Month: May 2023

Today, since Taran was at band camp, I was left alone.

Mrs. Englot also let us use the computers in Lab 13.

My goal was to reach a rating of 1200 in Rapid (10-30 min match)

I also made some videos which will be uploaded after I post this.

This weekend, I am planning to go to Taran’s house to play a few matches.

Special chess moves:

Castling: when the king and rook both have not moved and don’t have any pieces in between them, castling can be possible. The king moves two horizontal squares towards the side you want to castle, and the rook goes right beside the king. There are requirements on castling though; 1. you cannot castle if you are in check. 2. you cannot castle through check. 3. you cannot castle through ANY piece.

That’s all for this week and I’ll see you in the next one!

Hey guys!

Today Taran and I started (again) with two warmup rounds, in which I won the first one and the second was a draw.

After, we went seperate ways; he went to practice the French Defense and I went for the Caro-Kann.

After we were done our E4 Opening studying, we came back together and played two games, when I was playing white, Taran was playing his newly learned opening, the French Defence. I ended up losing but it helped me get used to playing against this annoying opening. But unfortunately, we spent a little too much time studying that we didn’t have enough time for me to try my opening, the Caro-Kann.

Pieces:

King: The most valuable but weakest piece. It can move 1 square in any direction. Cannot be captured but is the main thing you must protect during a match.

Queen: Strongest and most powerful piece. Is a Bishop and Rook combined, so it moves horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. (Until blocked, or reaches the end of the board)

See you in the next one!

Hey stars, welcome to my second blog post!

As you know from last Genius Hour, I made a Youtube channel very late into the project, so this time I have made a Youtube channel early for Genius Hour 2!

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Today, Taran and I started the day with a quick warm-up round of chess, quickly leading into some chess trap practice. Finally, we did this thing where one of us were blindfolded and the other wasn’t. We each took turns playing with the black and white pieces until class was over.

Here’s the chess guide (continued)

Bishop: Looks similar to an ancient candle, these pieces can move as far as they want diagonally (Until they are blocked or are at the edge of the board).

Rooks: Are the same as bishops, but the move horizontally and vertically to any distance (Unless it’s the edge of the board or it’s blocked by a piece.) The have the ability to castle, which I will explain more in the next post.

See you in the next one!