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The Board; the Pieces and their values; Check, Checkmate and Stalemate; Castling; Illegal Moves.

 

Notation; Annotation symbols; Checking and Checkmating; Sacrifices; Stalemate; Forks, Pins and Skewers; Doubling Up; the 7th Rank; Overloading; Opening principles.

 

From this point, topics are covered in much greater detail. Basic Endgame concepts; Combinations; Tactical ideas; some e4 and d4 Opening theory.

 

Advanced Endgame concepts; more Tactics; Positional concepts; more Opening theory.

 

Other openings; Planning; the Middle Game; Analysis; Exploiting an Advantage.

 

 

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