How to Play Chess: Beginner and Beyond

This lecture covers several important checkmate patterns in chess, by the end of this lecture, students will be more knowledgeable about checkmate patterns in chess and will be able to a series of puzzles to test their knowledge.

In this lecture we'll be going over the fork tactic in chess, by the end of this lecture, students will have a better understanding of how to use the fork tactic in their games and knowledge of various tactical fork patterns, and will be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge.

In this lecture, students will learn about the fundamentals of the pin tactic, by the end of this lecture, students will have a much better understanding of the function of a pin and have several pin patterns in their pattern bank, and will be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge.

In this lecture, students will learn about the skewer and it's function, by the end of this lecture students will have a good understanding of what a skewer is and how to spot it in a chess game, and will be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge.

In this lecture students will learn about the discovered attack in chess and how to implement it in their games, by the end of this lecture students will have several discovered attack patterns and ideas ingrained in their minds, and will be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge.

In this lecture, students will learn about various important endgame checkmates, by the end of this course, students will know how to checkmate with a queen vs. a bishop or knight, how to checkmate with a rook, and how to checkmate with two bishops ,and will be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge.

In this lecture, students will learn about how to read and write chess notation.

In this lecture, students will learn about the  opening principles, by the end of this lecture, students will know the three fundamental opening principles as well as many more secondary rules! Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture students will learn about endgame principles such as king activity and minor and heavy piece endgames. By the end of this lecture students will know how to take advantage of passed pawns in the endgame, and how to fight with a knight vs. a bishop and vice-versa and basic rook endgame principles. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture students will learn about all the fundamental pawn endgames, by the end of this lecture, students will know about various pawn endgame concepts such as the square of the pawn and pawn breaks. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture students will learn the fundamentals of rook endgames, by the end of this lecture students will know the fundamental rook endgame positions such as the Lucena and Philidor positions. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture students will know about the fundamental drawn endgames, by the end of this lecture students will know how to draw various important endgames such as knight vs. pawn and queen vs. pawn etc. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture, students will learn about the deflection tactic in chess, by the end of this lecture, students will be familiar with a variety of deflection patterns and combinations. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture, students will learn about the decoy tactic in chess, by the end of this lecture, students will know all about how a decoy works and it's function in a chess game. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture, students will learn about the interference tactic in chess, by the end of this lecture, students will have a good understanding of how to implement interference tactics in their games should they arise. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture, students will learn about the clearance sacrifice in chess, by the end of this lecture, students will have a good understanding of the function of a clearance sacrifice and knowledge of various clearance sacrifice patterns. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture, students will learn about the X-ray tactic in chess, by the end of this lecture, students will have a better understanding of x-ray tactics and be familiar with it's pattern. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture, students will learn about how to implement and streamlined thinking process in their chess games. By the end of this lecture, students will know how to use various questions such as "What is my opponent threatening" and looking at the forcing moves to help guide them through a chess game.

In this lecture, students will learn about all the legal tournament draws that are possible in practical play.

In this lecture, students will learn about the typical beginner mistakes and how to avoid them. By the end of this lecture, students will be more cognization of what not to do as a budding chess player.

In this lecture, students will learn about various methods to attack the uncastled king. By the end of this lecture students will be better equipped to exploit an advantage in a game against an uncastled king. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture students will learn about various ways to attack the castled king, by the end of this lecture the student(s) will be much more knowledgeable about the prerequisites and factors required for a successful attack on the castled king. Students will also be able to do a series of puzzles to test their knowledge on the subject.

In this lecture students will learn about aspects of chess psychology and how to improve at chess by themselves. By the end of this lecture, students will have a solid basis to support their own self-improvement in chess.