COURSE OFFERINGS
Individual
Special Interest same rates as general instruction
Openings
Open Game 1. e4 e5
Four Knights Game
Scotch Game
Two Knights Defense
* General
* Deep Dive into Fried Liver Attack
Giucco Piano including Evans Gambit
Ruy Lopez as white
Ruy as black
Semi-Open Game
Sicilian Defense
French Defense
Scandinavian Defense
Caro-Kann
Pirc/Modern
Closed Game
Queens Gambit includes
Tarrasch Defense
Orthodox QGD
Tartakover Defense
Cambridge Springs Defense
Ragozin related systems
Catalan systems
Trompowsky
London System
Stonewall Attack
Colle System
also
Grunfeld
Kings Indian
Benoni
Nimzo Indian
Bogo Indian
Queens Indian
Tactics
Checkmate tactics
empty board very few pieces
opening with uncastled king
checkmate patterns against kingside castled king
same queenside
Material gaining tactics
including fork/double attack, pin, skewer, obstruction,
deflection, clearance, discovered attacks etc
Some tactical games from various rating levels
Endings
basic end games
King + Pawn versus king
Pawn endings advanced
Rook and pawn endings
minor piece endgames
basic mates with K+Q/K+R/KBB/KBN segway from tactics
games with spectacular endings.
Weekly customized lessons
⦁ Game review and diagnosis with homework given
⦁ Deeper openings repertiore collaboration
⦁ particular lesson content based on individual student
⦁ Analysis of strengths and weeknesses and tracking of progress
Group
First Steps
This covers essential information for trying to win
the game against other begginers. The value of the pieces,
updated, What combinations of pieces can win a game. How to
do the K+Q, and K+R versus bare king. BASIC opening
principles, game strategy and tactics, and endgame basics. YOU
MUST have either graduated the BASIC course above or
demonstrate that you know all the rules and have played chess
before. This course also provides a certificate at the end.
BASIC
Chess with certification test and certificate. Objective is
for the student to be 100% clear on ALL of the rules of chess,
and chess notation.
Getting to 800 level
How to blunder less often and think
methodically. Many games will be examined as well as
participants games.
Tournament preparation
Group class review tournament
rules that are important but not as well known, and general
preparation for play in live, rated, timed events.
