MAPEH 9

MUSIC • ARTS • PHYSICAL EDUCATION • HEALTH

MAPEH – Physical Education 9
Active Recreation
Quarter 4 – Module 2: Indoor Recreational Activity - Chess

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 MAPEH 9
MUSIC • ARTS • PHYSICAL EDUCATION • HEALTH

Quarter 4
Module 2
Indoor Recreational Activity
Chess
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the PE 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on

(Indoor Recreational Activity - Chess)

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators

both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration
their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the PE 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on

(Indoor recreational activities - Chess)

The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often used to
depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create and
accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant
competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in
your own hands!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be
enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectation - These are what you will be able to know after completing the
lessons in the module

Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts to be
mastered throughout the lesson.

Recap - This section will measure what learnings and skills that you
understand from the previous lesson.

Lesson- This section will discuss the topic for this module.

Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform.

Wrap Up- This section summarizes the concepts and applications of the
lessons.

Valuing-this part will check the integration of values in the learning

competency.

Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the entire
module.
 EXPECTATION

This module encompasses the basic principles and ideas about one of the
indoor recreational activities, i.e., chess.

At the end of the lesson the learners should be able to:

 discuss the nature / background of the game chess;

 explain the benefits that the family can derive from playing chess;
 practice proper and acceptable behavior when participating in indoor
recreational activities.

PRE–TEST

Directions: Look at the drawing of chess pieces and equipment of the game.
Identify each of the pieces. Write your answer on the appropriate boxes. Choose
your answer from the given words on the right.

Chess Board

The Pawn

The Queen

The Knight

The King

The Rook

The Bishop

Chess Clock
 RECAP

Direction: Complete the sentences below by giving the missing word.

1. The activities that someone voluntary participate in during their free time
are called ________________.

2. ______________ recreation refers to leisure activities that take place in a

natural setting and benefit the body, mind and/or spirit.

3. The way a person live their life in an everyday basis is called _____________.

4. Participation in ________________ influences a healthy lifestyle.

5. The word literally tells us that ____________ recreational activities are

undertaken on the comfort of your home.

L E S S ON

BRIEF HISTORY OF CHESS

Chess is a game that has been played for centuries and was thought to have
originated in India in the 15th century. Long ago, it was considered a game reserved
only for kings and members of the upper classes. Nowadays, chess is played by
common people even at an early age.
The modern design of chess pieces bears the name Staunton, who was an
English master in the mid-1800’s. These are the type of pieces that are now used in
all tournaments worldwide.
The first international chess tournament was the London Tourney played in
1851. A German named Adolf Anderssen won the game. He became the unofficial
best chess player of the world because he did not receive any award or title.
The first great American-born chess player is Paul Morphy. Paul travelled to
Europe in the 1850’s, where he beat all challengers, including Adolf Anderssen.
However, the English champion of the time (Staunton) refused to play with him, so
Morphy never became a world chess champ.
The official championship chess tournament was played in 1866 in London,
with sand clocks to restrict the length of a game. A Bohemian (Czechoslovakian)
Jew named Steinitz won the game. He became the world’s first official chess
champion, holding this title until 1894.
Have you wondered who rules in the world of chess today? Recently, Russia
dominates the game of chess. This results from the establishment of government
schools for talented chess players after the communist revolution of 1917. Since,
1927, many of the top chess players have been citizens of the former USSR, and
include: Tal, Alekhine, Petrosian, Spassky, Smyslov, Anatoli Karpov, and Gary
Kasparov.

BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PLAYING CHESS

Chess is an indoor recreational activity which is now being introduced as a

major part of secondary level curriculum because of the benefits it gives to the
students.
Here are some of the benefits which can be derived from playing chess:
1. Chess increases the mathematical and scientific skills of the students. It
also enhances the problem solving skills, concentration ability, as well as
logical thinking ability of the students.

2. It develops a sense of confidence and self-worth of a student.

3. It also increases the communication skills of a student.

4. It gives a lesson of hard work and commitment.

5. Aside from intellectual exercise, chess provides entertainment and relaxation.

This game is free and can provide entertainment even for the observers.

6. Chess also has health benefits. It is considered as a form of recreational

therapy. Chess keeps the mind healthy and a healthy mind results in a
healthy body. It is used by the therapists to help people suffering from
cognitive functioning such as anxiety and depression.

