Rules of the Game
- Moving the Pieces
- Relative values of the Chess Pieces
- Chess Notation
- Checkmate and Stalemate
- Pawn Promotion
- En Passant - Pawn Capture
- Castling and the Illegal Moves
- How Games are Drawn
Tactics
- Fork
- Pin
- Skewer
- Double Attack
- Discovered Attack
- Discovered Check
- Double Check
- Mate in 1 and 2
- Overloading
- Clearance
- Deflection
- Decoy
- Sacrifice
- Mate in 3
- Pawn Promotion, Under Promotion
- Drawing Tactics
- Mixed Motifs
- Mate in 4
- Exploiting Large Material Advantage
- Pattern Recognition
Psychology
- Why do we Lose? Physical and Psychological Factors!
Endgame
- Mate with two Rooks
- Mate with Queen
- Mate with one Rook
- King + Pawn Endings:- Rule of the Square, Opposition, Triangulation, Bodycheck / Shielding off the King
- Zugzwang
- Rook Endings
- Same and Opposite Coloured Bishops
- Knight and Pawn Endings
- Minor Piece Endings
- Queen Endings
- Queen versus Rook
- Endgame Techniques
- Converting Practical Endgames
Opening
- Opening Principles
- Control the Centre
- Developing Pieces
- Protect your King (Castling)
- Mistakes in the Opening
- The Concept of Planning
- Opening Preparation from White and Black
Pawn Structures
- Passed Pawn
- Isolated Pawn
- Doubled Pawns
- Backward Pawn
- Hanging Pawns
- Pawn Majority
- Pawn Minority
- Pawn Breaks, Central Strike
- Open, Closed, Mobile, Dynamic, Static Pawn Structures
Middle Game
- Attacking the Uncastled King
- How to Play:- Castling on the Same and Opposite side
- Improving Pieces
- Centralisation
- Attack and Defence, Counterplay
- Outpost
- Open and Semi Open File
- Good Piece versus a Bad Piece
- Understanding the Weak Squares
- Intermezzo / the Intermediate Moves
- Prophylaxis
- Initiatives
- Realising an Advantage
- Manoeuvre
- Maintaining Tension
- Blockade and Fortress
- Exchanging Pieces
- Principal of 2 Weaknesses
- Classical Bishop Sacrifice (Greek Gift)
- Exchange Sacrifice
- Positional Sacrifices
- Power of the Bishop Pair
- Two Minor pieces against a Rook
- Battle of the Major Pieces
- Queen versus 3 Pieces
- How to Convert Small Advantages
- Studying Classical Games
- Learning from the World Champions and Top Players
- Equal Positions, Won and Lost Positions
- Strategic Thinking
- Decision Making in Chess
- Time Control Management
- Preparing against an Opponent