There is no such thing as too much sharpening of skills. Encourage your child to learn more about chess technicalities with this simple worksheet. It shows them how a bishop moves: along diagonals any number of squares, but it can't jump over other pieces.
This tracing sheet helps your child learn chess pieces by matching each piece, short name and symbol to the correct name. After tracing, have them answer the questions and check their answers. It's a great way for them to become familiarized with chess.
Testing your child's strategic planning and chess skills? Give them this worksheet: Ask them to mark an 'x' on the square where the knight should jump to attack the enemy bishop. See how well they plan for a win! (80 words)
Chess is a game of strategy and calculation. When presented with two captures, a player should always go for the one that yields the highest value. For example, taking a knight over a pawn. In this worksheet, your children will choose the best capture for each black piece. Ask them to circle the correct answers. (80 words)
Test your kids' promotions skills with this worksheet! Ask them to find the pictures in which the pawns are correctly promoted. Remember, when a pawn reaches the last rank it may be promoted to a queen, bishop, knight or rook. In addition, a pawn can be promoted when it captures a chess piece on the last rank.
Teach your child the starting positions of the black and white armies on the chessboard. Black pieces are placed on ranks 7 and 8, and white pieces on ranks 1 and 2. Have them check the highlighted boxes on the chessboard to make sure they know the correct pieces to start with.