
Develop your minor pieces early by prioritizing knights over bishops to control central squares and maximize activity, while keeping the queen and rooks more conservative.
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Avoid checking without purpose and focus on timely development of knights and bishops to seize the initiative, prevent queen pins, and protect the king while preparing a safe castle.
Castle kingside early to protect the king and simplify development; for beginners, kingside is safer and quicker, while queen-side castling demands more prep and places the king nearer the center.
Master the double check in chess: deliver a discovered check while another piece also checks, forcing the opponent’s king to move, often used in openings and endgames like smothered mate.
Learn how doubling up rooks strengthens attack and endgame potential, with tactics to coordinate two rooks on the same file, defend key squares, and convert rook advantage toward victory.
Explore how chess games end in draws by offering a draw on your turn and recognizing forced draws in endgames like king versus king.
Learn how stalemate ends a chess game in a draw when no legal moves exist without check. Ensure the opponent always has at least one legal move to avoid stalemate.
Master constant checking to force a draw when you are behind in material. See an example where constant checking traps the opponent and leads to a forced draw.
Learn how repeating the exact same chess position three times in successive fashion yields a draw, even without checks, as players force the board to stay identical.
Recognize the 50-move rule that ends a game in a draw when no pieces are captured and no pawns move for 50 consecutive moves, an edge-case in locked positions.
Master the queen and king endgame by using the queen to restrict the opposing king toward a corner, then support with your king to force checkmate while avoiding stalemate.
Master chess puzzles by practicing tactics in the middle and endgames, using puzzle rush drills to learn best moves, calculation, and back rank mating ideas.
Solve along with me as you pause to identify the best move in each puzzle and learn to spot moves that lead to checkmate with rooks and queens.
Explore the French defense for black, using e6 to prepare d5 and c5 to pressure the center. Emphasize c3, knight-first development, and king-side castling to avoid queenside attack.
learn the fried liver attack, an aggressive white line in the Italian game that uses knight to g5 and a knight sacrifice on f7 to unleash a queen-led attack.
Hi, my name is Shervin House. I am a top Udemy instructor, and in this course I will be teaching you how to play chess like a pro!
Dan: "Great course, the instructions are clear and engaging. The structure of the course has a good flow to it and are effective. Definitely recommend it..."
I've been in love with the game of chess since I was introduced to the game by my grandfather at the age of 6. After decades of taking lessons and learning from strategy books, I have put together a comprehensive course that covers all the fundamentals of chess that every chess player must know. I also teamed up with two different International Masters who looked over the course and gave me feedback on how to make it even better and more comprehensive, just to make sure there aren't any fundamentals missing from the course.
Michael: "The instructor is very helpful by his explanation of do’s and don’t’s when moving your minor pieces. I’m very satisfied with this course."
This course is for beginner chess players. This includes those who have never played chess before in their lives, as well as those who have some experience playing the game, but are looking to take their game to the next level. For example, if you are a 1200-1300 rated player or lower, or if you don't have a chess rating at all, then this course is perfect for you.
By the end of this course, you will know all the fundamentals of chess in all 3 stages of the opening, the middle-game and the endgame. The aim of this course is to teach you how to play chess properly in order to boost your ability, as well as your ratings from a beginner to.a great player; we basically take you by the hand and walk you through all of these fundamentals step by step.
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What can you expect from this course?
The most in-depth chess strategy course online
A complete guide for those who are beginners to chess, as well as those with some experience
All the basics covered, material such as how pieces move, chess opening principles, common tactics, etc.
All questions answered within 24 hours
All the fundamentals covered, all throughout the opening, middle-game and endgame
Common chess openings covered in-depth in order to provide you good foundations in the opening stage
Various middlegame tactics covered in-depth in order to improve your middlegame tactics and enable you to control the game in the middle
Common chess endgames covered in-depth in order to provide you good foundations for finishing off from a winning position
Practice material with puzzles, including "solve along with me" videos where you solve chess puzzles with me
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All the concepts covered in this course are must know concepts for those who wish to become great chess players. The material we cover are the building blocks upon which you will build your chess skills in order to become a master of the game.