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Chess 4 fun:

Make & do project .. Isabella’s oragami chess set, featuring her Dragonfly Rooks and ladybird pawns!

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MFL Mission:

Moves for Life :

Using chess to educate Irish school children by  supporting teachers and schools.  Moves For Life encourages everyone to play and have fun, and enables teachers to use chess to teach further thinking and social skills. 

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Trustees :

Chairman John McMorrow,   Secretary Colm O’Muireagan,  Treasurer Ronan Sweeney,  Andy Keenan, Gordon Freeman

Working Committee :

Desmond Beatty, April Cronin, Colm OhAonghusa, John Conlon & Brendan Buckley.

 

Ficheall le Una

Free download (chess rules) in Irish ..  leabhair-ficheall . And for more ‘As Gealige’ click link ficheall-website

Chess 4 Fun:

Playing chess is easy when we start with mini-games.  Click on the game name below for a quick 2 minute video demo and then try it yourselves.

Mini-Game 1 – Pawn Wars 

Mini-Game 2 – Cat n’ Mouse (Rook n’ Pawns)

Mini-Game 3 – Cat n’ Mouse (Bishop n’ Pawns)

Mini-Game 4 – Killer Queen (Queen n’ Pawns)

Mini-Game 5 – Cat n’ Mouse (Knight n’ Pawns)

Mini-Game 6 –  Super Cats !

Mini-Game 7 – King & Pawn Wars

<<  When you get to this point .. you’ll have learned how to use all the chess pieces >>

Mini-Game 8 – Rook Rout (wipe-out game)

Mini-Game 9 – Total Wipeout

<<  Now we know .. the value of each chess piece & can use this to find the best captures ! >>

Mini-Game 10 – Bishop Battle (2 checks win)

Mini-Game 11 – Three Check Chess

Mini-Game 12 –  Checkmate the King

Mini-Game 13 – Rook Roller

<< After playing some checking games we learn to defend our King and in the checkmate games we learn how to win a full game of chess >>

Full Game 14 –  Chess !

 

For interesting ways to use chess within the school curriculum .. you can download a Teachers-Booklet here.

 

Written Rules of the above mini-games can be downloaded here ..  Mini Games Instruction Booklet .

Also,.. thanks to Mr. Michael Crowe for making available his fantastic booklet..  How to play chess.doc !

 

Congratulations if you’re class has completed the mini-games.  For information on how to organise more chess for education activities see  .. going further with chess.  And for details of the benefits here’s a future prediction  .. 21st-Century-Economy by John Adam’s.

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Play for Ukraine:

A positive way for Irish kids to help Ukrainian refugees who are arriving in Ireland.

Our chosen charity  is the Assoc. of Ukrainians in Ireland (click here for more info AURI).

Please contact a school or club in your community and ask them to host an event where kids can mix and play sports / games.

To donate go to our GoFundMe page.

 

Thanks for your support!

 

 

 

Chess 4 Fun, Teacher evening course:

From October 2021 to March 2022.  They are free evening CPD courses.

These training evenings are given in partnership with the Education Centre network.

 

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