Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Chess
Lesson 1: The Pieces
- 1.1 The Rook
- 1.11 The Bishop
- 1.12 The Queen
- 1.13 The Pawn
- 1.14 The Knight
- 1.15 The King
Lesson 2: Check
- 1.2 Check
- 1.21 Escaping Check
- 1.22 Check Exercises
Lesson 3: Checkmate and Stalemate
- 1.3 Basic Checkmate
- 1.31 Checkmate in One Examples
- 1.32 Checkmate in One Move Exercises
- 1.33 Stalemate
- 1.34 How many checks/checkmates/stalemates
- 1.35 More Checkmate in One Move Exercises
Lesson 4: Special Moves
- 1.4 Castling
- 1.41 Castling Exercises
- 1.42 En Passant
Lesson 5: Piece Value
- 1.5
- 1.51
- 1.52
- 1.53 The Piece Value Game
Lesson 6: Hanging Pieces
- 1.6 Hanging Pieces
- 1.61
- 1.62
Lesson 7: Counting
- 1.7 Counting
- 1.71
- 1.72
Lesson 8: Basic Checkmate Patterns
- 1.8 Scholars Mate
- 1.81 Ladder Checkmate
- 1.82
- 1.83
Lesson 9: Think 2 Moves Out
- 1.9 Checkmate in 2 Moves
- 1.91
- 1.92
Chapter 2: Tactics
Lesson 1: Forks
- 2.0 Forks
- 2.01
- 2.02
- 2.03
- 2.04 Rook and Bishop Forks
- 2.05 Pawn Forks
Lesson 2: Pins
- 2.1 Pins
- 2.11 Pin Exercises
- 2.12
Lesson 3: Skewers
- 2.3
- 2.31 Skewer Examples
- 2.32
Lesson 4: Discorvered Attack
- 2.4
- 2.41
- 2.42
Lesson 5: Removing Defenders
- 2.5 Removing Defenders
- 2.51 Removing the Defender Examples
- 2.52
Lesson 6: Intermezzo
- 2.6
- 2.61
- 2.62
Lesson 7: X- Ray
- 2.7 X-Ray
- 2.71
- 2.72
Lesson 8: Tactic Checkmates / Checkmate Patterns
- 2.8 Checkmating with Tactic
- 2.81
- 2.82
Lesson 9: Preventing Tactics
- 2.9
- 2.91
- 2.92
Chapter 3: Basic Endgame
Lesson 1: What is the Endgame
- 3.0
- 3.01
- 3.02
Lesson 2: Pawn Endgames
- 3.1 Understanding Pawn Endgames
- 3.11 Pawn Breakthroughs
- 3.12
Warm-ups:
Tactics:
- Warm-Up 1
- Warm-Up 2
- Warm-Up 3
- Warm-Up 4
- Warm-Up 5
- Warm-Up 6
- Warm-Up 7
- Warm-Up 8
- Warm-Up 9
- Warm-Up 10
- Warm-Up 11
- Warm-Up 12