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Chess Puzzleplayers of all ages, and especially for young people.Chess teaches problem solving, hones concentration and encourages analytical and strategicthinking. Chess can be a lifelong pursuit. Chesspuzzle solving introduces students to the study ofchess in a format that can be easily implementedin A school programs and district meets.Section 1416:CHESS PUZZLE(a)(b)32REPRESENTATION.(1) Contestants. Students in second,third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventhand eight grades who are eligibleunder sections 1400 and 1405may enter this contest.(2) Divisions. This contest will consistof three divisions: (2nd and 3rd),(4th and 5th), (6th, 7th and 8th).With the approval of the districtexecutive committee, a districtmay have separate divisions foreach grade.(3) Individual Competition. For eachdivision, each participant schoolmay enter as many as three contestants in the district meet.(4) Team Competition. If the district haselected to include team competition, the combined scores of thethree contestants in each divisionfrom a school shall constitute theschool’s team score. A team shallhave three contestants competeto participate in team competition.NATURE OF THE CONTEST.(1) Summary. The study of chessteaches analytical thinking, patternrecognition and creativity, whichin turn improve student performance in reading, writing, history,geography, and math.(2) Contest Format. Students will takea 30-minute objective test containing approximately 20 chesspuzzles, plus a separate tiebreak-(c)er section. Answer formats mayinclude fill-in-the-blank, multiplechoice and/or true/false.(3) Test. The league will make available sets of test questions, onetest for each division for invitational meets, one test for eachdivision for fall/winter districtmeets, and one test for each division for spring district meets.CONTEST ADMINISTRATION.(1) Personnel. All personnel in thecontest may be coaches of participating students.(A) ContestDirector. Thecontest director will bein charge of running thecontest and resolving anyproblems that arise. Thedirector may appoint anassistant director.(B) Timekeeper. The contestdirector will serve as official timekeeper and willgive only a start and stopsignal. A clock should bevisible to all contestants.(C) Graders. At least three graders should be familiar withthe instructions for gradingand contest rules. The contest director may recruitmore than three graders.(2) Time. For all divisions, contestants will be given 30 minutes
(d)(e)to answer all test questions andan additional five minutes for thetiebreaker section.(3) Materials.(A) Provided by UIL. Copies of test,answer key and answer sheet.(B) Provided by the School or Student. Pens or pencils.(C) Other. No other materials ornotes may be used in the contest.CONDUCTING THE CONTEST.(1) Numbering of Contestants. Distributea copy of the test and answer sheetto each contestant. Instructing themnot to open test until the start signal is given. As roll is called, instructstudents to write their assignednumber in the space provided ontheir answer sheets.(2) Clear Room. Contestants and coaches should be informed of the timeand place of the verification period.Coaches who are not assigned aspecific duty in administering thecontest should be dismissed fromthe contest room before the contest begins.(3) Testing. Inform contestants thatanswers must be recorded on theanswer sheets according to theinstructions given. Contestants maywrite or mark on the puzzle sheet.Contestants should remain in theirseats throughout the testing period.When the 30-minute contest period has ended, give the stop signaland ask all contestants to put theirpens/pencils down. Collect all testand answer sheets, and distribute atiebreaker section and answer sheetto each contestant.(4) Tiebreaker. When tiebreaker testpapers and answer sheets have beendistributed, instruct contestants torecord all answers on the answersheet. Give the signal to start. Whenthe five-minute tiebreaker periodhas ended, give the stop signal andask all contestants to put their pens/pencils down. Collect all tiebreakertest papers and answer sheets.GRADING.(1) Briefing Graders. Brief graders on theprocedure to be used for gradingand explain scoring process.(2)(f)(g)(h)Criteria. The test is graded objectively.(3) Scoring. Each test shall be scoredaccording to the grading instructions provided. Each test should beindependently scored twice, andpapers contending to place shouldbe scored a third time.(4) Ties. For all contestants involvedin a tie, grade the five-minute tiebreaker section according to thegrading instructions provided. Inindividual competition, if two ormore contestants tie, the contestant with the best tiebreaker scorereceives the higher place. In teamcompetition, if two or more teamstie, the team with the best combined tiebreaker score for all teammembers wins the tiebreaker andreceives the higher place. If twoor more individuals or teams haveboth the same objective score andthe same tiebreaker score, the tiestands and will not be broken. Ifthere is a tie for first place, thereis no second place. If there is a tiefor second place, there is no thirdplace, etc.