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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 Forks
• 2 Pins
• 3 Skewers
• 4 Discoveries
• 5 Double check
• 6 Counting
• 7 Loose pieces
• 8 Double attack
• 9 Guard removal
• 10 Deflection
• 11 Decoy
• 12 Overloading
• 13 Zwischenzug
• 14 Trapped pieces
• 15 Promotion
• 16 Back rank
• 17 Smothered
• 18 Arabian mate
• 19 Anastasia mate
• 20 Boden’s mate
• 21 Epaulette mate
• 22 The Greek gift
• 23 Légal’s trap
• 24 Mating nets

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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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