Step 2 rating up to 1400
The first principles of tactics and positional play are introduced in the second step. At this level all games are decided by tactics, so most of the attention is paid to this matter. It's recommended to complete Step 1, before starting with the second.
Content
Manual
13 Basic lessons:
- Activity of pieces
- Double attack: queen (1)
- Double attack: queen (2)
- The pin
- Eliminating the defence
- The 3 golden rules
- Mate in two
- Double attack: knight
- Mating with the rook
- Double attack: RBQK
- Discovered attack
- Defending against mate
- Short notation
9 lessons for workbook 'Plus':
- Mate
- Pawn endings
- The opening
- Defending
- Route planner
- Working out mate
- Stalemate
- Winning material
- Playing rules
Articles about:
- Chess development of a child
- Characteristic features of children's play
- Sequence of the teaching material
- Teaching
- Discussing the games of the children
Workbook
Lesson summaries for:
- Activity of pieces
- Targets of attack
- Double attack: queen
- The pin
- Eliminating the defence
- The 3 golden rules
- Discovered attack
- Defending against mate
- The short notation
+ 526 positions diagrammed