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Chess: from the first move to mastery

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A game against a bot of any strength, from 400 to 2800. The lower the level, the more often the bot slips. Take a move back, ask for a hint in steps, and after the game the engine reviews the moves and shows where it was decided.

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Chapters

I First steps

  1. 1 Board
  2. 2 Line pieces
  3. 3 King and knight
  4. 4 Pawn
  5. 5 Check, mate, stalemate
  6. 6 Castling
  7. 7 Notation
  8. 8 Piece values
  9. 9 First mates
  10. 10 Starting out

II Tactics

  1. 11 Fork
  2. 12 Pin
  3. 13 Skewer
  4. 14 Discovery
  5. 15 Deflection
  6. 16 Overload
  7. 17 Blunders
  8. 18 Mate patterns
  9. 19 Combination

III Openings

  1. 20 Principles
  2. 21 Open games
  3. 22 Sicilian
  4. 23 French, Caro-Kann
  5. 24 Closed games
  6. 25 Indian defences
  7. 26 Repertoire

IV Strategy

  1. 27 Evaluation
  2. 28 Pawn structure
  3. 29 Passed pawn
  4. 30 Weak squares
  5. 31 Open files
  6. 32 Bishop vs knight
  7. 33 King attack
  8. 34 Planning

V Endgames

  1. 35 Pawn endings
  2. 36 Rook endings
  3. 37 Special endings

VI Mastery

  1. 38 Calculation
  2. 39 Game review
  3. 40 Tournaments