Today we went over the answers to the fork worksheet.

We learned another tactic called the hurdle, and the similar skewer. I hope you remembered the poem:              "Two big pieces on a line? Look Out, it's hurdle time!"

Next week we'll go over the problems we solved today. Congratulations to Logan and Thomas who solved 5 of the 8 problems. Here's a problem from today: What's White's winning move?

Tournament on Saturday if you're interested. See SchoolChess.org to register and to get more information, or call me to discuss what to expect.

RATINGS

Name	12-Oct
Warren	349
Owen	269
Cavan	247
Thomas	185
Logan	166
Lucia	161
Simon	159
Zion	133
Alex	130
Jack	105
Sean	100
Zahra	100

Answer: 1. Rh8 Rxa7 2. Rh7+ winning the rook and the game!