Step 3 Manual

Manual for chess trainers Step 3

Contents:

Introductory articles about:

  • Thinking ahead
  • Knowledge and skills
  • Homework
  • Training games
  • Discussing the games
  • Help
  • Competition systems

Then the 17 lessons follow:

  1. Completing the opening
  2. Discovered and double check
  3. Attack on a pinned piece
  4. Mate in two (access)
  5. The square of the pawn
  6. Eliminating of the defence
  7. Defending against the double attack
  8. Mini plan
  9. Draw
  10. X-ray
  11. The opening
  12. Defending against the pin
  13. Mobility
  14. Key squares (1)
  15. Pinned pieces
  16. Threats
  17. Key squares (2)

Further 14 lessons for the plus workbook.

  1. The X-ray effect
  2. Pinned pieces
  3. The rook pawn
  4. The intermediate move
  5. Vulnerability in the opening
  6. Mini plans
  7. Mate
  8. Elimination of the defence
  9. Under-promotion
  10. Development
  11. Pinning
  12. Defend against mate
  13. The square of the pawn
  14. The discovered attack