What’s your next move?
Nancy Randolph
Morton ISD
District UIL Coordinator
June 2015
Housekeeping Items
•   Please get a ticket and sign in for a door
prize(s). Take a few pieces of candy for
now or later.
•   Silence cell phones
•   Please add comments and or ask
questions. THIS SESSION DEPENDS ON
YOUR PARTICIPATION.
•   I believe the best teachers are students
working together.
A Little about
Nancy Randolph
Will begin 32nd year of teaching in 2015-16
Compete in UIL since 2nd grade, competed in Number Sense and Team
Debate at state.
Have coached all A+ events and high school events and most junior
high events
Married to Jimmy Randolph-Athletic Director/Head Football Coach
Morton HS
Two daughters
Tracey Randolph(Blake as of July 11)
at Levelland ISD
Shelby
Speech Teacher/Debate Coach at Snyder ISD
Awarded the UIL Sponsor Excellence Award in 2013-14
When did it start?
•   Chess Puzzling was piloted for two school years- The
first year was 2011-2012 and then again in 2012-2013.
•   In October 2012, the advisor committee voted to Adopt
chess puzzling as a contest due to large amount of
interest.
•   It is adopted for grades 2-8.
•   The tests have been developed for grades 2-3, 4-5, and
6-8.
•  
The Texas Tech chess program has been the
group assisting the UIL in the development of the
program.
Skills
Students playing chess gain many skills
Chess has been shown to improve academic
performance.
critical thinking
problem solving
reasoning abilities
concentration
visual skills
patience
logic
good sportsmanship
To get started:
•   Materials you need
1. Chess boards and pieces
2. Demonstration Board
3. LOTS of room Floor space or tables
4. Curriculum Examples: Susan Polgar
Chess Teaching Manual Produced by
Chess Federation of Canada Professor
Chester Nuhmentz, Jr
Extra Items that are nice
Solitaire Chess Game
IPADS Solitaire Chess App for IPADS
IPAD/ IPHONE Chess Games
Chess Club
First Meeting
•   Survey kids experience with Chess with a
quick test.
•   It will enable you to understand their level
of experience.
•   1. Knowledge of board
•   2. Knowledge of pieces
Time for you to test
•   For the next 5 minutes let’s llok at our
chess knowledge.
•   Please answer as much as you can
Practice
v  Each chess puzzling practice
v  It should consist of 30-60 minutes
5-10 minutes explanation
10-15 minute exercise sheet
10-15 minutes practice
v  •Homework pages help
Example of Lessons
Lesson 1 : Squares and Pawns
Lesson 2: King
Lesson 3: Queen and Rooks
Lesson 4: Bishops and Knights
Lesson 5: Simple Strategy- Check or Checkmate
Lesson 6: Pins
Lesson 7: Special Move: Castling
Lesson 8: Checkmate in one move:
Lesson 9: Checkmate in two moves
Lesson 10: Attacking and defending
Let’s Look at a Test
Checkmate
If you need help or have questions
School email –
[email protected]
Personal email
[email protected]
Have fun starting or
continuing chess Puzzling!!
Thank you for coming to my session!
Good Luck!