ACTIVITY: CHESS IN ENGLISH

On this webpage I will upload links and other things related to the activity for the CIMA project and STEAM programme (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) a teaching approach to problem solving.

Geri´s game- A chess game played against himself

Geri´s Game. A short film by Pixar that got an Oscar in 1997. Can you describe what Geri is doing using the present continuous and going to (predictions in the future)? E.g. Geri is moving a white pawn and now he is going to the other side of the bench to move a black pawn. Then,...

SOME INTERESTING LINKS

How to move the pieces (with videos in English): www.chess.com/lessons/how-to-move-the-pieces
Just the explanations on how to move: https://www.dummies.com/article/home-auto-hobbies/games/board-games/chess/knowing-the-moves-that-chess-pieces-can-make-186936/

Play games against AI: https://www.chess.com/play/online
Puzzles to know the best following move: www.chess.com/puzzles/rated

Notations

Learn how to make notations in Spanish and English: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notaci%C3%B3n_algebraica 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)
Chessboard to move the pieces and get the notations in Spanish. It recognises checkmates as well: ​https://www.ajedrezeureka.com/tablero-de-ajedrez-virtual-online/ 
​You can also do that and get the notations in English on https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis
Checkmate in 1: https://lichess.org/training/mateIn1 Guess the checkmate using algebraic notations.