Review of Week 3 and Ratings as of Jan 22, 2011

What you should have learned today.

Common patterns for forking are two pieces 1) in a line, 2) on the same color, and 3) on the same rank with one space between

Ways to search - look for your opponent's unguarded pieces

Rules for castling.

Reasons for castling are 1) king safety 2) connecting rooks, 3) attacking the enemy king

Two main ways to prevent your opponent from castling.

The difference between an open game and a closed game - In which type of game do you need to castle?

What you may have learned:

The main objective of the Caro-Cann opening.

Problem 8 on FunSheet 3b was tricky especially because you had to come up with Black's best response. Here's the answer I was looking for...

1. e5! (fork) Bb5+
2. Kh1 Ng8
3. Qd5! (fork)

or
1. e5! (fork) Bb5+
2. Kh1 Ne4 (did anyone see this move and figure out the reply)
3. Qd5! (fork) Nf2+
4. Rxf2 Bxf2
5. Qxa5

Congratulations to Michaela Long who was the only one to get full credit for that problem!

Name------Rating
Robert---- 846
Ethan----- 781
Michaela-- 736
Jules----- 687
Addison--- 642
Jack------ 615
Chase----- 573
Joseph---- 551
John Paul- 521
Charlie--- 506
Donald---- 474
Archit---- 440
Joshua---- 432
Connor---- 404
Cole------ 317
Ayden----- 169
Isabella-- 146
Julia----- 137
Miranda--- 129
Rishab---- 123
Tate------ 116
Gabe------ 100 Eryn------ 100