![]() The second row (or rank) is filled with pawns. The chess pieces are then arranged the same way each time. ![]() Here's a video of IM Danny Rensch explaining all the rules you need to know to start playing chess.Īt the beginning of the game the chessboard is laid out so that each player has the white (or light) color square in the bottom right-hand side. With a good game plan, we will reach there.It's never too late to learn how to play chess-the most popular game in the world! Learning the rules of chess is easy: Learning chess is a long term process, taking a couple of years to reach 1500. After s/he reach 1500, s/he is good enough to pick opening repertoire, study positional thinking, and do end game training. There is no need to scrap up other material. If a student can finish all of them, plus some game playing experience, definitely s/he can reach 1500 or above. There are 5 Steps, so total 7500 problems. Each contains 500+ problems, which means to pass each Step, a student has to finish about 1500 problems. This is the books I am looking for, and the large amount of exercises are appropriate homework for my students.įor each Step, there is the Workbook, extra Workbook, and plus Workbook. Then one day I hit upon the Steps Method set on USCF Sales site, Step 1 to 5, manuals and workbooks. This means no matter which curriculum I use, I have to find my own exercises for my students. ![]() I bought the Kasparov Chess Foundation Teaching Chess Step by Step, again, very few simple exercises. I checked the curriculum, same problem, no exercise. ![]() The 62-page pdf file filled with some key points, but with no exercise. I checked the Susan Polgar's free curriculum. ![]() When I began to teach chess a couple of years ago, I searched for proper material to teach. ![]()
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