| Theme | Description |
|---|---|
| Section with lesson on each chess piece | Group of lessons on each chess piece plus setting up and pawn promotion |
| Check, checkmate, stalemate etc | Group of lessons covering check, checkmate, stalemate, |
| Piece value | Piece value ... we use this to help decide whether to trade pieces |
| Castling | Castling |
| En passent | En passent - if a pawn moves 2 squares to try to jump past an opposing pawn on its first move, the opposing pawn can take it as though it had only moved one square |
| Theme | Description |
|---|---|
| Forks | A fork is when we attack 2 valuable pieces at the same time i.e. Knight attacks King and Queen |
| Pins | A pin is when a piece cannot or should not move because a more valuable piece is behind it. i.e. Queen in front of King |
| Skewers | A skewer is when a piece has a more valuable piece in front of it and has to move i.e. King in front of Queen |
| Bad trades | Showing how we use piece value to decide whether to trade pieces |
| Remove defender | Showing how we can win a piece by removing a defender |
| Trapped piece | Showing how we can sometimes trap a piece such as pushing up pawns |
| Discovered attack | Discovered or revealed attack when moving a piece reveals an attack on another piece |
| Discovered check | A powerful form of discovered attack |
| Powerful moves | Combining tactics |
| Combinations | Combining tactics |
| Section on trades | Capturing pieces |
| Section with more tactics | More tactics Sac, Double check, Smothered Mate |
| Theme | Description |
|---|---|
| Scholars mate | 4 move checkmate |
| Winning with Two Rooks | Rolling rooks ... push the King to one side |
| Winning with Queen and King | Queen boxes the enemy King and reduces the box |
| Winning with Rook and King | Rook boxes the enemy King, supported by our King, and reduces the box |
| Checkmate in 3 moves | Examples of FORCED 3 move checkmates |
| Other checkmates | Pawn race, Back rank, f2/f7, King safety, Dont just check |
| Theme | Description |
|---|---|
| Opponents move | Opening principles |
| Pieces working together | Making the most of your pieces |
| Choosing the best move | Section containing difficult positions, good and bad pieces |
| Use pieces effectively | Section containing lessons on each piece |
| Theme | Description |
|---|---|
| Control the centre | Opening principles |
| Your opponents move | Opening principles |
| Develop your pieces | Opening principles |
| Opening principles section | Active pieces, opponents move |