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
Instructor (1)
1Introduction to chess
Names of various chess pieces and their point value.
The coordinate system.
Movement of pieces.
Capturing pieces.
Symbols and notation.
Classification of pieces.
Strengths and weaknesses of pieces.
2Special moves in chess
Castling
En-passant
Promotion
3Understanding situations in chess
Check
Checkmate
Stalemate
4Exchanges/trades
Even exchanges
Uneven exchanges
Beneficial exchanges
5Checks
Giving checks
Getting rid of a check.
6Checkmate in one move
Checkmate in one move
7Attack and defence
Attacking a piece
Providing support to a piece
Identification of threat and proper choice of defence.
8Basic tactics-I
Forks and double attacks
Pins
Skewers
Discovered attack
Discovered check
9Basic tactics-II
Deflection
Interference
Annihilation of defence
Intermediate moves
Zugzwang and its applications.
10Checkmate in two moves
Checkmate in two moves
11Drawing techniques
Stalemate
Threefold repetition
Insufficient material
Draw by mutual agreement
Photography
Fifty-move rule
12Checkmate patterns
Checkmate patterns
13How to checkmate a lone king?
Checkmate using queen.
Checkmate using rook.
Checkmate using two rooks.
Checkmate using two bishops.
14Concept of openings
Names of various openings and their starting moves
15Basic king-pawn endgames
The opposition
Key squares
Mined and corresponding squares
Triangulation
King vs passed pawns
16Additional topics
Trapping pieces
Classification of pawns.
17Revision
Revision
Debankan Dhara
About Instructor
I am a chess player and a coach playing since 2005. I am currently 1933 FIDE rated. I have nurtured many kids and look forward to do the same.