Know what the Chess Pieces are worth. It's important to know how powerful each piece is in relation to the other pieces. It is common for chessplayers to talk about capturing the pieces through trades or exchanges. Important for the students' decision making, chessplayers use this information to their advantage. Strong chessplayers use their chess pieces as a team.
Students start with the pawn and go through each piece in the same fashion.
Students set up what pieces the pawn is equal to and keep their discovered answers in an organized chart. Be sure that this activity is done by manipulating the chess pieces as well as in written format. Encourage the children to come up with reasons why this information is so important to a skilled chessplayer. Castling is the moving of the King two squares to his right or left toward the Rook on the square on the other side of the King. Each player has the privilege of castling once in the game.