Beginner Class
This class is great for new chess players, novices and very young chess players. Students will learn the basic rules of chess, common concepts and basic strategies.
The following is a week by week guide to what is covered.
Topics covered in week 1
Topics covered in week 1
How the pieces move and capture
Defended and undefended pieces
Controlling the Centre
Topics covered in week 2
Topics covered in week 2
The values of the pieces
Fair exchanges
Favourable exchanges
Unfavourable exchanges
Topics covered in week 3
Topics covered in week 3
Castling
The 3 ways out of check
Checkmate
Stalemate
Topics covered in week 4
Topics covered in week 4
Straight Line Checkmates
Winning with 2 Queens
Winning with 2 Rooks
Topics covered in week 5
Topics covered in week 5
The Vulnerable Pawn
The 4 move Checkmate
Adjacent Queen Checkmates
Topics covered in week 6
Topics covered in week 6
Harder Queen Checkmates
The 5 ways the game can be drawn
En Passant
Development
Useful moves and useless moves
Topics covered in week 7
Topics covered in week 7
How to use a chess clock
How a chess tournament works
The maximum class size for the Beginners Class is 32 students.
The maximum class size for the Beginners Class is 32 students.