No chess experience needed — for teachers or children.
6 Bosses, 6 new skills, a harder puzzle each week.
Chess Club Week 1 free taster
A free first session from a six-week lunchtime chess club for KS1–KS2. The adult who runs it does not need any chess skill. The session is about 15–20 minutes, with a two-minute teacher script, pupil sheets and an answers page.
This taster uses the same eight Week 1 puzzles as the full term: four easier mate-in-one puzzles (one star, 1 point), three harder puzzles (two stars, 2 points) and one Boss (three stars, 5 points). That is 15 points for the week. The answers include a short why-it-works line, a Boss story line, and a “Next week” teaser. A club journey map shows all six weeks (Week 1 unlocked; Weeks 2–6 locked), with the skill each week unlocks and that week’s named Boss. A one-page chess ideas glossary and a Week 1 class scoreboard are included; the scoreboard also comes as a separate A3 file (prints best on A3). Use the points kindly: celebrate a personal best, not only the top score. Each puzzle has exactly one best first move. White is always at the bottom of the diagram. This is club practice, not a test. Print A4 at actual size / 100%.
The full term is available separately and adds five more weeks, wall posters, a full class scoreboard, a sticker progress chart with six skill badges, and an end-of-term certificate with all six badges.
Puzzle positions from the Lichess puzzle database (CC0). Diagrams drawn by us.
AI note: No AI images: all graphics were drawn in code. Page text was drafted with AI help.
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