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    The Complete Beginner's Guide to Chess

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    Develop an in-depth understanding of the basic as well as advanced principles of chess to become a chess master.

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    The Complete Beginner's Guide to Chess online certification was created by Tryfon Gavriel, FIDE Chess Candidate Master, and is delivered by Udemy which is intended for participants who are looking for a beginner chess training to learn how the pieces move, the fundamental rules that govern the game of chess, and the essential strategy and techniques to get initiated on their journey to truly enjoy chess.

    The Complete Beginner's Guide to Chess online course by Udemy covers all aspects of chess games at a fundamental level, providing a solid foundation for understanding chess openings, middlegames, and endgames, as well as basic chess vocabulary. The Complete Beginner's Guide to Chess online classes include more than 40.5 hours of video-based learning resources that educate about diverse pawn structures, chess gambits, opening traps, and patterns, as well as critical thinking and psychology, maximizing win probability, and more.

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    • Certificate of completion
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    • 40.5 hours of pre-recorded video content
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    What you will learn

    After completing The Complete Beginner's Guide to the Chess certification course, participants will be introduced to the basics of chess and will acquire an understanding of the chess opening to acquire a competitive lead. Participants will learn about different strategies including opening strategies, middlegame strategies, and endgame strategies. Participants will learn about a variety of beginning traps as well as a variety of opening games, middle games, and endgame patterns. Participants will also learn about chess gambits and pawn structures, as well as psychological abilities, and critical thinking, all of which will help them improve their values.

    The syllabus

    Introduction - Course core philosophies and my own general rules for lessons

    • Chess Logical divides: Opening, Middlegame, Endgame and Concentric circles model
    • The importance of a growth mindset and wanting to learn from losses
    • Why so many newcomers to chess recently? Netflix Queen's Gambit series
    • The Concentric circles learning model used in this course

    Introduction to How the Chess Board set up

    • What the pieces are called officially and officially and their relative value
    • The Relative value of the pieces and Algebraic notation symbols
    • How the Chess board is set up
    • Files and Ranks and Diagonals explained
    • How the board is set up
    • What style of real world chess board should you go for?
    • Chess coordinate quiz

    Introduction to How the pieces move and capture

    • How Pawns moves forward until they get blocked
    • How Pawn captures diagonally in a normal case
    • How pawns capture - a clearer board example #2
    • En passant - How pawns capture diagonally in a very special case of "En passant"
    • When can a pawn move forward
    • Pawn "promotion" ability introduction
    • Pawn promotion example #2
    • Gentle Rook introduction on fairly clear board
    • Rook movements on a more cluttered board - Example #2
    • Bishop example on fairly clear board
    • The Queen and how she moves and captures
    • The Knight - how it moves especially in a central position - Example #1
    • Knights can jump over other your pieces and opponent pieces - Example #2
    • Knight example #3 jumping and capturing
    • Introduction to how the King moves
    • King capturing example #2
    • King in Check from an opponent's rook - Example #3
    • King in Check from an opponent's knight - Example #4
    • King in Check from an opponent's bishop
    • King in Check from an opponent's Queen
    • King in Check from an opponent's Queen that can be captured
    • King in Check from an opponent's rook that can be captured
    • King in Check from an opponent's pawn
    • When King's meet example
    • King in check from a rook that is supported by a bishop
    • Comparing and contrasting the pieces
    • The player with the White pieces goes first
    • An introduction to checks
    • Check example #2 - Examining the options
    • Double check - a case where the king has to move
    • Discovered check - a case where the opponent's last move reveals a check
    • Introduction to checkmating the opponent's king
    • Introduction to philosophy of "castling" - put beyond defeat before attack
    • Castling introduction - Castling Queenside or Castling Kingside
    • When castling Queenside seems impossible but actually is possible
    • Castling is not legal if a rook or King has moved previously!
    • Cannot castle into check example
    • Cannot castle when obstructed example
    • Cannot castle from being checked example

    Introduction to Tactics: Making wise captures

    • Making wise captures - Example #1
    • Making wise captures - Example #2
    • Making Wise Captures - Counting Attacking vs Defending pieces - Example #3
    • Making Wise Captures - Removing a defender - Example #4

