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Chess in School Level 7: Mastery
Chess in School

Chess in School Level 7: Mastery

Fifth-level book covering pawn structures, king attack methods, square sacrifices, advanced defenses (French, Sicilian, Nimzo, etc.), and endgame techniques.

Curriculum

Level 5A

  • Evaluation questions
  • Evaluation questions
  • Pawn structures (backward pawn)
  • Pawn structures (isolated pawn)
  • Pawn structures (hanging pawns)
  • Pawn structures (doubled pawns)
  • Pawn structures (pawn chain)
  • What is the correct plan?
  • Attack against a king in the center
  • Attack against a kingside-castled king
  • Attack against a queenside-castled king
  • Pawn storm against a castled king
  • Attack against opposite-side castled kings
  • Sacrifices on h7 (h2)
  • Sacrifices on h6 (h3)
  • Sacrifices on g7 (g2)
  • Sacrifices on g6 (g3)

Level 5B

  • Evaluation questions
  • Evaluation questions
  • Sacrifices on f7 (f2)
  • Sacrifices on f6 (f3)
  • French Defense
  • Petrov's Defense
  • Caro-Kann Defense
  • Scandinavian Defense
  • Pirc Defense
  • King's Indian Defense
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense
  • Knight and pawn endgame
  • Bishop and pawn endgame
  • Bishop vs Knight endgame
  • Rook endgame 1
  • Rook endgame 2
  • Piece interaction and competition
  • Bishop and Knight checkmate