Primary Schools Competition
Resources

 

 

Click on the following to view (the documents may then be printed if desired):

FIDE Laws of Chess
The official Laws of Chess from the World Chess Federation (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) see under Section E.

Notes on the Laws of Chess  for this competition  (3 pages)

Chess Scoresheet for recording games
(Suggestion: print on both sides of an A4 sheet and guillotine to create two double-sided A5 scoresheets)

A Guide for Players (12 pages) and
Chess Competition - Are You Ready?
(8 pages)
Two documents to help school chess coordinators guide and prepare their players

Why Play Chess? 
by Allan Wright  (1 page)

A Case for Chess as a Tool to Develop Our Children's Minds
A paper by Dr Peter Dauvergne on the educational benefits of chess  (8 pages)