Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Define threat and state how it influences the game of chess
• Explain the purposes of sacrifices and their types in chess gameplay
• Discuss the concepts of combinations in chess and their benefits
• Distinguished between the different organized thinking processes in chess
• Outline effective measures for improving chess tactics and game efficiency
• Recall strategies for avoiding blunders
• Explain the concepts of checkmate and a double-attack
• Discuss the concepts of a mating knight and knight of six
• Summarize the Alekine's defense concept
• Recall what characterizes the Bogoljubow Variation in Alekhine's Defense
• Distinguish between caging and semi-caging game approaches in chess
• Identify the pieces that are involved in creating a mating net