Hey students! Today's lesson is on point values. We decided to do a quick lesson on this, so everyone will be up-to-speed (or hopefully will be), so we can move onto the second course. Following, is a list of the pieces, and their value.
Pawn - 1
Knight - 3
Bishop - 3
Rook - 5
Queen - 9
King - Has no value
Now that you are familliar with the points, we are going to be studing some key points with this concept.
First, the king has no value because you can never "take/capture" the king. "Checkmate" is the best possible outcome with it. Second, the queen and rooks are considered "heavy" or "large". This is because they have more power if left alone until the endgame. Also, because they have the higher values. Lastly, the knights and bishops are 3 points. But, some people like the think that one of them is 3.5 or 4, depending on the one they favor. Pawns, aren't considered pieces, so that is why they are only one point.
There isn't a ton of material to go over with point values, so that is why this is such a short lesson. Sorry about that.
*Be looking foreward to a sneak peak of the 2ed course coming this week!
**Also, the tournament will be set-up soon, it will be a team match, but the ones that have attended the seminars are the ones that it is for. I have the list, so I will make it a 1-(insert last # here) match.
There you have it! Hope you all enjoyed, and remember, that the last seminar in out 1st course will be 6-25-12, and then I will post the new schedule, and then start the 2ed course.
Hey students! Today's lesson is on point values. We decided to do a quick lesson on this, so everyone will be up-to-speed (or hopefully will be), so we can move onto the second course. Following, is a list of the pieces, and their value.
Pawn - 1
Knight - 3
Bishop - 3
Rook - 5
Queen - 9
King - Has no value
Now that you are familliar with the points, we are going to be studing some key points with this concept.
First, the king has no value because you can never "take/capture" the king. "Checkmate" is the best possible outcome with it. Second, the queen and rooks are considered "heavy" or "large". This is because they have more power if left alone until the endgame. Also, because they have the higher values. Lastly, the knights and bishops are 3 points. But, some people like the think that one of them is 3.5 or 4, depending on the one they favor. Pawns, aren't considered pieces, so that is why they are only one point.
There isn't a ton of material to go over with point values, so that is why this is such a short lesson. Sorry about that.
*Be looking foreward to a sneak peak of the 2ed course coming this week!
**Also, the tournament will be set-up soon, it will be a team match, but the ones that have attended the seminars are the ones that it is for. I have the list, so I will make it a 1-(insert last # here) match.
There you have it! Hope you all enjoyed, and remember, that the last seminar in out 1st course will be 6-25-12, and then I will post the new schedule, and then start the 2ed course.
Happy chessing!
-Ryan