    Intermediate Tactics - Making wise captures for deeper positional considerations

    • When winning exchange pieces not pawns
    • When winning exchange pieces not pawns - Benko vs Fischer example game
    • When losing exchange pawns not pieces
    • When under a heavy King-Attack exchange off attacking pieces
    • When in a cramped position, exchange pieces to relieve it and avoid bad piece
    • Material balance in theory isn't everything to decide advantage
    • Material balance in theory isn't everything to decide advantage - Example #2
    • Manage Elements of position- Material, Time, Space, King Safety, Pawn structure

    Intermediate Level: Key rules of chess and rules when playing in tournaments

    • Rule of Chess #1 - the Chessboard is setup with the White square on the right
    • Rule of Chess #2 - White moves first
    • Rule of Chess #3 - Pawns must promote or underpromote on reaching 8th rank
    • Rule of Chess #4 - Each move should be made with one hand only
    • Rule of Chess #5 - The Touch move rule
    • Rule of Chess #6 - Touching the opponents pieces or pawns
    • Rule of Chess #7 - Adjusting pieces in a legal way
    • Rule of Chess #8 - Method of castling - Move King first two squares then rook
    • Rule of Chess #9 - Same hand for pressing clock
    • Rule of Chess #10 - As legible as possible chess scoresheet
    • Rules of Chess #11 - Respect opponent - do not annoy or distract them in any way
    • Rule of Chess #12 - Don't take mobile phone with you to a tournament
    • The FIDE rules handbook pdf - worth checking out

    Introduction to the key ways of winning games of Chess

    • Checkmate
    • Opponent resigns
    • A win on time when playing with chess clocks

    Introduction to the key ways of Drawing games of Chess

    • Ways of Drawing #1 - Perpetual check
    • Ways of Drawing #2 - Stalemate and a tip on how to avoid this
    • Ways of Drawing #3 - Insufficient mating material
    • Ways of Drawing #4 - 3-fold repetition
    • Ways of Drawing #5 - the 50 move rule (no pawn move or capture made)
    • Ways of Drawing #6 - by mutual agreement

    Introduction to Chess Notation

    • Introduction to Notation
    • Notation of Descriptive mentioned in Queen's Gambit Netflix - every square named
    • Concise Algebraic notation - Example #1
    • Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

    Introduction to "Chess Openings" : Basic traps and pitfalls to be aware of

    • The reasons for being aware of traps and using them or avoiding them safely
    • Fool's mate
    • Fool's mate pattern in Teed vs Delmar - Example #3
    • Fool's mate pattern in "Queen's Gambit" - Beth Harmon vs Mr. Gantz - Example 2
    • Fool's mate pattern - Greco vs NN - 1623
    • Early Queen Move Trap
    • Scholar's Mate
    • Scholar's Mate - Rook fork variation
    • Defending e5 in a bad way with f6 traps to be aware of
    • King's Gambit fxe5 trap
    • Légal Trap aka Blackburne Trap
    • King's pawn Opening: Blackburne Shilling Trap

    Intermediate level: More advanced Chess traps by Opening alphabetically

    • Introduction - check the underlying tactical ingredients even if never play them
    • Albin Counter Gambit Trap AKA Lasker Trap - features "Underpromotion" example
    • Caro-Kann Defence Trap
    • Three Knights opening Nxe5 trap
    • King's Pawn Opening: Fried Liver Attack
    • Petrov Defence gone wrong - Opponent copies your moves without thinking
    • Queen's Gambit Opening Traps (also name of Netflx series :) )
    • Queens Gambit declined - the "Elephant trap"
    • Queen's Gambit: Cambridge Springs Trap (can start with Elephant trap!)
    • Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: Mortimer Trap
    • Ruy Lopez: Noah's Ark Trap
    • Sicilian Defence: Bobby Fischer Trap (occured in game vs Reshevsky)
    • Sicilian Defence Smith Morra Gambit - Siberian Defence Trap
    • Stafford Gambit Trap
    • Vienna Game traps

    Beginner Level: Important Opening principles to be aware of

    • Key Guiding Philosophy - Put yourself beyond defeat before going onto the attack
    • Try and develop pieces
    • Try and develop pieces Example #1 - Morphy vs Carpentier - 1849
    • Try and control the key central squares
    • Try and control the key central squares - Greco vs NN Example #1
    • Try and castle early
    • Try and castle early - Paul Morphy vs Schrufer example #1
    • Don't be too greedy in the opening at expense of development and K safety - #1
    • Don't bring out queen too early
    • Don't leave pieces unprotected
    • Don't leave pieces unprotected - L. Christiansen vs A. Karpov - Example #2

