Introduction 

Video 1 

Study 1: The Starting Position 

Study 2: The Pawns - Basic 

Study 3: Pawns - Special Moves 

Study 4: The Knights 

Study 5: The Bishops 

Study 6: The Rooks 

Study 7: The Queen 

Study 8: The King 

Study 9: Castling 

Study 10: Ranks, Files and Notation

Drill 1 

Drill 2 

Drill 3 

Drill 4 

Drill 5 

Quiz 1 

Quiz 2 

Quiz 3 

Quiz 4 

Quiz 5 

Chapter 1: The Basics

Study 1: Check 

Study 2: Checkmate (Back-Rank)

Study 3: Dual Piece Checkmate 

Video 2 

Study 4: Stalemate

Drill 1

Chapter 2: Checks, Checkmate and Stalemate

Study 1: The 10 Golden Moves (Diagram)

Study 2: The 10 Golden Moves in Practice 

Study 3: King's Pawn Openings

Drill 1: The Italian Opening 

Drill 2: 1. e4 vs The Sicilian Defense

Video 3 

Study 4: Queen's Pawn Openings

Drill 3: The London 

Drill 4: The Queen's Gambit 

Video 4 

Study 5: Black vs 1. e4 - The Italian And Sicilian Defense

Drill 5: Black vs The Italian Opening 

Drill 6: The Sicilian Defense

Study 6: The Caro-Kann Defense

Drill 7: The Caro-Kann Advanced Variation 

Drill 8: The Caro-Kann Exchange Variation 

Drill 9: The Caro-Kann, Classical Variation 

Video 5 

Study 7: Openings Against 1. d4 

Drill 10: The Queen's Gambit Declined 

Drill 11: The King's Indian Setup 

Video 6 

Study 8: The Scholar's Mate

Drill 12: Scholar's Mate - White's Mate in 4 

Drill 13: Scholar's Mate - Black's Best Defense

Chapter 3: Opening Basics

Study 1: The Fork 

Study 2: The Absolute Pin 

Study 3: The Skewer

Chapter 4: Tactics

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In this chapter, I will introduce you to the most famous tactics. 

Tactics are combinations of moves that you can play to get the upper hand in chess.

A fork is a tactic in which one of your pieces attacks two enemy pieces at the same time. Black's king is in check. It has to move or the queen has to block.

Black blocks with the queen. They avoid a checkmate, but they can fall prey to another tactic.

White has a dual piece checkmate. The knight defends the queen on g7!

Ne7+ is a check on the king and an attack on the king. 

This is a knight fork. It's one of the most effective tactics out there, because the knight attacks pieces in such unconventional ways.

White comes out on top because a knight is worth 3 points, whereas a queen is worth 9. 

This is a +6 sequence for White. This is how tactics work. You either win material or get something better like checkmate.

Anywhere the king moves, it doesn't matter. 

White will win a queen.

Black recaptures, but the damage has been done, and this should be an easy win for White.

Chapter 4, Lesson 2

Chapter 4, Lesson 2

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