Next to the exercises pages there are theory pages in the workbook. These are short excerpts of material from the manual for the students.

Theory topics covered:

1. Activity of pieces
2. Targets of attack
3. Double attack: queen
4. The pin
5. Eliminating of the defence
6. The 3 golden rules
7. Double attack: RBNKp
8. Discovered attack
9. Defending against mate
10. The intermediate move