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Chess Club: Introductions & Basic Rules Club Goals 1. Have fun! 2. Play chess. 3. Get better every week. Introductions & Basic Rules 4. Prepare for competitive play. September 7, 2015 Meeting Schedule Club Officers We meet every other Monday at lunch in Thompson 303. President: Rocco Consiglio The Game Design Club meets on the alternate Mondays Vice-President: Skye Williams in this room. Secretary: William "Tim" Crawford Treasurer: Enoch Gamble At each meeting, you will... 1. Eat your lunch. While you are eating we will have a brief Faculty advisors: presentation or discussion. Prof. George Rudolph 2. Work a short group activity (e.g. chess puzzle or a short Prof. Todd Wittman mini-game). 3. Pair up for friendly scrimmages. This Semester Next Semester At each meeting, we will have a brief presentation while Next semester we will discuss more advanced topics. you are eating lunch. We encourage student presentations, e.g. show us your favorite trap. This semester's goal is to cover the rules of chess. Strategy Openings 1. 9/7: Introductions & Basic Rules Traps Famous chess matches 2. 9/21: Pawns 3. 10/5: Knights & Bishops Variants of Chess 4. 10/19: Rooks & Queens Bughouse Chess Chess 960 5. 11/2: Chess Terminology Chess 4 6. 11/16: Standard Openings 7. 12/7: Scoring & Tournament Rules We will keep our eyes open for local tournaments we can attend. 1 Chess Club: Introductions & Basic Rules Game Night Game Night Board games: Risk, Settlers of Catan, Once a month, the CS department hosts a Game Night on Monopoly, Jenga, Mao, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Chess, Pokemon. a Friday night, 7:00-11:00pm. Students bring their computer for a It is open to all students, faculty and their family. League of Legends LAN party in the computer lab. Free food! Fall Schedule (subject to change) If we get enough Chess Club members September 18 to attend, we can have an informal club October 23 tournament. November 13 Please encourage your friends to come. December 11 (tentative) It's great fun! Setting Up the Chess Board Game Objective The goal is to capture the The rows are opponent's king. called ranks. Note the king is never actually captured. The columns are called files. A player is in check if their king is threatened with capture. If the player cannot get out of Queen on her check, then it is checkmate and own color! the game is over. Knight Pawn The First Move White always Rook Bishop moves first. What are the possible first Queen King moves? 2.

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