Beginner Programs

Intro to Chess

Day 1	The board and the pieces. Parts of the board. Movement of the pieces. Value of the pieces.
Day 2	The rules of the game. Check and checkmate. Special rules: castling and en passant.
Day 3	Basic checkmates: K+Q vs K, K + 2R vs K
Day 4	Basic tactics: forks, skewers and pins.
Day 5	Ways to draw a game (agreement, threefold repetition, 50 move rule, stalemate). Crazy rooks and queens.
Day 6	How to read and write chess notation. How to use a chess clock.

Beginner

Day 1	Parts of a game. Goals of them.
Day 2	Opening traps. Common mistakes.
Day 3	What is a sacrifice. Examples.
Day 4	What is a gambit. Examples.
Day 5	Introduction to endgames. Rule of the square and opposition.
Day 6	Introduction to chess variants.

Too basic? Check out our intermediate programs.