jueves, 6 de marzo de 2025

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 it HERE)

and watch the VIDEO

CHALLENGES:
They are included on the Worksheet (the second sheet)😏

Solution last challenge (the eigth, February 13th)

El siguiente movimiento permite llevar a la torre a la casilla marcada con una “x”. Desde ahí podrá capturar la pieza promovida.

The next move allows you to bring the rook to the square marked with an “x”. From there you can capture the promoted piece.


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
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or via whatsapp to 682336170

NEXT ACTIVITY MARCH 20th 

jueves, 13 de febrero de 2025

8th Activity 7th Season (February 13th)

Hello everybody this is Profesor Jake and welcomeback to a new activity

Today we are going to learn about the most important piece: THE KING

Hablando de reyes recordamos al gran FORGES DEP 22/2/32018

So I hope you enjoy the video and then solve some challenges.

Click here to watch the                    VIDEO           Pulsa en el enlace para ver el vídeo.

Download the document HERE                                                 Descarga el documento AQUÍ

Challenges

1.-King vs. Pawns Race

Objective: Help children understand the king's movement while practicing endgame concepts.
Setup and Rules:

  • Place the king on e1 and three pawns on a4, c4, and f4.
  • The child must race the pawns to the other side of the board (king to e8, pawns to the 8th rank).
  • The king moves one square in any direction, while each pawn moves forward one square per turn.
  • The child must strategize to reach the destination before any pawn gets promoted.
  • This helps them understand the king’s mobility and importance in endgames.

Variation: Start with pawns closer to promotion for a more challenging race.

Desafíos

1.-Carrera de rey contra peones

Objetivo: ayudar a los niños a comprender el movimiento del rey mientras practican los conceptos de finales.

Preparación y reglas:

Coloca el rey en e1 y tres peones en a4, c4 y f4.

El niño debe hacer una carrera con los peones hacia el otro lado del tablero (el rey a e8, los peones a la octava fila).

El rey se mueve una casilla en cualquier dirección, mientras que cada peón avanza una casilla por turno.

El niño debe desarrollar una estrategia para llegar al destino antes de que algún peón sea promovido.

Esto les ayuda a comprender la movilidad y la importancia del rey en los finales.

Variación: comienza con los peones más cercanos a la promoción para una carrera más emocionante.

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?

Solution last challenge (the seventh, January 30th)

Si la torre negra toma este peón, el peón pasado se promueve. Si las negras no lo toman, seguirá moviéndose.

If the black rook takes this pawn, the passed pawn is promoted. If black does not take it, it will continue to move.

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 MARCH 6th 

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
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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
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or via whatsapp to 682336170

NEXT ACTIVITY JANUARY 30th 


jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024

5th Activity 7th Season (December 12th)

Happy Christmas to everyone

I'm glad Christmas is here again, don't you like Christmas time?

Being with our family, holidays, time for sleeping till late, time to play chess without the clock...

Lovely

This week we have a nice story, two Knights share their knowledge about chess and friendship.

Watch this VIDEO and at the botton of this page you can find the CHALLENGES, I'm sure you are able to solve them 👇

Esta semana tenemos una bonita historia, dos caballos comparten sus conocimientos sobre ajedrez y amistad.

Mira este VÍDEO y abajo de esta página puedes encontrar los RETOS, estoy seguro que eres capaz de lograrlo 👇

Challenge:

RETO

After watching the Video, tell us

Después de ver el vídeo, dinos

How many legs does one knight have?

¿Cuántas piernas tiene un caballo?


Challenge for beginners:                                                                            Reto para principiantes

Mueven las blancas. En pocos movimientos, las blancas promueven un peón de forma segura. ¿Qué movimiento deben hacer las blancas para lograrlo?

White to move. In just a few moves, White safely promotes a pawn. What move should White make to achieve this?

  Last Activity solution:
Nc-8, the whites have to
move e-7, then NXe-7
and NX c-8 👌

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 16th 

jueves, 21 de noviembre de 2024

4th Activity 7th Season (November 21st)

Hello every body this is Profesor Jake and welcome to a new activity.
These weeks we're going to play with our Bishops/Alfiles.

Watch this VIDEO and learn what our friends Kimi and Ángel explain
Then read the document and at the end answer some CHALLENGES
Mira este VÍDEO y aprende lo que nuestros amigos Kimi y Ángel dicen
Luego lee el documento y al final contesta algunos retos

Ready Steady GO!                  Preparados, Listos, ¡YA!

Click HERE to download the document in English

Pulsa AQUÍ para descargar el documento en español.

Challenge of the week!

Answer these questions:

How many animals are there in the chessboard? HINT: 4 is the answer but there is another much better.😉

Remember where does the Chess game come from? Answer: India😎

What does the Chess game represent? Answer: a battle field💀

Now think about what kind of animals did they use for their wars?

Last one: what animal does the Bishop represent?❓

¡Desafío de la semana!

Responde estas preguntas:

¿Cuántos animales hay en el tablero de ajedrez? PISTA: 4 es la respuesta, pero piensa en otra mucho mejor.😉

¿Recuerdas de dónde viene el juego de ajedrez? Respuesta: India😎

¿Qué representa el juego de ajedrez? Respuesta: un campo de batalla💀

Ahora piensa en qué tipo de animales usaban para sus guerras.

Última: ¿qué animal representa el alfil?❓

Challenge for beginners:

Mueven las negras. Las blancas tienen dos peones adelantados; pero el caballo negro tiene un movimiento que le permitirá capturar uno de los peones antes de que se promueva y al otro después de promoverse. ¿Cuál es?

Black to move. White has two pawns advanced,

but the black knight has a move that will allow him to capture one of the pawns before it is promoted, and the other after it is promoted. What is it?

Last Activity solution:

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

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

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 DECEMBER 12th 

jueves, 7 de noviembre de 2024

3rd The Pawn

 Hello everybody this is Profesor Jake and welcome back to a new activity


The pawns those brave warriors, very useful when they work together although they're the weakest piece.

Watch this VIDEO, our friends Daniela and Santiago, from CEIP Doctor Castroviejo in Logroño explain the basic characteristics of our little pieces.
Now answer these questions after reading this document below

If you want to down load it in English Click Here.

CHALLENGE: "PAWNS WAR" This game is played with only the pawns. The pawns move as in chess, either one or two squares on their first move and one move thereafter. Captures are made diagonally forwards one square. Whoever reaches the opposite end first wins.



Los peones, esos valientes guerreros, muy útiles cuando trabajan juntos aunque sean la pieza más débil.

Mira este VIDEO, nuestros amigos Daniela y Santiago, del CEIP Doctor Castroviejo de Logroño, nos explican las características básicas de nuestras pequeñas piezas.

Ahora responde estas preguntas después de leer el documento a continuación.

Si lo quieres descargar en español Pulsa Aquí.

RETO:“GUERRA DE PEONES” Este juego se juega únicamente con peones. Los peones se mueven como en el ajedrez, una o dos casillas en su primer movimiento y una jugada después. Las capturas se realizan en diagonal hacia adelante una casilla. El que llegue primero al extremo opuesto gana.



Now solve the new Challenge for beginners if you dare:

How can the white pawns can help their little mate
on a7 to Promote. Watch out the bishop can stop it.
Last week Solution:

If pawn on c6 moves forward allow its Bishop to capture it.



See you soon and keep playing

Remember send your challenges, comments and solutions to
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NEXT ACTIVITY NOVEMBER 21st 

Activity 13th (the last one)

Thursday 21st May 2026 Hello everybody this is Profesor Jake and welcome back to a new activity, the last one These three last activities we...