Boy Scouts Chess Requirments and Answers 2013
Chess
Merit Badge Workbook
This workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet.
The work space provided for each requirement should be used by the Scout to make notes for discussing the item with his counselor, not for providing the full and complete answers. Each Scout must do each requirement.
No one may add or subtract from the official requirements found in Boy Scout Requirements (Pub. 33216 – SKU 616334).
The requirements were last issued or revised in 2013 • This workbook was updated in December 2013.
Derek Boing
Scout’s Name:__________________________________________
468
Unit: __________________________________________
Neil Kimes
Counselor’s Name: ______________________________________
Counselor’s Phone No.: ___________________________
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Please submit errors, omissions, comments or suggestions about this workbook to: Workbooks@USScouts.Org
Comments or suggestions for changes to the requirements for the merit badge should be sent to: Merit.Badge@Scouting.Org
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1. Discuss with your merit badge counselor the history of the game of chess.
Chess was developed in China in the 2nd century B.C. but it is not until the 7th century that there is a reference to the game in literature. According to some sources (Forbes, History of Chess, 1860) the game was invented between four or five thousand years ago, by the wife of King Ravana of Ceylon, when the capital was besieged by Rama.The fantastic advance of Chess in the 20th century is best shown by figures. Before 1923 there were rarely more than four international tournaments in a year. Between 1923 and 1939, the average was six. After
WW II this quadrupled.
Explain why it is considered a game of planning and strategy.
Chess is not a physical contest, and there is no element of luck as in card
Merit Badge Workbook
This workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet.
The work space provided for each requirement should be used by the Scout to make notes for discussing the item with his counselor, not for providing the full and complete answers. Each Scout must do each requirement.
No one may add or subtract from the official requirements found in Boy Scout Requirements (Pub. 33216 – SKU 616334).
The requirements were last issued or revised in 2013 • This workbook was updated in December 2013.
Derek Boing
Scout’s Name:__________________________________________
468
Unit: __________________________________________
Neil Kimes
Counselor’s Name: ______________________________________
Counselor’s Phone No.: ___________________________
http://www.USScouts.Org
•
http://www.MeritBadge.Org
Please submit errors, omissions, comments or suggestions about this workbook to: Workbooks@USScouts.Org
Comments or suggestions for changes to the requirements for the merit badge should be sent to: Merit.Badge@Scouting.Org
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Discuss with your merit badge counselor the history of the game of chess.
Chess was developed in China in the 2nd century B.C. but it is not until the 7th century that there is a reference to the game in literature. According to some sources (Forbes, History of Chess, 1860) the game was invented between four or five thousand years ago, by the wife of King Ravana of Ceylon, when the capital was besieged by Rama.The fantastic advance of Chess in the 20th century is best shown by figures. Before 1923 there were rarely more than four international tournaments in a year. Between 1923 and 1939, the average was six. After
WW II this quadrupled.
Explain why it is considered a game of planning and strategy.
Chess is not a physical contest, and there is no element of luck as in card