Intermediate Level

Class 2022
Assumed to be Known Already
• Piece Value ( Queen = 9, Rook =5, etc. )
• Notation
• Basic concepts of chess (material, tempo, space, pawn
structure)
• 3 Phases of a chess game
• Opening, Middlegame, Ending
• Basic winning positions ( KQ, KR, K+2B, K+B+N )
• Basic Pawn Ending
• Tactic Types ( Pin, Fork, Deflection, Clearance, etc.)
• Chess Basic Principles on Opening, Middlegame, Ending
• Familiar with terminologies
Success in Chess
Goal Setting
Training Program
Commitment
Have Fun
Goal Example(s)
 Playing in a tournament
 Organize a tournament
 Win over previous chess teacher
 Gaining an achievement in a tournament
 Making friends overseas
 Being a coach or official
 Etc.
Traits of a Good Chess PlayerSource : Novice Nook by Dan Heismann, with modification

• Nerves • Memory
• Stamina • Spatial Relationship
• General Fitness • Deductive Logic
• Concentration
• Vision
Physical Intelligence

Emotional Personality
• Dealing with losses • Carefulness
• Passion • Determination
• Composure in Losing, Winning and Unclear • Perseverance (Kegigihan)
positions • Overcoming Natural
Shortcomings
• Confidence
• Awareness
• Open Mindedness
An Improvement Plan
Adding Positives -
Enrichment
• Ideas
• Chess Patterns
• Theory
• Experience
Improvement
Concepts
Substracting Negatives
- Correction
• Mistakes
• Misconceptions

• Mental Traits
Improvement Methods
• Playing long games (25 min + )
• Playing blitz games ( +- 5 min )
• Reading books
• Watching Video
• Analyzing own games
• Analyzing grandmasters games
• Playing over a certain position
• Learning with instructors
• Watching live tournaments / chess matches
• Participating in a tournament
• Teaching chess
Opening Topics
• King Pawns
• Ruy Lopez, Sicilian, etc.
• Queen Pawns
• Queen Gambits, King Indian, etc.
• Flank Opening
• English
• Reti
• Bird
• Nimzovitch-Larsen, etc.
• Other openings
Middlegame Topics
• Planning
• Utilizing & Attacking Central Pawns • Positional Exchange Sacrifices
• Improving Piece Position • Other Positional Sacrifices
• Space Advantage
• Castling on Opposite Sides
• Manoeuvring
• Liquidating to an Endgame
• Attacking Plays
• Using the Whole Board • Defensive Plays
• The Minority Attack
• Inferior Positions • Pawn Structures
• Typical Central Pawn Formation
• Passive Position
• The Open Centre
• Initiative
• The Open e-File Centre
• Open Files
• Closed Ruy Lopez Structure
• The Seventh Rank
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• French Winawer Structure
Outposts
• The Dominant Knight • Sicilian Scheveningen Structure
• Misplaced Piece • Sicilian Najdorf Structure
• Good and Bad Bishops • Caro-Kann Structure
• Positional Pawn Sacrifices • Siimisch King's Indian Structure
• Liberating Moves • Benoni Structure
Endgame Topics
• Queen Endings
• Rook Endings
• Minor Piece Endings
• Bishop Endings
• Knight Endings
• Pawn Endings
Do You Have Fun?
• Reading a chess book with lot of notations and symbols inside
with almost no explanations.
• Reading a chess book with lots of explanations but contained
very few games
• Play against twenty different players in row and lose all the
games
• Go into a tournament alone, with no friends playing there.
• Watching people playing
• Doing chess puzzles