L3 Academy Chess Club Advanced Beginner / Intermediate

Advanced Beginner (at least two semesters of chess) / Intermediate classes
 Brief review of chess rules: capture; castle, 'en passant', pawn promotion; check; checkmate; stalemate (all from beginner class)
 Basic tactics I (tactical devices to gain material for purpose of later strategic victory)
a. Pin
b. Double attack (i.e. fork)
c. Discover threat/check/attack (also double check!)
d. Skewer
 Basic tactics II (simple combinations)
a. Piece values (relative to each other, position)
b. Unique piece combinations (i.e. Bishop, rook, etc.)
c. Deflections, Decoys, “In-Between moves,”
Overloads
 End-Of-Game (continue)
a. Rule of the square of the pawn
b. Zugzwang (possible in middlegame, probable in most endgames)
c. Tempi (Triangulation as a means of losing tempi at end to force Zugzwang)
 Chess Tournaments