Chess Lab › The words and memory room
Dilo en ocho
- Escritura precisa
- Ages 8 to 13
- About 7 minutes
The story behind it
A chess coach writes the same kind of sentence all day: which piece, on which square, does what, to whom. Leave a word out and the sentence is wrong. This game checks your sentence against the board itself — it must be true, and it must be complete.
How to play
- Look at the glowing white piece.
- Tap tiles to build one sentence about what it attacks.
- Press Check. If it attacks two pieces, name both.
Levels
For teachers and coaches
Say it in eight — Precise writing
Ages 8 to 13 · about 7 minutes · 8by8verse Chess Lab
What it teaches
Building an accurate sentence: subject, verb, object — and nothing missing.
The story to tell first
A chess coach writes the same kind of sentence all day: which piece, on which square, does what, to whom. Leave a word out and the sentence is wrong. This game checks your sentence against the board itself — it must be true, and it must be complete.
Three questions to ask
- Your sentence was true but Ashta wanted more. What was missing?
- Why did you need to add the square on the last level?
- Can you say it in fewer tiles and still be exact?
Without a screen
Show a picture. Pupils describe one thing in it in eight words or fewer — a partner must be able to point to exactly what they meant.
Siguiente
Finish
Hint
Step back
Start again
Play again
Next level
Back to the lab
Right.
Not quite.
Not yet — have another go.
Question {n} of {total}
{right} out of {total} right.
Three stars. Clean work.
Two stars. Well played.
One star. Level done.
king
queen
rook
bishop
knight
pawn
What is the white {piece} attacking? Say it in eight tiles or fewer.
One white {piece} is attacking something. Say which one, and what.
the white {piece}
the black {piece}
on {sq}
attacks
defends
and
Check my sentence
{n} of 8 tiles
Tap the tiles below to build your sentence here.
Start with a piece, then a doing word, then the piece it is done to.
There is no such piece on that square.
There are two of them. Add the square so we know which one.
Look again — that is not true on this board.
That may be so, but tell me about the glowing white {piece}.
True — now say what it attacks.
True, but it attacks something else as well. Name both.
True, and complete.
Five sentences, each one exact.