Notation: Chapters 1-8 | ||
1. | Winning Moves | Simple Tactics and how to find them. Simple Tactics Quiz. Alexander McDonnell and Adolf Anderssen. |
2. | A Quiet Opening | The Giuoco Pianissimo - theory and games. Paul Morphy. |
3. | Winning in the Opening Part 1 | The Fatal Diagonal. Queen Forks. Quiz on Chapters 2 & 3. Other replies to e2-e4. Wilhelm Steinitz |
4. | Queening a Pawn Part 1 | King and Pawn v King. Quiz on King and Pawn v King. Emanuel Lasker and his challengers. |
5. | Mating Combinations | Standard Combinations leading to Mate. Quiz. Jose Raul Capablanca and Sammy Reshevsky |
6. | A Lively Opening | Giuoco Piano - theory and games. Alexander Alekhine. |
7. | Winning in the Opening Part 2 | Trouble on the e-file. The Pawn Fork. Quiz on Chapters 6 & 7. Mikhail Botvinnik. |
8. | Queening a Pawn Part 2 | King and Pawn Endings. Quiz. Vasily Smyslov and Mikhail Tal. |
Notation: Chapters 9-16 | ||
9. | An Exciting Opening | The Two Knights Defence - theory and games. Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky. |
10. | Simple Combinations | Elementary sacrifices and combinations. Quiz. How to play against other first moves. Bobby Fischer. |
11. | Winning in the Opening Part 3 | Explosion on f7. Legall's Mate. Other Traps. Quiz on Chapters 9 & 11. Scotch and 2-move Chess. Anatoly Karpov. |
12. | Endings with an Extra Piece | How to win endings when you're a piece ahead. Quiz. Garry Kasparov. |
13. | A Gambit Opening | Danish Gambit - theory and games. Quiz. Pocket Knight and Blindfold Chess. Women's Chess - Vera Menchik and Xie Jun. |
14. | More Difficult Combinations | More Difficult Sacrifices and Combinations - some famous examples. Quiz. Nigel Short and Michael Adams. |
15. | Endings Without Pawns | Mating with Two Bishops and Bishop and Knight. Other endings without Pawns. Quiz. Vladimir Kramnik and Judit Polgar. |
16. | Some More Gambits | King's Gambit. Vienna Game. Evans Gambit. Quiz. Exchange Chess. Kriegspiel. Peter Leko and Luke McShane. |
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