Classes @ PS163
PS 163 After-School Chess Program Spring 2010
Open to kids from all schools!
Location : PS163 - 163 W. 97th St. (Between Columbus Ave. and Amsterdam Ave.), New York, NY 10025
Kids of all ages will have fun while learning in Our After-School Chess Program.
Students from other schools are welcome to join the chess program.
Students will learn life enhancing skills: Concentration, Strategic Thinking, Visualization, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Etiquette.
* At the beginning of the semester, each student's skill level will be assessed by the NYChessKids staff.
| Friday Classes (3:00pm – 4:30pm) Dates: April 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25 |
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Class |
Grade |
Teacher |
Max. |
| Level 1 - Beginner | All Grades | Mahmond Hamza | 16 |
| Level 2-3 | All Grades | Chris Maksimovicz | 16 |
| Level 4-5 | All Grades | Milos Scekic | 16 |
| Fee: $264 for 12 classes |
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Class Description
Level 1 - Kindergarten
This course is specifically designed for Kindergarten kids who want to start out studying chess. Kids study the basic elements of chess: the chess board, the various chess pieces, how they move and how they capture opponent pieces. They learn the special moves like castling, pawn promotion and en passant. Special attention is paid to the fundamental concepts of check, checkmate and stalemate and their continuous practice. After this course kids will be able to play a decent game of chess.
A lesson normally consists of a lecturing part using a multimedia projector and a practical part where the kids play chess and practice. Kids will also get homework assignments such as handouts for individual training.
During the lesson there will be a snack break.
The maximum number of students for this course is 16.
Teacher: Mahmond Hamza
Rate: $264
Level 1 - All Grades
This course is intended for kids of all grades (grades 1 and above) who want to start out studying chess. This is a great oppotunity for kids of all ages to learn how to play chess. Kids study the basic elements of chess: the chess board, the various chess pieces, how they move and how they capture opponent pieces. They learn the special moves like castling, pawn promotion and en passant. Special attention is paid to the fundamental concepts of check, checkmate and stalemate and their continuous practice. After this course kids will be able to play a decent game of chess.
A lesson normally consists of a lecturing part using a multimedia projector and a practical part where the kids play chess and practice. Kids will also get homework assignments such as handouts for individual training.
During the lesson there will be a snack break.
The maximum number of students for this course is 16.
Teacher: Mahmond Hamza
Rate: $264
Level 2-3 - All Grades
This course is intended for students that already know all the rules of chess and understand basic concepts such as check, checkmate and stalemate. In this course students are introduced to elementary chess tactics such as fork and pin as well as elementary endgames such as king and pawn versus king. Students learn how to checkmate the lonely king with two rooks, a queen or a single rook. They also learn how to attack and checkmate the opponent's king by studying common checkmating patterns. This course also explains to the student how to properly play the first moves of a chess game. Students learn the basic principles of development in the opening by studying many examplary short games. The course continues with the study of elementary chess tactics with all kinds of discovered attacks, discovered checks and double checks. Students learn how to checkmate the lonely king with two bishops and they also learn more about basic endgame strategies such as the opposition. Students also study more checkmating patterns and they are introduced to important classical chess games.
A lesson normally consists of a lecturing part using a multimedia projector and a practical part where the kids play chess and practice. Kids will also get homework assignments such as handouts for individual training.
During the lesson there will be a snack break.
The maximum number of students for this course is 16.
Teacher: Chris Maksimovicz
Rate: $264
Level 4-5 - All Grades
This is an intermediate course that introduces advanced chess tactics of level 4 such as skewer, x-ray attack and back-rank weakness and continues with more advanced chess tactics of level 5 such as decoy, deflection and removing the defender. A lot more of the checkmating mating patterns will be studied. Students are going to practice a lot of checkmate in two moves puzzles to improve their visualization and calculation skills and they start to learn checkmate in three moves. Students learn standard opening variations such as the Italian Game and they need to study at least 50 short games and classical games. The endgame section covers basic knight, bishop and rook endgames.
A lesson normally consists of a lecturing part using a multimedia projector and a practical part where the kids play chess and practice. Kids will also get homework assignments such as handouts for individual training.
During the lesson there will be a snack break.
The maximum number of students for this course is 16.
Teacher: Milos Scekic
Rate: $264
