This beginner-level chess course lays a solid foundation for new players by covering all the essentials—board setup, notation, piece movement, tactics, and key strategies. Through engaging lessons and guided practice, students will learn to analyze positions, make smart moves, and finish games with precision. Perfect for kids and teens new to the game, this course makes chess both accessible and exciting through real-time play, puzzles, and mini-tournaments.

Key Benefits:

Understand chess rules, piece values, and fundamental tactics
Develop logical thinking and planning skills
Build strategies for attack, defense, and endgames
Learn checkmate patterns and avoid common traps
Gain confidence through guided games and live feedback

What You’ll Learn:

Introduction to Chess

Overview of chess and the board layout
Understanding square coordinates (notation)
Initial position of pieces and setup

Know Your Pieces

How each piece moves: Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen, King
Piece value and role in gameplay
Revision of piece movements

Basic Tactics – Attack & Capture

Choosing which piece to capture
Winning a Knight, Bishop, Rook, or Queen
Basic capture strategies and tactical thinking

Learning Defense

Defense by moving away
Supporting a piece under attack
Capturing to defend
Interposing to block threats

Special Moves & Checkmate

What is Check and Checkmate
Simple Mate in One patterns
Castling and its strategic purpose
Discovered check and double check
Complicated Mate in One

Draws & Advanced Patterns

Understanding stalemate and perpetual check
Mate in Two techniques
Common endgame checkmates:
• Queen + Rook
• Rook + Rook
• Queen + King