    Intermediate Level - Openings - Introduction to Systems, Openings, Gambits

    • What is the concept of "imbalances" of an opening?
    • What are main lines and variations?
    • Online Opening Databases - the use of Research methods to minimise bias

    Intermediate Level: Names of the major opening "systems/setups"

    • Introduction - Systems/Setups - pros and cons
    • Benko's Opening (System)
    • Colle System
    • English Opening - Botvinnik System
    • Kings Indian Attack System
    • London System
    • Nimzo-Larsen Attack (System) aka Larsen's Opening
    • Torre Attack System
    • Van Geet Opening aka Reverse Tango System and a bunch of other names!

    Intermediate Level: Names of Major Openings (not "systems" or Gambits)

    • Caro-Kann Defence - Brief Overview of named variations and systems
    • English Opening
    • French Defence Brief Overview
    • Grünfeld Defence
    • Italian Game - Basic introduction, key traps and ideas for excitement
    • King's Indian Defence - Introduction and example game
    • Nimzo Indian Defence
    • Ruy Lopez - Introduction Part 1
    • Ruy Lopez Main Line moves - and Black's 3rd move alternatives
    • Sicilian Defence Brief Overview of 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 and 2.Nf3 e6 variations
    • Sicilian Defence - Brief overview of 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 and 2.Nf3 without d4
    • Sicilian Defence - 2.Nf3 Black 2nd moves and alternatives for 2.Nf3 for White
    • Slav Defence Basic Introduction

    Intermediate Level: Names of Major Gambits to be aware of

    • Introduction - Why play Gambits?
    • Why Love Semi-Open Files (AKA Half-open) and tempo which gambits often provide
    • Albin Counter Gambit
    • Benko Gambit
    • Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (for 1.d4 surprise and also 1.e4 vs Scandinavian defence)
    • Danish Gambit
    • Evans Gambit (was on a tv advert!)
    • King's Gambit basic introduction and philosophy
    • Queen's Gambit
    • Reti Gambit - With 1.e4 against French Defence
    • Smith Morra Gambit vs Sicilian Defence
    • Staunton Gambit

    Introduction to "Chess Middlegame" : Important processes and skills

    • Compensating for being human philosophy
    • What is the Difference between Processes and Patterns?
    • Prioritisation of forcing moves - Check all Checks, Captures, and Major Threats
    • What is Chess Calculation?
    • Calculation 3 Golden Rules - Weakness of last move, Common Squares, Effects
    • Weakness of last move Example #1
    • Weakness of last move Example #2
    • Killer Common Squares Example #1
    • Killer Common Squares Example #2
    • The "in effect" clause - Discovery effects Around the board - Example #1
    • The "In effect" clause - Example #2
    • The "in effect" clause - Open vs Closed Games- pawns and their role - Example #3
    • The love of winning squares - the 3 golden rules all have in common :)
    • The love of winning access to key squares - Example #2
    • Chess Evaluation - especially "downsides" of opponent e.g unprotected pieces
    • Chess is a single turn game - Overwhelming the Opponent with multiple threats
    • The art of checkmate - taking out escape squares of opponent's king
    • The art of checkmate - Example #2 - sometimes quiet moves better than loud moves
    • The art of checkmate - Example #3 - Escape squares taken but need a new check!
    • Facts Awareness - Not always playing forcing - sometimes quiet move better
    • Facts Awareness - Be aware of threats and traps but sometimes calculate further!
    • Be aware of the defensive heros to take out of the equations
    • Celebration of "Downsides" - Classic Downside - Unprotected Pieces
    • Celebration of "Downsides" - Classic Downside - King Safety Issues

