Chess Courses

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Beginner Course

Duration: 12 Months

Perfect for those starting their chess journey. Learn the fundamentals and build a strong foundation.

Course Curriculum

Month 1

Background about the game
  • Background about the game
  • Piece movements - King, Rook
  • Piece movements - Bishop, Queen, Pawn
  • Piece movements - Knight, pawn capture
  • Piece value
  • Naming the squares
  • Attacking and Capturing

Month 2

Creating an attack
  • Creating an attack
  • Defending (protecting, Moving away, Capturing an attacker)
  • Capturing an unprotected piece
  • Check & Attack
  • Cross check
  • Getting out of check
  • Checkmate
  • Mate in 1; Build a checkmate

Month 3

Defending an attack
  • Defending an attack
  • Counting Defenders and Attackers
  • Interposing
  • Defence against check and checkmate
  • Create a checkmate; Helper mate
  • Targets of attack
  • Exchange
  • Favourable exchanges

Month 4

Back rank checkmate
  • Back rank checkmate
  • Hanging piece
  • Legal's mate
  • Castling, Rules of castling
  • Draw, Stalemate
  • Twofold attack
  • Choose the correct capture
  • Fianchetto Bishop

Month 5

Compose a checkmate
  • Compose a checkmate
  • Supported mate
  • Checkmate with 2 rooks
  • Pawn promotion – rules
  • Importance of Centre
  • Basic opening moves - 3 golden rules of opening
  • Piece development
  • Major piece
  • Minor piece

Month 6

Good capture & Bad capture
  • Good capture; Bad capture
  • Checkmate with queen
  • Trap
  • Perpetual check
  • Fools Mate
  • Exchange sacrifice
  • Passed pawn
  • Defend against passed pawns

Month 7

Scholar's mate
  • Scholar's mate
  • Defence against scholar mate
  • Double check
  • Double attack with King, Pawn
  • Double attack with Rook and Bishop
  • Double attack with Queen
  • Fork
  • Defend against Double attack

Month 8

Legal position
  • Legal position
  • Develop with tempo
  • Pin - absolute and relative pin
  • Setting up a pin
  • Defend against pin
  • Pinned piece is not good defender
  • En prise
  • Battery

Month 9

Stalemate
  • Stalemate
  • Deliver a quick mate
  • Smothered mate
  • Block with tempo
  • Discovered attack
  • Discovered check
  • Elimination of the defence
  • Mating patterns

Month 10

Arabian mate
  • Arabian mate
  • Simplification
  • Pawn type
  • Pawn ending
  • Deflection
  • Double pawn
  • Checkmate with two bishop
  • Closed game

Month 11

Open game
  • Open game
  • Co-operation
  • En-passant
  • Boden's mate
  • Checkmate with Knight and bishop
  • Middle game
  • Endgame
  • Square rule
  • Desperado

Month 12

Semi open game
  • Semi open game
  • Connected passed pawn
  • Combination
  • Checkmate with two Knight
  • Hanging pawn
  • Isolated pawn
  • Perpetual check
  • Threefold repetition
  • Smothered mate
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