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Chess in School Level 3: Development
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