    Beginner Level: Chess Middlegame: Important Middlegame Tactics to make use of

    • Forking Introduction aka Double Attack
    • Fork Example #2
    • Fork Example #3 - Tigran Petrosian vs Boris Spassky
    • Fork Example #4 - Tigran Petrosian vs Vladimir Simagin
    • Fork Example #5 - Mikhail Botvinnik vs Alexander Kotov
    • Pin Intro- Relative, Absolute, Rebelling against Relative pins, Celebrating Pins
    • Pin Example #2 - The Elephant Trap
    • Pin Example #3 - Rebelling against a Relative Pin - Popov vs Petkovski
    • Pin Example #4 - Forcing a checkmate - Nimzovich vs Rubinstein
    • Pin Example #5 - Forcing a checkmate making use of pins
    • Skewer Introduction and Example #1
    • Skewer Example #2
    • Skewer Example #3 - Nigel Short vs Rafael Vaganian
    • Skewer Example #4 - Garry Kasparov vs Stefano Tatai
    • Skewer Example #5 - Bobby Fischer vs Edward Stepans
    • Discovered Attack Introduction
    • Discovered Attack Example #1 - French Defence Trap
    • Discovered Attack Example #2 - Richard Reti vs Savielly Tartakower
    • Discovered Attack Example #3 - David Bronstein vs Efim Geller
    • Discovered Attack Example #4 - Bobby Fischer vs Boris Spassky 1972 Rd 8
    • Discovered Attack Example #5 - Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov
    • Removing the Defender AKA Removing the Guard AKA Undermining Example #1
    • Removing the Defender - Example #2
    • Removing the Defender - Example #3
    • Removing the Defender - Brunoethler vs Richter Example #4
    • Removing the Defender - Cukierman vs NN - Example #5
    • Deflection - Example #1
    • Deflection - Jan Timman vs Artur Yusupov - Example #2
    • Deflection - Murray Chandler vsa Yehuda Gruenfeld - Example #3
    • Deflection - Zukertort vs Blackburne - Example #4
    • Deflection - Velimirovic vs Csom - Example #5
    • Decoy Example - Bjornsson vs Mikhail Tal - Example #1
    • Decoy Example - Nimzovich vs Mieses - Example #2
    • Decoy Example - Yasser Seirawan vs Judit Polgar - Example #3
    • Decoy Example - Rene Letelier vs Bobby Fischer - Example #4
    • Decoy - Iivo Nei vs Tigran Petrosian - Example #5
    • Interference tactics AKA Disconnection AKA Spanner - Introduction example
    • Interference Example #2 - Miles vs Pritchett
    • Interference Example #3 - Piket vs Kramnik
    • Interference Example #4 - Kramnik vs Topalov
    • Interference Example #5 - Koskinen vs. Kasman
    • Clearance AKA Line Clearance AKA Opening Connections - Introduction Example
    • Clearance AKA Line Clearance AKA Opening Connections - Introduction and example
    • Clearance AKA Opening Connections - Example #3 - Raymond Keene vs Briant
    • Clearance AKA Opening Connections - Example #4 - Sergey Karjakin vs Komiliakov
    • Clearance AKA Opening Connections - Example #5
    • X-Ray Tactic (Pieces going through each other) - introduction and example
    • X-Ray Tactic - Bobby Fischer vs Arthur Bisguier - Example #2
    • X-Ray Tactic - Max Euwe vs Johannes Loman - Example #3
    • X-Ray Tactic - Vassily Ivanchuk vs Loek van Wely - Example #4
    • X-Ray Tactic - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Magnus Carlsen - Example #5

