CHESS-MASTERS FOUNDATION COURSE: LEVEL ONE

1. Introduction
 Invention

 Brief history of Chess

 Benefits of Chess

 Understanding Chess board

 Chess pieces, arrangement and their movement

2. Basics of Chess game

 Value and usefulness of pieces

 Check and checkmate

 Value and special feature of every pieces

 Legal and illegal moves

3. Mastering Checkmate in One

 Key checkmate scenarios of different combination of pieces

 Easy method of finding the checkmate move

 Step by step method

4. Chess Rules and special moves

 The touch and move rule

 Rules of draw

 Making use of stalemate and perpetual checks to split the point

 Castling

 Pawn promotion and pawn en passant

5. Elementary Checkmates

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 Systematic checkmate procedure for checkmate with:

 Rolling rooks

o Mating patterns

o Precautions

o Complete step by step method

o Practical

 One Queen

o Mating patterns

o Precautions

o Complete step by step method

o Practical

 One Rook

o Mating patterns

o Precautions

o Complete step by step method

o Practical

 Improved rolling rook method with Queen and rook

o One Rook

o Mating patterns

o Precautions

o Complete step by step method

o Practical

 Bishop Pair

o Basic concept

o Mating patterns

o Precautions

o Complete step by step method

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 o Practical

6. How to play a good game

How to open a game:

 Importance of centre

 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

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