V3 Ch4 C Reading - World record blindfolded chess (p. 16-17)

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V3 Ch4 C Reading - World record blindfolded chess (p. 16-17)

Mission:

You can understand important factual information in short reports and articles.

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First do the warming up tasks in Lesson Up below.

Then do exercises 18a/b/c on p. 18.

Then do the After Reading task in Lesson Up below.

Then do exercise 20 on p. 19.

Done!

Warming up!

How many playing squares are there on a standard chess board?

1. 56
2. 64
3. 72
4. 81

At the beginning of a game of chess, how many chess pieces does each player have?

1. 5
2. 8
3. 12
4. 16

Which piece has limited movements and its capture means the end of the game?

1. bishop
2. king
3. knight
4. queen

When a player has lost the game, it's called:

1. capture
2. checkmate
3. castle
4. full house

What is the only piece that can jump over other pieces?

1. rook
2. knight
3. bishop
4. queen

Which piece can move diagonally, horizontally or vertically any number of squares?

1. king
2. bishop
3. queen
4. rook

Which piece can only move diagonally?

1. rook
2. knight
3. bishop
4. queen

What is the term for a move that puts the opponent's king in a position to be captured on the next move?

1. check
2. checkmate
3. stalemate

What is the term for a situation where neither player can make a legal move, resulting in a draw?

1. checkmate
2. stalemate
3. check

Which piece can move one square in any direction?

1. king
2. queen
3. knight
4. bishop

Now do exercises 18a/b/c on p. 18.

When you are finished you can do the After Reading task (exercise 19) in Lesson Up below!

After reading (ex. 19)

Which subheading belongs to which paragraph?

Paragraph 2:

Paragraph 3

Paragraph 4

Paragraph 5

Paragraph 6

Mission accomplished.

Cycling while playing chess.

How to play chess on multiple boards without sight.

Memory techniques are helpful.

Gareyev keeps his head cool.

Now do exercise 20 on p. 19.

You are done and can ask your teacher to come and collect a correction sheet (booklet)

Mark your work with a different coloured pen.