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What is recreation? There are some activities that are beneficial to us, like working and enjoying the work . that you do, but doing so is not a form of recreation. Even if you are happy with your work, it should not be mistaken as a form of recreation because recreation is an activity that is performed during leisure. It is an activity that gives you pleasure in which you are not obliged to dobut instead chosen by you to perform and to satisfy your needs. It is an activity that rejuvenates your body, emotion, and mind. | What are the different motives of recreation? f Socializing Motive ~ it is a motive of recreation that includes company like friendly visits, going out, and gathering with other people. others. Competitive Motive - a motive of recreation that tests the limit of the participant which could be his/her limitations or competing against the environment. This includes popular games and sports, performing arts competition, or other outdoor activities. 2. Associative Motive - a motive of recreation for collective interest like reading, item collection, and SS Exploratory Motive - a motive Of recreation that involves level of exploration like hiking, diving, and other activities that expose oneself to a new environment, How can we classify recreation? These are the classifications of,recreation: Arts and Crafts | Sportsand Fitness | Environmental | Technology Type of Activities Recrea‘ Drawing Basketball ' Hiking Internet surfing. = Painting Chess Camping Playing musical i Dancing Volleyball Mountaineering instruments so Singing Athletics Biking Watching movies Sculpture Football Orienteering Playing online games What are the two types of recreation? There are two types of recreation: the indoor and the outdoor recreation is performed in a covered area and the outdoor recreati environment and the resources for it. recreation. The indoor ‘ion is carried out using the What are the benefits that you can get from recreation? There are some benefits that one can get from recreation and these are the following: 1. It provides you a relaxing experience when you participate in recreational activities. It reduces stress from days of studying and work and this can be achieved by active participation to recreational activities, Since stress can be relieved through recreation, it has a great impact in health and fitness which is vital for everybody. Recreation has social benefits since you go along with the people of common interest. : Itis an effective way of utilizing your time because the things that you will be doing is a worthwhile activity. : By practicing your favorite recreational activities, it will surely sharpen the skills associated with it. What is an indoor. recreation? There are some instances that we do not want to go out and just do some activities inside our home and relax. This is the reason why indoor recreation is created. These are those activities that we do during leisure that provides you pleasure. There are some recreational activities that can be performed inside with our family and friends and some of these can be sports, dancing, and other local indoor activities. : One of the best indoor recreational activities is the game of chess, which for sure gives us benefits not only for a sound body but also for a sound mind. What is a chess game? The game of chess is a tactical board game that is played by two opposing players on a checkered board with specified rules and uses 16 game pieces, with the objective of putting the opposing player's king under check where there are no squares for it to move to. What are the traces of chess history? These are some of the evidences that chess was played'a long time ago just before other sports existed. India It was said that the first living indication that chess existed long time ago was found 500 C.E. The Indian first name ga, which refers to Elephant, in India in for chess is Chaturan: the four army division ~ Cavalry, Chariot, and the Infantry. Persia According to history, it was played around 600 C.E. and named it Shatanj. It is where the name (Sha) which is King and (Sha Mat) or checkmate derived from. What are the different chess pieces and the function of each, and where is it played? The game of chess is played on 64 equal dark and light squares board that are alternately placed on it. The -board is positioned between two competing players to make it comfortable for them to play. The eight vertical rows of squares are called “files”and the horizontal rows of squares are called “ranks.” Chess Game Pieces 1.White King 2. White Knights 1 White Queen 2.White Bishops 8 White Pawns 2White Rooks 1 Black King 1 Black Queen 2 Black Rooks 2 Black Knights 2 Black Bishops 8 Black Pawns ‘The King ~ is the most significant cl hess piece; however it's also considered as the weakest The king moves toany adjacent squares that are not under attacked by a challenger, can only move to 2 or 3 squares when castling. i ‘The Queen - itis the most dominant horizontally, and diagonally, provided ther position, i The Rook ~The rook can move in ra ino chess piece is blocking its way going a The Bishop - the bishop is a chess piece that moves diat color where itis placed on the board. If diagonally to black squares and vice vers blockage toit. nk and in file, meaning vertically and horizontally to the desired position, 'gonally depending on the its placed on a black square, it can only move a. It can move to its desired position if there is no ‘The Knight - its move is composed of two different steps; first, it takes one step along its rank, and then still, movin . i f away single square diagonal. 1g away from the square of departure, one step of one sing | \ oP ‘The Pawn - the pawn moves only one step forward except for the first move if the player decides to move it two adjacent squares forward. Castling is a move when the king and the rook change positions and occupy the adjacent space between them. These are the ways on how to do the castling: 1. The king and the rook are in their original position and no move has been made by either of the two chess pieces. sii isistinliaaloaa 2. The squares between the two chess pieces are not occupied by other chess piece/s. Stalemate or Drawis a term use in chess describing a player's king having no room to move in any adjoining squares but not under opponent's check. Draw by players’ consent. Draw due to insufficient mating chess pieces. i | 4 } | | Draw by 50-move law. PY Nor Draw by perpetual check: means repetition of check on the same position thrice.

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