国际象棋教学大纲 – 中级班

How to Win with Just One Piece

· Queen

· Rook

· Beware of Giving Stalemate

Tactics

· The relative value of each piece

· How to Win Material, and Avoid Losing material

· How to Defend Against a Threat to One of Your Pieces

Tricks

· Fork

· Pin

· Skewer

· Two attacks at once

· Discovered Check

· Double Check

Dirtier Tricks

· Distracting your opponent’s pieces

· Deflecting

· Sacrifice

· X-ray vision

· In-Between Move

Strategy

· The Beginning

· The Middle

· The End

· The Opening

· The Center’s Where All the Action Is

· Castle Early

· Attack Your Opponent’s Weakness

Tricky Checkmates

· Two Move Checkmate

· Three Move Checkmate

· Four Move Checkmate

We will have a tournament toward the end of semester, awards will be given for first three winners.