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)