Step 4 rating up to 1750
The tactics are dominated by the preparatory move. The positional aspects of chess slowly become a part of the games of fourth step students. A basic feeling is created in the lessons "weak pawn" and "endgame strategy". It remains best to deal with positional factors while addressing the games of the students.
Content
Manual
17 Basic lessons:
- Opening advantage
- Interfering
- Luring
- Blocking
- Thinking ahead
- The pin: luring
- The passed pawn
- Eliminating the defence
- The magnet
- Weak pawns
- Material advantage
- Chasing and targeting
- Attack on the king
- Seventh rank
- Endgame strategy
- Clearing
- Queen against pawn
11 lessons for workbook 'Plus':
- Attacking the king
- Vulnerability in the opening
- Interfering
- Blocking
- Draws
- Trapping
- Mini-plans
- Pawn endings
- Discovered attack
- Endgame technique
- Chess problems
Articles about:
- Subject material
- Chess games
- Thinking ahead
- Help
- Applying the knowledge
- The transition to the seniors
- Analysing a position
Workbook
Lesson summaries for:
- Eliminating the defence: interfering
- Double attack: luring
- Eliminating the defence: blocking
- Pin: placing front and back piece
- Double attack: elimination of the defence
- Double attack: chasing and targeting
- Attacking the castled king
- The seventh rank
- Strategy in pawn endings
- Double attack: clearing
- Queen against pawn
+ 539 positions diagrammed