Level
High Beginner to Intermediate
Recommended Rating
600-1300
Number of lessons: 6
Topic Purpose
As you play better players, you will discover that they see the tactics that you are trying to use. You will have to have a superior position to win the game.
Also, the thing I hate THE MOST in chess games is losing a game in the ending that I should win. These lessons include endgame studies to help you excel at winning endgames. FBCC players are better prepared for endgames than just about anyone else and often win games in the ending that other players lose.
Learning Objectives:
- How to find and use the seeds of winning tactics.
- What is positional chess
- How to spot weaknesses — especially pawn weaknesses
- How to exploit your opponent’s weaknesses
- How to remove your own weaknesses
- How to use the pawn majority advantage
- How to use the minority attack
- How to use different pawn centers
- How to use the positional advantages of bishops
- How to use the positional advantage of passed pawns
- How to use the positional advantage of knights
- How to use the positional advantage of rooks
- How to use the positional advantage of opening a file
- How to use the positional advantage of minor exchanges
- How to use the positional advantage of exchanging piece
- 7 endgames to master before you’re rated 800
- Live practice
- Get a Fort Bend Chess Club rating