jueves, 30 de enero de 2025

7th Activity 7th Season (January 30th)

Hello everybody,

this is Profesor Jake and welcomeback to a new activity with a lot of information, games and challenges

First of all I would like to celebrate a very important day:

The peace day

All we are saying is: "give peace a chance"


All we are saying is: "give peace a chance"

Click on Peace Day and listen to how John Lennon, his wife and many other people sang this hymn to ask for a chance for peace.

Let's play our favorite game with the wish that these are the only battles and wars in the world.

Today we are going to learn a lot about the MOST powerful piece the QUEEN

Click HERE to watch the video

Click HERE to download the instructions and then solve the Challenges bellow

(Remember they are in both Spanish and English)

Challenges

After watching the VIDEO and reading about the Queen, find out:

In what century was the Queen's piece, as we know it today, created?

Después de ver el VIDEO y leer sobre la Reina, descubre:

¿En qué siglo nació la pieza de la Reina, tal y como la conocemos hoy en día?

Challenge for beginners:                                                                            Reto para principiantes

Mueven las blancas. Hay una forma en que las blancas promueven un peón sin que pueda capturarlo la torre negra. Esto requiere varios movimientos. ¿Qué hacen las blancas?

White to move. There is a way for White to promote a pawn without allowing the Black rook to capture it. This requires several moves. What does White do?

White to move. How does White promote a pawn without the black rook being able to capture the promoted piece?

Solution last challenge (the sixth January 16th)

¡Las blancas pueden promover cualquiera de los peones pasados! Si la torre negra captura la pieza promovida, el otro peón la captura y se promueve.

White can promote any of the passed pawns! If the black rook captures the promoted piece, the other pawn captures it and is promoted.



And that's all for this week, see you soon and remember to send me your solutions, questions, comments, and ideas.

See you soon and keep playing

Remember send your challenges, comments and solutions to
explorajake@gmail.com
or via whatsapp to 682336170

NEXT ACTIVITY FEBRUARY 13th 

miércoles, 15 de enero de 2025

6th Activity 7th Season (January 16th)


Happy 2025
I don't really know when it's time to stop to celebrate new year but I like 2025 I wish it's going to be a great year.

Let's go with the Knights                Vamos con los Caballos



In this VIDEO you can practice how to make a special big Knight

En este VÍDEO podéis practicar cómo hacer un Caballo especial

Now the Explanation click HERE to download the document

Ahora la Explicación pulsa AQUÍ para descargar el documento

One more challenge                                                                                          Un reto más

Do you dare to make a chess piece as a craft?

¿Te atreves a hacer una pieza de ajedrez como una manualidad?

Send me your videos or pictures of them                   Envíame tus vídeos o fotos de ellas


Challenge for beginners:                                                                            Reto para principiantes

Mueven las blancas. ¿Cómo hacen las blancas para promover un peón, sin que la torre negra pueda capturar la pieza promovida?

White to move. How does White promote a pawn without the black rook being able to capture the promoted piece?

Solution last challenge (the fifth December 12th)

El caballo negro no tiene manera para detener la promoción del peón blanco (ahora en h6). ¡Compruébalo!

The black knight has no way to stop the promotion of the white pawn (now on h6). Check it out!

see you very soon and remember enjoy play, enjoy and learn with CHESS

HAPPY NEW 2025 and have a GOOOOOOOD TIME

hasta pronto y recuerda juega, aprende y disfruta con el AJEDREZ

FELIZ 2025 Y PASADLO MUUUUUUUY BIEN

And that's all for this week, see you soon and remember to send me your solutions, questions, comments, and ideas.

See you soon and keep playing

Remember send your challenges, comments and solutions to
explorajake@gmail.com
or via whatsapp to 682336170

NEXT ACTIVITY JANUARY 30th 


9th Activity 7th Season (March 6th)

 Hello everybody this is profesor Jake and welcomeback to our blog today we want to talk about... OPENINGS Read this worksheet (or download ...