Step 5 rating up to 1900
Step 5 is the last step for group teaching. In this step the attention on tactics is less than in the previous steps, nevertheless, tactics remain the main part of the games of Step 5 students. The lessons about the pawn structure, the seventh rank, strong square and open file contain various strategic aspects.
Content
Manual
16 Basic lessons:
- Material and time
- Mate
- Breakthrough
- Using pawns
- Pawn race
- Seventh rank
- Discovered attack
- Pin
- The opening
- Rook against pawn
- Strong square
- Defending
- Rook endings
- Attack on the king
- Open file
- Draw
10 lessons for workbook 'Plus':
- Activity
- Pawn endings
- King in the middle
- The wrong bishop
- Vulnerability
- Queen endings
- Defending
- Eternal pins
- Bishop against pawn(s)
- Zugzwang
Articles about:
- Subject material
- Guideance
- Individual development
- Help
- Analysing a position
- Finding a good move
- The trainer
Workbook
Lesson summaries for:
- Material and time
- Using pawns
- The pawn race
- Discovered attack
- Rook against pawn
- Strong outpost
- Defending
- Rook endings
- Open file
- Draw
- The wrong bishop
+ 505 positions diagrammed