evaluating positions 2 - Notes
  • Term 1 g 2001 Positions evaluating positions 3
  • Term 1 Exercise A 2001 Exercises
  • Term 1 Exercise B 2001 Positions and Notes
  • Term 2 a 2001 Positions pawn chains
  • Term 2 b 2001 Positions pawn chains 2
  • Term 2 c 2001 Positions general
  • Term 2 d 2001 Positions The Passed Pawn
  • Term 2 e 2001 Positions When to Capture
  • Term 3 a 2001 Positions - When to capture / exchange - Notes
  • Term 3 b 2001 Positions Pinning and forking Notes
  • 2002

  Term 1 a	Positions	notes	discovered attacks
  Term 1 b	Positions	notes	pins and unsound attacks and intermediate checks (intermezzo moves)
  Term 1 c	Positions	notes	smothered mates
  Term 1 d	Positions	notes	middleboard mates
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  Term 2 c	Positions	- - -	- - - - - there were no a or b positions
  Term 2 d	Positions	notes	- - - - -

  Primary School Coaching Chess Positions

  
  
  

  	Chess Terms Used
  	Primary Schools Results

  
  
  Week 1 Removing the support of an attack OR the defender of a position Gamescores
  
  Week 2 Forsyth Notation; Imagination; Visualisation; Cramped pieces Gamescores
  
  Week 3 Check-Mating
  
  Week 4 The back row mate; being out of position; piece values Gamescores
  
  Week 5 Good pieces/bad pieces
  
  Week 6 26 May - How pieces attack
  
  Week 7 2 June - looking for weaknesses
  
  Week 8 9 June - weaknesses again
  
  Week 9 16 June - endgame examples

  
  
  

  Web pages Prepared and based upon tutorials by Keith Farrell (April 1999)