In one of our most popular courses, your coach will teach you live, the foundations of playing chess strategically. This interactive course is not just about learning the game, but enhances thinking, planning and understanding your team mates.
Chess is believed to enhance strategic thinking. This is a foundation course on chess, for beginners that will help you play the game following international rules. It will also groom you to take on more advanced learning.
In this course, you will have a tutor taking you through all the basics showing you how to arrange the pieces, the movements of each piece and their special features. Meant for anyone who has a strong desire to understand the tactics of the game, all you need is a chess set.
Sessions are paced twice a week with an experienced chess master who will lead you through a routine followed by practice exercises, allowing you to demonstrate your learning and make corrections.
Skills You Will Gain
SportsmanshipPatienceAgilityStrategic Thinking
Course Offerings
Instructor Led Live sessions
Clarify doubts during session
Access Session Recordings
Attend on mobile and Tablet
Assessments and Competition
Direct Messages
Feedback from Instructor
Full lifetime Resources
Certificate of Completion
Topics
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1Introduction to chess and how to set up the board
Invention
Historically who played chess and why Chess and other games
How to arrange pieces and movement (and capture )of each of the pieces
Value and special feature of each pie
2Piece Movement
Value versus usefulness of pieces at certain squares
Movable vs. attacking pieces
Check and checkmate
Pawn promotion and pawn en passant
Rank, file and diagonals and related useful tips
Legal and illegal moves
3Mastering mate in one checkmate
Detailed understanding of touch and move rule
Rules of draw
Winning material
Making use of stalemate and perpetual checks to split the point
4Chess Notations
How to record the games you play
5Castling
Importance of castling
Decision for castling and rationale for avoiding the castling
Early and delayed castling reason ale
Types of castling and all related rules
6Elementary Checkmates
Systematic checkmate procedure for checkmate with:
Rolling rook
Mating patterns
Precautions
Complete step by step method
Practical
One Queen
Mating patterns
Precautions
Complete step by step method
Practical
Improved rolling rook method with Queen and rook
One Rook
Mating patterns
Precautions
Complete step by step method
Practical
Bishop Pair
Basic concept
Mating patterns
Precautions
Complete step by step method
Practical
7How to play a good game of chess and win
How to open a game
Importance of center
Development of pieces and the order of development
Figuring out the best places for pieces
Which pieces to exchange and where to avoid exchanges
Opening precautions
Importance of pawns in front of king
Why and when to move these pawns
Hidden strength of these pawn and weaknesses
Middle game
Position analysis
Identifying weaknesses
Preparing a plan of attack
Figuring out the best places
Which pieces to exchange and where to avoid exchanges
End game:
Change of role of king in end game
Endgame patience and position improvement
Yasar Abdullah
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