General Chess Curriculum Ypaat Chess Academy

 Here is the details of the chess topics we covered in our general chess classes.

First Level 

1. The Board 
2. Naming of the Squares 
3. Moves of the pieces 
4. Attacking and Taking 
5. Creating an Attack
6. The Pawn 
7. Defending 
8. Defending-protecting
9. Defending moving away
10. Taking an unprotected piece
11. Defending taking the attacker
12. Giving check
13. Check and getting out of check
14. Checkmate
15. Mate in one
16. Creating mate
17. Castling 
18. Exchange and favorable exchange
19. The two fold attack.
20. Taking a piece which is attacked twice
21. Draw
22. Stalemate
23. The Notation
24. Winning material

Second Level

1. Activity of pieces 
2. Targets of attack
3. Double attack- setting up a double attack
4. Double attack-queen
5. The pin 
6. The pin-setting up a pin
7. Elimination of defense
8. Elimination of defense -capturing + material 
9. Elimination of defense- chasing away+ material
10. Elimination of defense- Luring away
11. The three golden rules 
12. Composing mate
13. Double attack- Knight
14. Mate in two- Rook
15. Double attack -Rook, Bishop, Pawn, King
16. Double attack- Co-operation of two pieces
17. Discovered attack
18. Defending against a mate
19. The short notation

Third Level

1. Discovered and double attack
2. Mate in two(double attack)
3. Attack in a pinned piece
4. Access and mating patterns 
5. The square of the pawn
6. Defending against double attack
7. Double attack queen temptation
8. Mini plan weakening opponent's Pawn structure
9. Drawn -insufficient material 
10. Draw- Perpetual check
11. Agreement Draw
12. Double attack x-ray check
13. Double attack x-ray attack
14. Defending against a pin
15. Mobility
16. Mobility trapping
17. Key squares 
18. A pinned piece is not a good defender
19. Mate Thanks to a pin
20. Identify the threat

Fourth Level

1. Elimination of defense -Interference 
2. Double attack Luring 
3. Elimination of defense -Blocking 
4. Pin-placing the front and back piece
5. Endgame- passed pawn
6. Defending against passed pawn
7. Double attack- Elimination of the defense
8. Mate-Maganent
9. Strategy-pawn structure
10. Rook ending passed pawn
11. Double attack chasing and aiming 
12. Attacking the castled king 
13. Mating pattern-Rook and bishop
14. Mating pattern- Rook and knight
15. The Seventh Rank
16. Strategy in pawn ending 
17. Double attack clearing 
18. Queen against pawn 

Fifth Level

1. Material and Time
2. Mate in two getting the guard 
3. Mate in three 
4. Mate in  the ending 
5. Pawn ending breakthrough
6. The use of the pawn
7. Pawn race
8. Discovered attack preparatory move
9. Pin preparatory move
10. Rook against pawn
11. Strong square 
12. Defending against threats 
13. \Rook ending 
14. Open file 
15. The wrong Bishop

Sixth Level

1. Attacking the king- King in the middle 
2. Endgame pawn against knight
3. Endgame pawn against bishop
4. Strategy Mini plan 
5. Mobility trapping queen (b2/b7)
6. Mobility trapping double attack
7. Draw Fortress
8. Opening 
9. Strategy knight against bishop
10. Bishop vs king ending passed pawns 
11. Attacking the king weakness gpawn
12. Attacking the king access 
13. Attacking the king opposite colored bishop
14. Endgame material advantage
15. Endgame- Liquidation 
16. Over coming a passed pawn 
17. End game- Zugzwang 
18. Strategy goo+bad bishop
19. Bishop ending same colored bishop
20. Bishop ending opposite colored 
21. Defending an attack against king 
22. Piece (Rook, Bishop, Knight) against a passed pawn 
23. Defending against tactics 
24. Rook ending activity and Vulnerability
25. Rook ending rook Infront of the pawn 
26. Search and solving strategy
27. Mating patten back rank
    
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