Chess MB Workshop 2022
$5
Last day to sign up: 5/29/2022
Orientation: 2:00-2:30pm, 5/29/2022 (Sunday) zoom: 811 518 2147
Requirement 1-5 | Send your completed workbook to Mr. Ting by 6/12/2022 | |
Requirement 6 | In-person workshop on 6/26/2022 (Sunday) – 2:00-3:30pm | Room A11, HOC5 |
You must have requirements 1-5 signed off by Mr. Ting in order to attend the workshop on 6/26 to earn this merit badge.
Download Chess Workbook (PDF)
Description
Chess Merit Badge Info
The mental skill development that comes from playing Chess directly supports the BSA mission, and the second point of the Scout Oath. Improvements in concentration, strategic planning, sportsmanship, and stress control are all benefits players can receive from chess. It’s just a game, but a game played around the world for millennia.
For scouts that already play chess, this badge can be completed very quickly. It is composed of many Explain type requirements, demonstrating moves and scoring, and teaching very basic knowledge to another scout. The last requirement finally gets to the fun where a scout can actually play chess.
The merit badge pamphlet contains all the information for the knowledge requirements, all in one spot. Being such a simple set of requirements, and many youth already familiar with chess, this badge is at popularity spot #22 of all merit badges with about 25,000 scouts earning it each year. It is the only board game with its own merit badge!
Requirements
Requirements | Due date | |
1 | Discuss with your merit badge counselor the history of the game of chess. Explain why it is considered a game of planning and strategy. | Workbook due by 6/12 |
2 | Discuss with your merit badge counselor the following:
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Workbook due by 6/12 |
3 | Demonstrate to your counselor that you know each of the following. Then, using Scouting’s Teaching EDGE*, teach someone (preferably another Scout) who does not know how to play chess:
*You may learn about Scouting’s Teaching EDGE from your unit leader, another Scout, or by attending training. |
Provide all answers in your workbook, then teach another scout at workshop. |
4 | Do the following:
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Provide all answers in your workbook, then demonstrate in-person |
5 | Do the following:
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Provide answer to 5a and 5b in your workbook
5c and 5d will be done in-person |
6 | Do ONE of the following:
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We’ll work on this in-person |