Chess Level 0 Saturday (Absolute Beginner) 11:00AM

There are in total 14 weeks in 2021 Spring semester.

Every Saturday 11:00 – 11:45  am (EST)

From Jan 16th – May. 1st
14 weeks in total
No class on
2/13/2021   Spring Festival
3/27/2021   Spring Break

Curriculum

(Absolute Beginner)

1. Introduction to Chess: Rules, board, notation, names of the pieces and moving the bishop rook and queen

2. Moving the pieces: King, Pawn and Knight

3. Special moves, point system and Checks

4. Checkmate Basics: How to do a checkmate

5. Stalemate Basics: What is it, is it good or not do it

6. Practice playing and Capturing Pieces

7. 4 Principles and How to Start a Game

8. Chess Tactics: Forks, Pins and Skewer

9. Exploiting Position, Winning Material

10. Fool’s Mate and Lighting Attack: How to do it and how to defend it

11. Playing against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge

12. Endgame Basics: Pawn, rook, knight, bishop and queen

13. Endgame Basics: Double Rook and Single Queen Mate Techniques

14. Chess Tactics: Forks, Pins and Skewer