7. Chess is a form of indoor recreational activity that can be used to strengthen

family bond. The members of the family can play with each other while at
home. In a way, the chess pieces can represent the family members. Each
member of the family has role to play. In chess, the pieces also have specific
function to perform to win the game.

THE GOAL OF THE GAME

 Chess is a game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board
containing 64 squares of alternating colors. Each player has 16 pieces: 1 king, 1
queen, 2 rocks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns.
The goal of the game is to checkmate the other king. Checkmate happens
when the king is in a position to be captured (in check) and cannot escape from
capture.

CHESS PIECES

Chess pieces can be moved to capture an opponent’s piece. This is done by

landing on the square of the opponent’s piece and then replacing it. Pieces can also
be moved to defend other pieces in case of capture, or to control important squares
in the game.
Follow the moves of the chess pieces as illustrated below.

THE KING
The king is the most important piece, however it is also considered as one of
the weakest. The king only moves one square in any direction – up, down, to the
sides, and diagonally. The king may never move himself into check (where he could
be captured).

THE QUEEN
 The queen is the most powerful piece. It moves in any one straight direction
– forward, backward, sideways, or diagonally. As all the other pieces, except the
knight, it cannot move over any intervening piece.

THE ROOK
The rook may move to any square as far as it wants, but only forward,
backward, and to the sides. The rooks are particularly powerful pieces when
they are protecting each other and working together.

THE BISHOP
The bishop may move as far as it wants, but only diagonally. Each bishop
starts on one color (light or dark) and must always stay on that color. Bishops
work well together because they cover up each other’s weakness.

THE KNIGHT
 Knights move by going two squares in one direction, and then one more
move just like an “L” shape. Knights are the only pieces that can move over
other pieces.

THE PAWN
Pawns move forward, but capture diagonally. They can never move
backwards. On its first move, the pawn can advance two squares at a time.
Succeeding moves will be one square at a time.

Note: The dot ( ) represents the direction of the moves of the pieces.

ACTIVITIES
Activity 1

Give Me a Star: Answer the questions given inside the box by placing 3 stars for
always, 2 stars for sometimes, and 1 star for never on the space provided.

QUESTIONS Always Sometimes Never

Have I experienced playing chess?

Do I play chess with my family?

Do I enjoy participating in chess games?

Do I consider the benefits derived from playing

chess?
Do I plan to make chess game as one of my
lifelong activities?

Do I play chess with friends?

How often do I play chess?

Are there chess enthusiasts in my family?

Activity 2

Chess Out! All on Board!: From the numbered details below, identify which are
the benefits derived from chess and the proper behavior when participating the
game. Write the number on the shaded box below corresponding to benefits derived
from chess and the number on the white box for the proper behavior when
participating in chess game.
1 2 3 4

Develops a sense of It gives a lesson of Never boast over a Increases

confidence and hard work and win. communication
self-worth. commitment. skills.

5 6 7 8

Always show Chess increases Chess keeps mind Don’t show rude
sportsmanship. the mathematical healthy. behavior over a
and scientific skills defeat.
9 10 11 12

Strengthen family Don’t distract the Provide Do not make it

bond. other layers. entertainment. obvious if make a
mistake

13 14 15 16
If you disagree
Never blame others Chess provides Minimize talking with what your
for something they relaxation. when at the event opponent has done
do not do. venue. raise your hand
and ask for help.
 WRAP–UP

Direction: Write the function of each chess pieces and the function of the family
members on the space provided for. After which, relate the function of each chess
piece to the members of the family or to the family as a whole.
 VALUING

Very Essay! On the space provide below, write a short paragraph about the
question: Do you think playing chess can promote health, fitness and wellness
among family members? How?
 POST TEST

Direction: Match Column A to Column B. Write the letters of the correct answer on
the space provided before each number.

Column A Column B
_______ 1. It is a game that has been a. Indoor Recreational Activity
originated in India in the 15th century.
_______ 2. He became the unofficial
b. Steinitz
best player of the world because he
did not receive any award title in
chess.
c. Chess
_______ 3. He is the world’s first
official chess champion.
_______ 4. It is the most powerful d. Queen
chess piece.
_______ 5. This chess piece can move e. King
like “L” shape.
_______ 6. It is the most important
chess piece, but considered of the f. Adolf Anderssen
weakest.
_______ 7. Chess is a form __________
g. Knight
that can be used to strengthen the
family bond.
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