Thank you, Lord, that you are our friend, you

delight in all that we do. Specially, you hear

our prayers and we give thanks to You.
Amen.
 Welcome to
PE and HEALTH 12
Q2W2
 Upon completion of this SLP, you are expected to:
1. Recall how chess pieces move.
2. Execute chess piece moves / rules.
3. Compete in a chess match.
4. Appreciate the mental and emotional benefits of playing
chess.
Before we start with our discussion, I want you to watch a
video that shows how Filipino grandmasters are known
internationally for their superiority in chess. Afterwards,
answer the following questions.
 
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Ss0bvMW3QzU.
1. Are you proud that Filipino chess players are
acknowledged internationally? Why?

2. Do you see yourself as one of them? Explain.

 In the previous SLP, we discussed what indoor recreational
activities are. One of these is the game of Chess. We know that
this kind of board game needs a proper study on the rules of the
game. I have already explained to you the rules and how the
chess game is played. This time, we will review the rules as you
prepare for participating in a chess competition. Let us begin.
How Chess Pieces Move
 
1. The King moves one square
in any direction, so long as
that square is not attacked by
an enemy piece. Additionally,
kings are able to make a
special move known as
castling.
How to Castle:
You move the king two squares
towards your rook and then move
the rook to the square over which
the king crossed (be sure to do it in
this order – if you move your rook
first, it is counted as a normal rook
move and you will lose the chance
to castle). There are two types of
castling:
o Castling on the kingside (often
called castling short)
o Castling on the queenside (often
called castling long)
 
2. The Queen, with a crown on her head,
is (besides the king) the most important
and powerful piece in the game of
chess. Each player has just one queen
and she is worth 9 pawns. She has the
widest reach of all pieces. She can
become the most dangerous member of
the game for your opponents. It is
essential to protect her and use her
effectively at the same time. She can
move in any direction and any number of
squares. The one thing she cannot do is
jump over other pieces. The queen can
capture any of the opponent’s pieces
that are in her way.
3. The Bishops are the other minor pieces in the
game. The two bishops sit next to the knights
and, just as with the knights, they are worth 3
pawns each. The movement of the bishops,
which were originally called elephants, is far
easier than the knight. The bishop is the ruler
over the diagonals of the chess board. One of
them is light-squared, the other one is dark-
squared. When there are no other pieces in their
way, bishops can move in any direction
diagonally, as many squares as desired. They
can capture any piece along the diagonals, and
as they can reach so many squares (they can
move from one end of the board right to the
other in one move). They can prove very useful,
especially when working in tandem.
4. The Knights which look like little horses,
are the minor pieces in the chess game. In
the beginning, the two knights stand inside
the rooks and their value is equal to 3
pawns. This chess piece, sometimes called
“horse”, has a quite mysterious way of
moving on the board which can puzzle
beginners starting to learn the rules. The
knight is the only piece that can jump over
other pieces. It moves in an L-shape over
the squares. This means that this chess
piece first moves two squares in one
direction (to the left, to the right, back- or
forwards) and then one square into a
horizontal or vertical direction
5. The Rook at the start of any game,
resemble a tower, sitting in the corner of the
chess board. In the chess world, we call
such pieces rooks. A rook is a very valuable
piece being worth as much as 4 to 5 pawns
and having a wide reach. The movement is
the easiest to learn of all pieces. Rooks can
go forward, backward, to the left or to the
right. Of course, the rook cannot change
directions in the same move. As long as no
other piece is in their way, as they cannot
jump over pieces, they are able to move
any number of squares in the chosen
direction
  
6. The Pawn - Each player has 8 pawns at the
beginning of the game situated in front of the other 8
pieces. The pawn is one of the most underestimated
chess pieces, because it is quite small and you have
plenty of pawns on the board. That must be a fatal
mistake. Some famous chess players even call pawns
“the soul of chess”. A reason for that is, for example,
when having reached the other side of the board, they
can transform into any other piece except the king.
Pawns have the fewest options of movement of all the
pieces. On their first move, they have the option to go
one or two squares forward. On all other moves, a pawn
can only go one square straight forward. The exception
to this is when pawns capture the opponent’s chess
pieces – then they move forward one square diagonally.
Moreover, there is one exceptional rule for pawn moves
which is called “en passant”.
 The most important rule in playing chess is
knowing how the pieces are moved. Some of you
may ask, what will happen if I play this kind of game?
Are there any benefits that I can acquire? This time, I
will share with you why playing chess is significant.
Let us begin.
10 Best Benefits of Playing Chess
The game of chess is loved all over the world. From
Amsterdam to Zhengzhou, people gather in living rooms, pubs,
plazas and libraries to match wits over the cherished checkered
board. Why is it that people are willing to devote such time to the
game? It is undoubtedly the fact that chess involves an intense
intellectual challenge that is very good for the health of your
mind.
 
