Novice
Topics Covered
- Board and pieces
- Moves of the pieces
- Attack and capture
- The pawn
- Defending
- Protecting the pieces
- Check and getting out of check
- Mate (1)
- Stalemate
- Castling
- Profitable exchange
- Draw
- Mating with the queen
- Taking ‘en passant’
- Files & Diagonals
- The notation
- Introduction to Symbols used in Chess
- The history of chess
Competent
Topics Covered
- Checkmate with Rook
- Development
- Back rank combinations
- Double attack
- Discovered attack
- Discovered check
- Double Check
- Skewers
- Attraction
- Interception
- Annihilation of defence
- Line clearance
- Square clearance
- Square blocking
- Perpetual check
- Forks
- Passed pawn
- PINS
- King Safety
- Introduction to various basic endings
Proficient
Topics Covered
- Checkmate with two bishops
- Introduction to Openings
- Square blocking
- Blocking
- Thinking ahead
- Placing the front and back piece
- The passed pawn
- Eliminating the defence
- Weak pawns
- Material advantage
- Chasing and aiming
- Attack on the king
- Seventh rank
- Endgame strategy
- Zugzwang
- Strategy-Evaluation-Plan-Decision
- Trapping
- Mini-plans
- Good & Bad Pieces
- Closure look on various endings
Expert
Topics Covered
- Checkmate with bishop & knight
- The Bishop Pair
- The Exchange Sacrifice
- Doubled & Backward Pawns
- Imbalances of Bishops & Knights
- Majority-Minority & Edged Pieces
- The Art of Exchanges
- The Passed Pawn
- The Fight for the Centre
- Exclusive Miniatures
- The Centre and Typical Pawn Structures
- Opening advantage
- Analyze your own game
- Pawn Island
- Endgame theory
- Active and Passive pieces
- Hanging pawns
- Intermediate move
- Fortresses
- Deeper dive into various endings
1:1 Class
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Note: Above list of topics for each of the category is not meant to be an indicative list rather than an exhaustive list.There will be many more topics covered as part of the training.