Welcome to our virtual game room! Here you will be able to learn the game of chess, enhance your skills, and have fun playing at home. Follow our Instructors as they walk you through lessons designed to improve your abilities and get you thinking about chess in a new way. Have fun and we wish you a wonderful journey as you explore the game of chess. We hope it becomes a lifelong passion!
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BASICS FOR BEGINNERS
A MESSAGE FROM INTERNATIONAL CHESS GRANDMASTER GREGORY KAIDANOV
LESSON BANK
Beginner:
How to Start a Game of Chess – The Opening
Introduction to Tactics
Special Moves – Castling and Pawn Promotion
The Pawn Game
The Horse Race
The Road to Checkmate
Special Pawn Capture en Passant
Intermediate:
A Miniature Chess Game – Jose Raul Capablanca
The Opera Game
The Scandinavian Game
Great Players of the Past – Gioachino Greco
Hartlaub vs Rosenbaum 1892
Chess Openings – The Fried Liver Attack
Chess Traps – Legal’s Mate
Advanced:
Arnold Denker vs Mikhail Botvinnik 1945 with National Master Russell Wilson
Bobby Fischer vs Boris Spassky 1972 with National Master Russell Wilson
Coming up Next:
The Pawn Game with Rooks, Bishops, and Queen
The Pawn and King Game
BRAIN TEASERS
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