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Chess · Planning and Checkmate
For those who know how to check legality and short options. We learn to improve pieces, lead a pawn to promotion, distinguish checkmate from stalemate and find checkmate in one or two moves, checking all defenses.
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- 50Scored tasks
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Shapes working togetherTwo lessons: breaking down an idea and applying it to the board.
Useful square for a figure
Activity; Knight in the center; Purpose of the move.
Rook on an open file
Open vertical; The path to the goal; Cooperation.
Pawns and the end of the gameTwo lessons: breaking down an idea and applying it to the board.
Passed pawn
Who can detain; Support; We count the steps.
When the strongest piece gets in the way
Transformation and stalemate; Precise transformation; Checking the final board.
Network around the kingTwo lessons: breaking down an idea and applying it to the board.
Building a matte network
Remove all replies; Defense of the attacker; The edge helps.
Don't confuse the network with a stalemate
There is no check; Give your opponent air; The rest of the figures.
Checkmate on the first moveTwo lessons: breaking down an idea and applying it to the board.
Checkmate in one: distant queen
One white move; Not every check is checkmate; Choice among options.
Checkmate in one: different sides of the board
Line and neighboring cells; The pawn doesn't always save; Check the take.
Two-Turn PlanTwo lessons: breaking down an idea and applying it to the board.
Checkmate in two: quiet first step
Which means two; First move without check; All branches.
One plan - several answers
The answer changes the decision; Keep it legal; Let's check the output.
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