    Intermediate/Advanced - Important Middlegame tactics - further training examples

    • Fork Example - Helping promote a pawn to queen - Boris Avrukh vs Gata Kamsky
    • Fork Example - Levon Aronian vs Christian Seel
    • Fork Example- Vishy Anand vs Garry Kasparov
    • Fork Example - Raymond Keene vs Mikhail Botvinnik
    • Fork Example - even pawns can fork :) - Mikhail Tal vs Pliss
    • Pin Example - Taking a defensive hero out of equation- Nimzovitch vs. Nielsen
    • Pin Example - Forcing the win of material - Xie Jianjun vs. Yu Lefu
    • Pin Example - Gaining exclusive access to a key square- Bronstein vs Goldenov
    • Pin Example- Gurvics vs Pampin (Tricky!)
    • Pin Example - Taking out a defensive hero- Karaszev vs Klamen (VERY TRICKY!)
    • Skewer Example - Wolfgang Unzicker vs Mikhail Tal
    • Skewer Example - Magnus Carlsen vs Vishy Anand
    • Skewer Example - Boris Spassky vs Viktor Korchnoi
    • Skewer Example - Vladimir Kramnik vs Hikaru Nakamura
    • Skewer Example - Donato Rivera vs Bobby Fischer
    • Discovered Attack Example - Richard Reti vs Efim Bogoljubov
    • Discovered Attack Example - Visser vs Speelman
    • Discovered Attack Example - Nisipeanu vs Oral
    • Discovered Attack Example - Bobby Fischer Smiled with this one :)
    • Discovered Attack Example - Tigran Petrosian vs Aleksandar Matanovic
    • Removing the Defender Example - Tseshkovsky vs Garry Kasparov
    • Removing the Defender - Sergey Karjakin vs Nigel Short
    • Removing the Defender - Uhlmann vs. Schwartz
    • Removing the Defender - Adams vs. Whiteley
    • Removing the Defender - Inkiov vs. Jovanic
    • Deflection - Esteban Canal vs NN
    • Deflection - Mikhail Botvinnik vs Paul Keres
    • Deflection - Maia Chiburdanidze vs Malaniuk
    • Deflection - Mikhail Tal vs Yuri Averbakh
    • Deflection - Lputian vs Balashov
    • Decoy - Boris Spassky vs Orest Averkin
    • Decoy - Viktor Korchnoi vs Mikhail Tal
    • Decoy - Bent Larsen vs Boris Spassky
    • Decoy - Anthony Kosten vs Murray Chandler
    • Decoy - Vasilios Kotronias vs Vallejo Pons
    • Decoy - Judit Polgar vs Lars Bo Hansen
    • Interference Tactic - Anatoly Karpov vs Judit Polgar
    • Clearance Tactic - La Bourdonnais vs Alexander McDonnell
    • X-Ray Tactic - Anna Bjorg Thorgrimsdottir vs aria-Anna Stefanidi

    Beginner Level: Chess Middlegame: Checkmate Patterns

    • What are Checkmate patterns and why are they useful to be aware of?
    • Back Row Mate: Magnus Carlsen World Champion vs Wesley So - Example #2
    • Back row mate Example #3 - Bird vs Zukertort
    • Back row mate Example #4 - Orbaan vs Kramer
    • Back row mate Example #5 - Averbakh vs Ragozin 1954
    • Smothered Mate Pattern: Introduction and Example #1
    • Smothered Mate Pattern - Example #2
    • Smothered Mate Pattern - McConnell vs Morphy - Example #3
    • Smothered Mate Pattern - Paul Morphy vs NN - New Orleans 1856 - Example #4
    • Smothered Mate Pattern - NN vs Gioachino Greco - Example #5 - 1620
    • Anastasia’s Mate Pattern - Milica Milosavljevic vs Marija Rakic
    • Arabian Checkmate Pattern - Isidor Gunsberg vs David Janowski
    • Blackburne Checkmate Pattern
    • Blind Swine Mating Pattern
    • Boden's Mate Pattern - Esteban Canal vs NN
    • Corner Mate - Myers vs Poliakoff
    • Damian's Mate Pattern
    • Double Bishop Mate Pattern
    • DoveTail Mate Pattern (Killer Common Squares - Support Style Checkmate)
    • Epaulette mate - Magnus Carlsen vs Sipke Ernst Example
    • Greco's mate - Nigel Short vs Ivan Sokolov example
    • Hook Mate - Frank Marshall vs William Ewart Napier
    • Kill Box Mate Pattern
    • Légal’s Mate Pattern
    • Lolli's mate AKA "Thorn Pawn Checkmate" :) - Blackburne vs Steinkuehler
    • Max Lange's mate AKA Clever Bishop and Queen working together :)
    • Mayet's mate Pattern (Type of Killer Common Square mate - Bishop supports rook)
    • Morphy's Mate Pattern (Rook cuts escape squares and bishop delivers check)
    • Opera Mate Pattern (named after Paul Morphy's famous Opera game)
    • Pawn Checkmate Pattern (aka David and Goliath)
    • Pillsbury's mate - Rook checks and Bishop cuts off escape squares
    • Queen's Mate
    • Réti's mate - Reti vs Tartakower game featured this implementation
    • Rook mate (box mate)
    • Suffocation Mate AKA Semi-Smothered Mate
    • Swallow's tail mate AKA Guéridon mate
    • Vuković's mate - Howard Staunton vs Elijah Williams example