1. Chess develops the ability to see from someone else’s
perspective.
 Skilled chess players learn to anticipate an opponent’s next
moves. To predict what another person will do next, a player
must develop the ability to adopt another person’s
perspective and infer what action he/she likely to take.
 Behavioral scientists call this ability to see from another
viewpoint the “theory of mind”. It is an ability that is essential
to exercising empathy and building healthy social
relationships. Chess develops this perspective-taking ability
in children who practice the game.
2. Chess improves memory.
 It might not be surprising to learn that expert chess players have strong
memory skills. After all, the game involves memorizing numerous
combinations of moves and their potential outcomes.
 It is also interesting to note that experienced chess players show higher
performance related to a particular kind of recollection: auditory memory.
This is the ability to remember what you have learned through hearing.
 In one experiment, researchers compared the recall ability of expert
chess players to that of people with no chess-playing experience. They
found that the chess players were significantly better at recalling lists of
words they had heard than people who had never played chess.
 Skilled chess players also have a better than average ability to
remember and quickly recognize visual patterns, which comes from
memorizing complex chess positions.
3. Chess increases your intelligence.
 People with lots of experience playing chess have
highly developed thinking abilities in two areas (in
addition to memory skills):
 Fluid intelligence - This is the ability to consider new
kinds of problems and use reasoning to solve them.
 Processing speed - This is the ability to swiftly
comprehend tasks and respond efficiently to
challenges.
These forms of intelligence are present in chess
masters.
4. Chess enables you to enter a flow state.
 Flow is a deeply rewarding sense of total involvement, in which
you are operating at a peak performance level in a challenging
task. Athletes, artists and performers often describe it as
entering a kind of time warp, where they are so wholly focused
on the task at hand, that their awareness of anything beyond
the performance seems to disappear.
 Researchers who study brain activity noted that theta waves
are heightened in electroencephalograms (EEGs) taken when
people are in a state of flow. Studies have shown the same high
levels of theta waves in brain scans of experienced chess
players during increasingly difficult chess matches.
5. Chess elevates your creativity.
 Researchers at a school in India tested the creative thinking
skills of two groups of students. One group was trained in
chess playing, and the other was not. The tests asked students
to come up with alternate uses for common items and to
interpret patterns and meaning in abstract forms. Students who
played chess scored higher on tests. Researchers concluded
that chess increased the students’ ability to exercise divergent
and creative thinking.
6. Chess leads to better planning skills.
 Chess games are known for long periods of silent contemplation,
during which players consider each move. Players spend time
anticipating their opponents’ responses and attempting to predict
every eventuality. That habit of mind — careful contemplation and
planning — is one of the cognitive health benefits of playing chess.
 Behavioral scientists gave two groups of people the Tower of
London test — a cognitive functioning test involving pegs and
beads — and measured their planning skills. The group that
regularly played chess demonstrated significantly better planning
skills than the group that did not play chess. Also, people in the
chess group spent a lot more time making decisions during the test.
7. Chess can make therapy more effective.
 Some counselors and therapists play chess with clients
as a means of increasing self-awareness and building
more effective therapeutic relationships.
 Considered a creative therapy strategy, chess allows you
to see your reactions to stress and to challenges as they
arise in the course of a match. Your therapist is present
to help you evaluate your responses and learn more
about why you respond to problems the way you do.
8. Chess may offer protection against the development of
dementia.
 Scientists found that the complex mental flexibility chess
demands could help protect older people from dementia.
 Researchers found evidence that the game, which challenges
memory, calculation, visual-spatial skills and critical thinking
abilities, may help reduce cognitive decline and postpone the
effects of dementia as you age.
9. Chess can improve the symptoms of ADHD. 
In a 2016 study involving 100 school-age children with
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, researchers
included regular chess playing in a multi-faceted
treatment approach. Students who participated in this
treatment method experienced a 41 percent decrease
in both inattentiveness and over-activity following the
course of treatment.
10. Electronic chess may help stave off a panic attack.
 There have not been any large-scale studies to support the use
of chess apps to help reduce panic attack symptoms. In one
2017 case study, an individual who experienced panic attacks
was able to use a chess app on a phone to increase the sense
of calm and keep a panic attack from progressing.

The key to success was in finding just the right level of

challenge to occupy his attention and distract from unpleasant
feelings. For this user, difficulty levels 2 to 4 provided just the right
amount of engagement
 The facts above are proofs that playing chess benefits us
mentally and emotionally. It can also treat diseases to avoid worst
conditions.

Our discussion ends here, I know it is a little bit short but I

hope you learned a lot. To measure if you really understood our
lesson, I will give you some series of activities. Let us begin.
ACTIVITY
TIME
 For your first activity, execute the following rules/moves of chess pieces (pawn,
knight, rook, bishop, queen and king). Execute also how castling, pawn promotion and
“en passant” are done. Record a video of yourself and upload your output on the
folder I created on Schoology. This activity is 25 points.
 
Execute the following chess piece moves. (3 points each)
a. Pawn
b. Knight
c. Rook
d. Bishop
e. Queen
f. King
Execute the following Special Moves :
g. Castling (2 points)
h. Pawn Promotion (3 points)
i. En Passant (2 points)
 
Note: Use the chess board and chess pieces you made on your last activity.
For your second activity, find an opponent who can play chess.
It could be a family member or a friend. Remember, if your
opponent is a friend or a relative who comes from another
household, do wear mask and ask him/her to wear his/her
own mask. Use the chess board and chess pieces you made
on your last activity. Record yourself a video while you are
playing, then upload it in the folder I created on Schoology. Be
guided by the criteria for evaluation. This activity is 30 points.
 For your last activity, I want you to answer the following questions. Be guided by
the criteria for evaluation. Write your answer on the space provided in each number.

Content 3 points
Organization of Ideas 2 points
TOTAL 5 points

1. After playing chess, do you agree that it does help you to think creatively? Why?
2. Describe your emotional and mental experience during and after the game.
 Mary Mother of the
Good Shepherd, pray
for us.
Jesus, You are my Lord,
my happiness lies in
You alone.