(5) Points. Points are awarded throughsixth place.Team points are awardedthrough third place. See Section1408 (i). Tied contestants or teamssplit the total points equally for thetwo or more places in which the tieexists.VERIFICATION PERIOD. The contestdirector should designate a time andplace for a 15-minute verification periodat which time contestants and/or coaches are given the opportunity to viewtheir test papers with official answerkeys. Unofficial results should be posted.Questions should be directed to thecontest director, whose decision will befinal.OFFICIAL RESULTS. After the verification period has ended and all test papershave been collected, the contest directorshall announce the official results. Officialresults, once announced, are final.RETURNING MATERIALS. No materials from the fall/winter district contestmay be returned to contestants beforeJanuary 31. No materials from the springdistrict contest may be returned tocontestants before the Saturday prior toMemorial Day.Chess PuzzleSTUDYRESOURCESThe 2013-2014Elementaryand JuniorHigh AcademicStudy MaterialsBooklets includepractice teststhat were used inlast year’s pilotcompetitions.Visit the ChessPuzzle page ofthe UIL website for linksto online studyand practiceresources.33
From 2/3 Fall/Winter District Test 2012-2013UIL Chess Puzzle Solving—Fall/Winter District 2012-2013—Grades 2 and 3#1. White to move#2. White to moveChess PuzzleThese sampletest questionsare taken fromthe 2012-2013Fall/Wintertests forgrades 2/3 and4/5, and theSpring Testfor grades 6-8.Actual testsinclude 20questions.How can White checkmate Black in onemove?How can White checkmate Black inone move?a) Qc7b) Qd6c) Qb8d) White can’t checkmate Black in onemove.a) Qh7b) Qg6c) Qd8d) White can’t checkmate Black in onemove.#3. White to move#4. White to moveHow can White checkmate Black in onemove?How can White checkmate Black in onemove?a) Bh5b) Bc6c) Bd5d) White can’t checkmate Black in onemove.a) Nf7b) Ng6c) Rxh7d) White can’t checkmate Black in onemove.Answers: 1- c342-a3-b4-b
From 4/5 Fall/Winter District Test 2012-2013UIL Chess Puzzle Solving—Fall/Winter District 2012-2013—Grades 4 and 5#1. White to move#2. White to moveChess PuzzleUIL Chess Puzzle Solving—Fall/IMPORTAN[Test-administrators, pleThis is the UIL Chess Puzzle Solving20 questions on this test. You have 30 mchoice. Use the separate answer sheanswers purposely do not indicate checone point for each correct answer. Noon this test. Finishing early is not rewaIf you don’t already know chess notaton this page will help you. Some of thare interesting! Good luck and have fuHow does White checkmate Black inone move?How does White checkmate Black inone move?a) Rh6b) Rh1c) Ra8d) White can’t checkmate Black in onemove.a) Bxf7b) Nxf7c) NxQd) White can’t checkmate Black in onemove.#3. White to moveHow to read and anTest questionsuse standardalgebraic Everychesssquare on the board has an “addresmade up of a letter and a number.notation. To answer the questions on this test, yoneed to know how to read chess moves.simple to do.#4. Black to moveEvery squareon theAt right are two sample moves.chessboardIf you look closely at the diagrams inhas anthe questions below, you’ll see that theframe “address”around the diagram labels theranks (1-8) and files (a-h) to help you.made up of aletter and anumber.How can White checkmate Black in onemove?How can Black checkmate White in onemove?a) Qxd8b) Nxh7c) Qxh7d) White can’t checkmate Black in onemove.a) . Rxh2b) . Qg3c) . Qxh2d) Black can’t checkmate White in onemove.Answers: 1- a2-a3-c4-c35
From 6-8 Spring District Test 2012-2013UIL Chess Puzzle Solving—Spring District 2012-2013—Grades 6-8Chess PuzzleAll test andtiebreakerquestionsare multiplechoice format.Coachesmay serve asgraders forChess Puzzle.#1. White to move#2. White to moveHow does White checkmate Black inone move?What’s the best move for White?a) Nf6b) Nd6c) Qc4d) White can’t checkmate Black in onemove.a) Qxf3b) Bxf6c) Qh7d) Resigns, because he is seriouslydown in material.#3. White to move#4. White to moveIf White can checkmate Black in twomoves, what are White’s moves—in thecorrect order?Can White checkmate Black in twomoves? If so, what is White’s first move?a) Qf7b) Qh7c) Rh8d) White can’t checkmate Black in twomoves.Answers: 1- b36a) Nf6 and Bf6b) Bf6 and Nh6c) Bf6 and Ne7d) Both B and C are correct.2-c3-c4-d
From Fall/Winter Tiebreaker (All Grades) 2012-2013UIL Chess Puzzle Solving—Fall/Winter District 2012-2013—Tiebreaker, all grades#1. White to move#2. White to moveHow can White mate in one?How can White checkmate Black in onemove?a) Bxd7b) Qxf7c) Nf6d) White can’t checkmate Black in onemove.a) 1. f7b) 1. Bf7c) 1. Qxd7d) White can’t checkmate Black in onemove.#3. White to move#4. White to moveIf White can checkmate Black in twomoves, what is White’s first move?If White can checkmate Black in twomoves, what is White’s first move?a) Rd1b) Rc 4c) Rb4d) White can’t checkmate Black in twomoves.a) Bf6b) Bb3c) Kh6d) White can’t checkmate Black in twomoves.Answers: 1- c2-a3-cChess PuzzleAll gradelevels takethe sametiebreaker.Contestantsare notexpected to beable to solveall tiebreakerpuzzles in thetime allotted.4-b37
UIL Chess Puzzle Solving—Fall/Winter District 2012-2013—Grades 2 and 3 IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS: [Test-administrators, please read text in this box aloud.] This is the UIL Chess Puzzle Solving District test for grades two and three. There are 20 questions on this test. You have 30 m
