Begin a journey to master the most fascinating board game ever invented. This course walks students through the fundamental steps required to consolidate a sound chess strategy.
Chess is one of the oldest strategic games in the world; it gets its appeal to the human psyche because of its logic, reasoning, aesthetic, adventurous and empowering elements. It is considered as a creative quest with endless opportunities. Throughout this course, students will learn all the basic rules of the game, including special moves. They will learn important checkmate methods and fundamental play. To start off the course, students will analyse the opening, middle-game and endgame. By the end of this course, students will have mastered essential tactics and strategies. In order to consolidate this knowledge, students will practise what has been learnt at the end of each lesson.
Course Content
10 LESSONS
10 HOURS Total Length
Lesson 1
Chess Fundamentals
60 minutes
Lesson 2
Now We're Ready To Play!
60 minutes
Lesson 3
Skewers
60 minutes
Lesson 4
Discovered Attacks
60 minutes
Lesson 5
Pins
60 minutes
Lesson 6
Pawns Are Stronger Than You Think
60 minutes
Lesson 7
Overloading
60 minutes
Lesson 8
Endgames
60 minutes
Lesson 9
Openings
60 minutes
Lesson 10
Online Tournament
60 minutes
Key Skills
Problem Solving
Abstract Reasoning
Calmness Under Pressure
Patience
Educator
Charlie S
English as a Second Language Educator
Charlie is an empowering and experienced Educator, having delivered over 500 lessons online for individuals of all ages to improve their skills in the English language. Also an actor, Charlie uses his background in theatre to inspire his students in every lesson.