Intermediate Chess Strategy

Service Description

You want your chess strategy to be at this level with our Intermediate Chess Strategy classes. These super fun classes are perfect for those who want more tactical strategy. It offers deep insight into your own decision making; great for competitive players who want to learn and practice their planning skills before the first move takes place. Designed for students aged 7–17, these classes cover within our curriculum the following levels: (Lv. 601 – 900) KNIGHT ~ Eques (Lv. 901-1200) ROOK ~ Turris ___________________________________ (Lv. 601 – 900) KNIGHT ~ Eques 1. Queen Fork – Strategies and Patterns 2. Capture Calculation A&D (Attack vs Defend) 3. Order. Calculate Material Value & Objective. 4. Attacking Pinned Piece(s) 5. Pinned Piece (Not Defenders) 6. Perpetual Check (Advantages) 7. Required Checkmates: (Scholar’s, Fool’s, Long-Shot, Budapest, Fishing Pole & Fishing Pole Spanish) 8. Discovered Attacks & Checks 9. Skewer Patterns & Planning 10. Decoys – Strategic Patterns 11. Deflection – 3 Step Identification 12. Windmill Strategy (How to Set up) 13. Double Bishop Mating Advanced 14. Legal Mate (Opponent Draw-In) 15. Control Diagonals (B & Q) 16. Sacrifice Patterns: Objective Win 17. Mate-in-Two (Pattern Recognition) 18. Blockades & Clearance 19. Triangulation 20. Outflanking 21. Pawn Phalanx ___________________________________ (Lv. 901-1200) ROOK ~ Turris 1. The Ruy-Lopez 2. Back-Rank Mate 3. Smothered Mate 4. Vukovic’s Mate 5. Dovetail Mate 6. Suffication Mate 7. Kill Box and Damiano’s Mate 8. Eliminate Defenders 9. Bad Bishop (Disguised Presence) 10. Pawns: Passed, Doubled Pawns, Protected, Isolated 11. Blocked / Blockade of Pawns 12. Separated Pawns (Square Rule) 13. Scotch Game & Counters: (Philidor Defense, Steinitz Variation, Scotch Gambit) 14. Overloading (Overworked Piece) 15. Rook (Initiate to Open Files Early) 16. Square rule (Passed Pawns) 17. Attacking Castled King 18. Sixth Rank King 19. When King Needs a Defense 20. TRAP Studies (Blackburne-Shilling, Wayward, Rubenstein, Lasker, Ficher, Bodens and Arabian/Indian).