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Start here · Chess basics The rook Straight lines, as far as it likes Start 0/16

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Chess basics How the pieces move, check and checkmate 0/16 Tactics Patterns that win material and mate 0/24 Endgames Finish the game when you’re ahead 0/24 Strategy Good squares, good pieces, a good plan 0/24 Calculation See further and miss less 0/16 Practical play Decisions that win real games 0/16

• 1 Take the centre
• 2 Development
• 3 King safety
• 4 Isolated pawn
• 5 Doubled pawns
• 6 Backward pawn
• 7 Passed pawns
• 8 Hanging pawns
• 9 Outposts
• 10 Open files
• 11 Seventh rank
• 12 Bishop pair
• 13 Good and bad
• 14 Weak squares
• 15 Space
• 16 Pawn chains
• 17 Pawn majority
• 18 Prophylaxis
• 19 Minority attack
• 20 Piece activity
• 21 When to trade
• 22 Attack the king
• 23 Defence
• 24 Make a plan

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Openings Courses with your coach Rules For your very first game Board vision See the board faster Coordinates Find any square in a blink Checks, captures Find every forcing move Calculation drill See moves in your head Puzzles Tactics at your level Analyse a game Find where it turned

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