Chess Level 4 Friday 4:30PM

There are in total 20 weeks in 2021 Spring semester.

Every Friday 4:30 – 5:30  pm (EST)

From Jan 8th – Jun. 18th
20 weeks in total
No class on
2/12/2021
3/26/2021
4/9/2021
6/4/2021

Curriculum

(Level 4 of Fall should continue with this level)

1. Introduction to 4 Move Checkmates
2. Chess Tactics: See-saw Variations and the Petrosian Draw 
3. Advanced Mate Techniques: Murphy’s Mate etc. 
4. Chess Traps: Advanced Opening Traps 
5. Playing games (Using the advanced opening traps)
6. Advanced Endgame Techniques: Zugzwang and Shelter 
7. Advanced Endgame Techniques: Double bishop mate, importance of bishop in the endgame
8. Bishop vs Knight
9. Famous Checkmate Techniques: Korchnoi’s Maneuver etc. 
10. Chess Opening: Queen’s Gambit and Introduction to d4
11. Playing games using the queen’s gambit
12. Chess Defense: French Defense and Petrov’s Defense 
13. Playing games using the French defense and petrov’s defense
14. Combination and Compensation
15. Game Analysis: Focus on Queen’s Gambit 
16. Game Analysis: Focus on French Defense and Petrov’s Defense
17. Bobby Fisher and the World Championship Analysis 
18. Attacking like Capablanca
19. The Art of Defending by Petrosian
20. Play Against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge