Free online courseChess course from Beginner to Master
Duration of the online course: 156 hours and 15 minutes
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Master Chess from beginner to pro with lessons on pieces, moves, captures, checkmates, tactics, endgames, and openings. Perfect for all levels. Start now!
Course Description
If you're passionate about chess and looking to elevate your skills from beginner to master, then the "Chess course from Beginner to Master" is the perfect fit for you. Spanning an impressive 156 hours and 15 minutes, this comprehensive course is meticulously designed to guide you through every essential aspect of chess, ensuring you develop a solid foundation and a deep understanding of advanced strategies.
The journey begins with the basics, where you'll be introduced to the chess pieces, the board, and fundamental principles of playing chess correctly. You'll learn how each piece moves and captures, the concept of check, and how to navigate your first chess game with practical exercises. Special moves such as promotion, castling, and en passant will also be covered, rounding out your initial understanding of the game.
As you progress, you'll delve into more nuanced aspects of chess, including the point value of pieces, various ways a game can end in a draw, and the importance of chess notation for recording your games. Lessons on enhancing your board vision and avoiding beginner mistakes will reinforce your foundational knowledge.
Strategic patterns such as checkmates in one move, the two-rook checkmate, and others are introduced to help you recognize winning tactics quickly. You’ll learn to think critically and categorize moves effectively, a key mental process for any aspiring master. Analyze classic games, study miniature games using the Evans gambit, and understand chess reasoning to hone your strategic thinking.
The course deepens further with a thorough exploration of chess tactics such as forks, pins, skewers, and various checkmate patterns with different combinations of pieces. A dedicated focus on endgames, drawing principles, and tactics exercises ensures you are well-prepared for any game scenario.
Openings and tactical combinations are studied in-depth to elevate your playing level. Whether it's mastering the Ruy Lopez, understanding the Four Knights Opening, or delving into the Vienna Game and Petrov Defense, each lesson provides valuable insights and strategies. Practical sessions where you watch play and explain every move will further cement your learning.
Advanced lessons tackle complex tactics such as discovered checks, deflections, and decoys, as well as nuanced endgames like Queen vs. King and pawn, and fundamental positions such as Philidor and Lucena. You’ll also explore the King's Indian Defense, Catalan Opening, and much more. The course also emphasizes the importance of understanding positional play, pawn structures, and strategic principles that underpin master-level chess.
Throughout the course, you'll engage with numerous chess puzzles and tactical challenges to test and improve your skills. From analyzing historical games played by grandmasters to learning effective training methods, every lesson is crafted to ensure you grasp not only the tactical but also the strategic depth of chess.
By the end of this extensive course, you’ll possess a rich repertoire of openings, sharpened tactical abilities, and a strategic mindset, all key components to becoming a formidable chess player. Embark on this transformative journey and unlock your full potential in the timeless game of chess.
Conteúdo do Curso
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Video class: Free Chess Course From Beginner To Master Level??
0h01m
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Exercise: Which lesson is suggested for an intermediate player to start with in the 'Chess course from Beginner to Master'?
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Video class: Chess Lesson # 1: The Chess pieces and the board | How to play Chess the right way
0h06m
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Exercise: What rule is used to determine the placement of the queen when setting up a chessboard?
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Video class: Chess Lesson # 2: How the Chess pieces move | How to play Chess the right way
0h20m
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Exercise: Which of the following statements is correct regarding the movement of chess pawns?
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Video class: Chess Lesson # 3: How the Chess pieces capture | How to play Chess the right way
0h08m
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Exercise: Which chess piece moves in a pattern different from the way it captures?
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Video class: Chess Lesson # 4: Check
0h14m
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Exercise: In chess, when a king is in check and has no means to capture the attacker, block the attack, or escape from the attack, what is this situation called?
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Video class: Chess Lesson # 5: Practice | Your 1st Chess Game | How to play Chess the right way
0h08m
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Exercise: In a chess game, which color moves first?
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Video class: Chess Lesson # 6: Special moves: promotion, castling, and en passant | How to play Chess correctly
0h14m
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Exercise: What is the rule in chess that allows a pawn to be exchanged for another piece when it reaches the opposite side of the board?
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Video class: Chess Lesson # 7: The point value of the Chess pieces | How to play Chess the right way
0h14m
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Exercise: In chess, when assigning point values to pieces to determine their relative value, which of the following correctly represents the value assigned to the bishop, knight, and rook respectively?
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Video class: Chess Lesson # 8: Do you know the 7 ways a Chess game can be drawn? Stalemate, 50-move draw and more
0h11m
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Exercise: What is stalemate in chess?
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Video class: Chess lesson # 9: Chess notation - learn how to record your Chess games, read books and communicate
0h12m
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Exercise: Which symbol is used in chess notation to indicate a checkmate?
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Video class: Chess lesson # 10: Board vision | Exercises to stop making beginner mistakes | Chess the right way
0h10m
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Exercise: In the chess vision exercise described in the lesson, which detail was emphasized as important to consider when counting the potential moves for the white pieces in a given position?
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Video class: Chess lesson # 11: Checkmates in 1 move - typical patterns you must know | Chess Tactics |
0h17m
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Exercise: Which pattern is often associated with a situation where a piece makes a move that uncovers an attack from another piece, particularly effective when the attacked piece is the enemy king?
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Video class: Chess Lesson # 12: Two rook checkmate | Don't let them escape once you are ahead | Basic checkmates
0h08m
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Video class: Chess Lesson # 13: Think backwards - it's time to start thinking like a Chess master | Learn right
0h07m
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Video class: Chess lesson # 14: Chess reasoning | Categorize every move or don’t play Chess | 1st mental process
0h05m
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Video class: Chess lesson # 15: Game analysis | Miniature game with the Evans gambit | Learn Chess the right way
0h09m
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Video class: Chess lesson # 16: Chess tactics -Forks | Double attacks:How many can you solve? Chess the right way
0h12m
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Video class: Chess lesson # 17: Chess tactics | Pins vs Skewers | Learn how to play Chess the right way
0h10m
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Video class: Chess lesson # 18: Queen and King vs King Checkmate | Learn how to play Chess the right way
0h10m
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Video class: Chess lesson # 19: One Rook and King Checkmate | Basic checkmates the right way | 1 Rook Mate
0h09m
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