Designed for students who already know the basics of chess, this intermediate-level course focuses on sharpening tactical awareness and improving decision-making. Learners will dive into key concepts like pins, forks, skewers, castling strategies, and openings. Through puzzles, live games, and structured analysis, students will develop the ability to anticipate threats, plan multi-move tactics, and execute successful endgames. Ideal for learners aiming to participate in tournaments or beat online chess challenges with confidence.

Key Benefits:

Strengthen tactical knowledge with real-game applications
Learn structured openings and strategic middle-game play
Boost decision-making, foresight, and mental calculation
Develop skills to compete in tournaments
Interactive live play and puzzle-solving practice

What You’ll Learn:

Opening Principles & Strategies

Revising opening rules: development, control, king safety
Introduction to common openings: Italian Game, Queen’s Gambit
Opening traps and how to avoid them

Tactical Tools

Forks, pins, skewers
Discovered attack and double check
Removal of defender and zwischenzug

Positional Play & Planning

Good vs. bad bishops
Strong/weak squares and files
Strategic pawn structures

Endgame Techniques

King and pawn endgames
Opposition and promotion
Rook and Queen endgame tactics

Game Analysis & Tournament Prep

Analyzing student games for improvement
Common mistakes and blunders
Playing with time control (clock games)
Preparing for online and offline chess tournaments