    Intermediate/Advanced - Important Middlegame Mating Patterns - further examples

    • Back row mate Example - Lawrence Cooper vs Igor Ivanov
    • Back row mate Example - Shapiro vs Silman
    • Back row mate Example - Judit Polgar vs Evgeny Bareev
    • Back row mate Example - Luke McShane vs Mirumian
    • Back row mate Example - Davidovich vs Aguado
    • Smothered Mate Pattern - NN vs Gioachino Greco - 1625
    • Smothered Mate Pattern - Bird/Dobell vs NN
    • Smothered Mate Pattern - Bischoff vs Mueller
    • Smothered Mate Pattern - Paul Morphy vs Jefferson Bryan - 1859
    • Smothered Mate Pattern - Hendriks vs Welling

    Intermediate Level: Chess Middlegame: Important pawn structure elements

    • Philidor once said "Pawns are the soul of chess"
    • What is a pawn structure aka pawn formation?
    • Is it important to experience the pros and cons of different structures?
    • Pawns can't go backwards - irreversibility of decisions - Plaskett vs Adams
    • Pawns can't go backwards - A Probing Strategy Example - Fischer vs Addison
    • Do we need to literally occupy the center with pawns? Reti vs Capablanca
    • What makes pawns weak - in terms of dependencies
    • Piece and Pawn Harmony - Karjakin vs Adams - Example #1
    • Piece and Pawn Harmony - Kasparov vs Adams - Example #2
    • Piece and Pawn Harmony - Nimzovich vs Capablanca - Example #3
    • What is a "Pawn breaks" AKA "Pawn Lever" ?
    • What is a Structural "Hole" in pawn structure and strategic bishop exchange
    • What is a "Minority Attack"?
    • Thorn pawns and winning probability - Lorenz vs. Orlov - Example #1
    • Thorn Pawn - Kramnik vs. Anand - Example #2
    • Thorn pawn - Morales vs. Sanchez - Example #3
    • Thorn Pawn - Ivanovic vs. Popovic - Example #4
    • Passed pawns and winning probability - Example #1
    • Passed pawns - Torre vs. NN - Example #2
    • Doubled pawns - DOWNSIDE example
    • Doubled pawns - UPSIDE example - Mikhail Botvinnik vs Grigory Levenfish
    • The Isolated Queen's Pawn - UPSIDE example
    • The Isolated Queen's pawn - DOWNSIDE example
    • Backward pawns - UPSIDE example
    • Backward pawns - DOWNSIDE example
    • Hanging pawns - UPSIDE example
    • Hanging pawns - DOWNSIDE example

    Introduction to Chess Endgames : Important Themes and Roles of pieces

    • Passed pawns: Classic passed pawn breakthrough every Chess newcomer should know
    • Ensure passed pawn safe journey - Yasser Seirawan vs Garry Kasparov
    • Making aggressive use of King - Tal vs Lisitsin
    • The power of a rook on the 7th rank - Capablanca vs Tartakower

    Beginner Level: Chess Endgames: Important and Common Checkmating patterns

    • Checkmating on the Back Rank - Example #1
    • Queen and Rook - Example #1
    • Queen and Rook - Example #2
    • Queen and Rook - Example #3
    • Two Rooks and King vs King - Example #1
    • Two Rooks and King vs King - Example #2
    • Two Rooks and King vs King - Example #3
    • Checkmating with the Queen - Example #1
    • Checkmating with the Queen - Example #2
    • Checkmating with the Queen - Example #3
    • Checkmating with Lone Rook - Example #1
    • Checkmating with Lone Rook - Example #3
    • Checkmating with Lone Rook - Example #2
    • Checkmating with Two bishops - Example #1
    • Checkmating with Two bishops - Example #2

    Beginner Level: Chess Endgames: Important concepts and famous positions

    • The concept of the Opposition - Example #1
    • King and pawn vs King - White to move - Example #1
    • King and pawn vs King - Black to move - Example #2
    • King and pawn vs King - Example #3
    • The concept of the "Rule of the Square" to determine if a king can catch pawn
    • The concept of the "Rule of the Square" - Example #2
    • The concept of the "Rule of the Square" - Study by Richard Reti - Example #3
    • King and pawn vs King - Triangulation example - Lev Alburt vs Garry Kasparov
    • Rook and pawn vs rook - The Vancura Defence
    • Rook and pawn vs rook - The Lucena position - Building a bridge
    • The Philidor position (rook and pawn vs rook) - Example #1
    • The Philidor position - Pawn on 5th rank to start with - Example #2

