Chess in School
Chess in School Level 3: Development
Second-level book covering checkmate patterns, forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, and advanced tactics.
Curriculum
Level 2A
- Evaluation questions
- Evaluation questions
- Checkmate with Queen
- Queen-Rook checkmate patterns
- Rook-Bishop, Queen-Bishop checkmate patterns
- Rook-Knight, Queen-Knight checkmate patterns
- Fork with Queen
- Knight fork (Beynel)
- Rook, Bishop, Pawn and King fork
- Pin
- Skewer
- Discovered check
- Discovered attack
- Double check
- Removing the defender
- Center importance and opening principles
- Short games
Level 2B
- Evaluation questions
- Evaluation questions
- Scholar's Mate
- Checkmate with Rook
- Stalemate
- Finding and preventing threats
- Deflection
- Exploiting back rank weakness
- X-ray attack
- Double threat (two pieces cooperating)
- Clearance sacrifice
- Line-opening sacrifice
- Smothered mate
- Legal's mate
- Checkmate patterns
- Checkmate patterns
- Short games
- Correct piece development
In this series
Book 1
Chess in School Level 1: Beginner
Book 2
Chess in School Level 2: Foundation
Book 3
Chess in School Level 3: Development
Book 4
Chess in School Level 4: Consolidation
Book 5
Chess in School Level 5: Intermediate
Book 6
Chess in School Level 6: Advanced Skills
Book 7
Chess in School Level 7: Mastery