Printable Chess Learning Set 

 
Printing tips:  Assembly: 
   
Ink-  To make chess pieces- 
● You may print in color, or in black and white.  ● Print pages 3 and 4. 
● Alternately, you may print two copies of page  ● Cut along solid lines; fold along dotted lines. 
3 (the white pieces), and color in one copy.   
● The board is in greyscale to save ink.  To make the full board- 
  ● Print four copies of page 5. 
Paper-  ● Cut along outside edges of the board; tape 
● Chess pieces printed on standard paper  the pieces together, aligning so that grey and 
stand up better if you pinch them at the top.  white squares alternate across and down the 
● Printing on cardstock will result in sturdier  board. 
pieces.   
● For a long-lasting set, laminate the pages  To use as a quarter board- 
before cutting.  ● Fold a full board in half vertically then 
  horizontally.   
  

 
   
Full board set up 

 
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Mini Game: Tic Tac Chek  Mini Game: Knights & Squires 
Play on a quarter board.  Play on a full board 
Each player needs a rook, a bishop, a knight, and a pawn.  Each player needs two knights and four pawns (squires). 
   
Begin with an empty quarter board. Take turns placing a  Begin with the full board set up as below. Players take turns 
piece on any open square. Once at least three pieces are  moving their pieces. 
placed by each player, take turns moving a piece, capturing   
a piece, or placing a piece. Captured pieces are returned to  The first player to get a knight and squire to the back row of 
their player and may be replayed on any open square. The  their opponent is the winner. 
first player to get four in a row wins.   
 

 
 
   
 
 

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Your game set folds up and stacks to fit in a quart-size ziptop bag for storage. 
 

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