    Intermediate Level: All game phases: Learning from the World Chess Champions

    • Chess captures the cultural context and history of the time - and technologies
    • Adolf Anderssen - "The Immortal Game"
    • Paul Morphy's Iconic Game - The Opera Game
    • Steinitz - 1886–1894 - the 1st official World Chess champion
    • Lasker - 1894–1921 - 2nd official World Chess champion - game vs Bauer
    • José Raúl Capablanca - 1921–1927 3rd official World Chess champion
    • Alexander Alekhine - 1927–1935 || 1937–1946
    • Max Euwe - 1935–1937
    • Mikhail Botvinnik - 1948-1957 || 1958-1960 || 1961-1963
    • Vasily Smyslov - 1957 - 1958
    • Mikhail Tal - 1960-1961
    • Tigran Petrosian - 1963-1969
    • Boris Spassky - 1969-1972
    • Bobby Fischer - 1972-1975
    • Anatoly Karpov - 1975-1985
    • Garry Kasparov - 1985-1993

    Chess Tips for Improving and Winning

    • Improving Tip : Self Analysis of own games
    • Improving Tip: Play with slightly stronger opponents
    • Improving Tip: Experiment with different ways of gaining experience
    • Improving tip: Be wary of external feedback mechanisms
    • Improving tip: Models of how to Prioritise knowledge and understanding
    • Winning Tips: Disclaimer - take care of the Golden Goose and not just the eggs!
    • Winning Tips: Piece activity, King Attacks, Pressure, Opening Middlegame link
    • Winning tips: Opening choice, Opening Stats, and not pretending to be Kasparov
    • Winning Tips: Be aware of context and Art of War principles

    Interesting lessons and instructive games from Netflix Queen's Gambit series

    • Episode 1 - Game 1 : Beth's first lesson - a pitfall to avoid
    • Episode 1 - Game 2 - Another Pitfall to avoid in opening
    • Episode 1 - Game 3 - A passed pawn breakthrough
    • Episode 1 - Game 4 - A nice checkmate
    • Episode 2 "Exchanges" - Beth vs Cooke
    • Episode 2 "Exchanges" - Townes vs Beth - Tactics in an endgame
    • Episode 2 - Beth Harmon vs Harry Beltik - ( Nezhmetdinov - Kasparian 1955)
    • Episode 3 "Doubled pawns" - Caro-Kann Discussion showing upsides - Cincinnati
    • Episode 3 - Benny allows doubled pawns in opening and beats Beth in US Champs
    • Episode 4 - Beth follows a famous game of Bobby Fischer vs Bent Larsen
    • Episode 4 - When winning exchange pieces not pawns - Anand vs Kasparov
    • Episode 4 nicknamed "Middle game" - Bernstein vs Capablanca - back row mate
    • Episode 4 - Vasily Bogov vs Beth Harmon (based on a game of Leonid Stein)
    • Episode 5 nicknamed "Fork" - Smyslov vs Botvinnik featured game
    • Episode 6 - Beth is shown chess "problem" by fictional Hilton Wexler - mate in 3
    • Episode 6 - Beth beats Benny Watts (game 1/3) - based on Kasparov vs Van Wely
    • Episode 6 - Beth beats Benny in blitz Simul (gm 3 of 3) - Morphy "Opera" game
    • Episode 6 - Paris Tournament (1967) - win which follows Averbakh vs Tolush 1963
    • Episode 6 - Paris Tournament (1967) Hung over Beth loses to Borgov the 2nd time
    • Episode 7 - Shaibel's wall has a mate in 3 puzzle
    • Episode 7 - Moscow Invitational vs Hellstrom - Topalov vs Kasparov 1995
    • Episode 7 - Beth Harmon vs Vasily Borgov - the Final Encounter

    Famous Chess Quotations around the Opening, Middlegame and Endgame

    • Famous and Instructive Chess Opening Quotations
    • Chess MIddlegame Quotations
    • Famous and Instructive Chess Endgame Quotations

    Conclusions

    • Weak link in chain model - keep concentric circle growing :)
    • Bonus Lecture

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