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Chess Pieces: Names and How Each Moves
Learn the names of all six chess pieces, how many of each you get, and how each one moves and captures, plus castling, promotion and en passant.
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Proper Chess Board Setup: Where Every Piece Goes
Set up a chess board correctly: light square bottom-right, pawns on the second rank, then rooks, knights, bishops, queen on her color, and the king.
Chess Lesson Plans for Teachers and Coaches
A practical chess lesson plan for teachers and coaches: a ten-lesson sequence for beginners, how to structure each session, and ways to check progress.
Advanced Chess Openings
What makes a chess opening advanced? Explore complex systems like the Najdorf and Ruy Lopez, d4 setups, repertoire building, move orders and how to study theory.
Chess Strategy Guide: Plans, Principles and Piece Play
Learn chess strategy: core ideas like king safety, space, piece activity and pawn structure, plus opening, middlegame and endgame principles and how to pick a plan.
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