Curriculum & Schedule
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Beginner
Objectives
Developing the passion for the Chess in kids! Kids will start learning the basic strategies, fundamentals of chess at this stage!
Kids will develop skills to play Individual Chess with confidence!
- Check and Checkmates
- Opening principles in Chess
- Capturing the Hanging piece
- Favourable and unfavourable Exchange
- Attack and defense in Chess
- Introduction to tactical themes like Double attack, Skewer, Double Check etc
- Strategy for beginners in Chess
- Stalemate and different types of draws
- Single Queen Checkmates
- Double Rook Checkmates
- Tactics awareness
- Introduction to Deflection, Windmill, Back Rank weakness etc
Intermediate
Objectives
To Prepare the kids to go the professional way! In this level, the kids will start participating in the club level tournaments, state level tournaments etc and will prepare to get a FIDE( World Chess Federation ) rating!
- Introduction to Forcing moves
- What are waiting moves in Chess
- Imagination in chess
- Middlegame plans
- Zugzwang ideas!
- Opposition and different types of opposition in Chess
- Bishop vs Knight (Open and closed positions)
- Learning from the mistake series
- Playing sessions with Deep analysis
- Checkmate cominations of mate in 2 and 3
- Intermediate tactical themes like Decoy, Clearance sacrifice etc
- Introduction to endgame like basic Rook and Pawn endgame
- Decision making through Game analysis
- Attack against castled and uncastled king
- Preparing kids to play competetive Chess
Advanced
Objectives
By this level, kids are already FIDE rated and now the road to Grandmaster level started for them! Kids will learn small details about the positions and progressively improve their game professionally to reach Grandmaster Title!
- Prophylaxis thinking
- Static and dynamic advantages and how to play with or against it!
- Playing against different openings
- Opening theory and novelties
- Initiative and advanced attacking chess concepts
- Introduction to advanced endgame concepts like Triangulation in Chess, Different Rook endgame techniques etc
- Positional evaluation in complex positions
- Transition from middle-game to end-game
- Professional opening repertoire
- Positional evaluation in complex positions
- Middlegame maneuvering
- Studies from Grandmaster games
- Dynamic Imbalances
- Middlegame maneuvering
- Advanced middlegame concepts like outposts, Quiet moves etc
- Imbalance and sacrificial concepts like Exchange sacrifices, Pawn sacrifices etc
- How to play in inferior position ( active defense )
- Tournament preparation and psychology
Schedule and Pricing
Beginner level
1. Schedule: Weekly 2 classes of 45 minutes duration each
2. Group Size: Typically 3-5 kids
3. Free: Academy practice sessions and tournaments
Intermediate level
1. Schedule: Weekly 2 classes of 45 mins duration each
2. Group Size: Typically 3-5 kids
3. Free: Academy practice sessions and tournaments
Advanced level
1. Schedule: Weekly 2 sessions of 60 mins duration each
2. Group Size: Max 5 kids
3. Free: Academy practice sessions and tournaments