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Chess for Beginners

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5 sessions

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This series ended on July 29, 2022. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

We will plan to learn the basics of chess. We will learn how all the pieces move, strategies, and possibly some easy openings if people are interested. I also plan to do tournaments in the later sessions. I will be asking you to create a chess.com account to set up tournaments.

Tutored by

Samuel S 🇺🇸

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I'm a high school student from New York. In my spare time, I enjoy playing chess and tennis.

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

I recommend that you don't miss the first couple of sessions because we will cover the basics of playing chess during those sessions. If you are unable to come to a session please message me beforehand.

SESSION 1

25

Jul

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Mon 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTCJul 25, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTC

In this session, we will learn how the chess pieces move, the rules of chess, and learn some other moves such as castling and en passant.
SESSION 2

26

Jul

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Tue 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTCJul 26, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTC

In this session, we will go over strategies in chess and some chess puzzles. We will cover how to pin and fork pieces.
SESSION 3

27

Jul

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Wed 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTCJul 27, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTC

In this session, we will go over positions and how to take advantage of your opponent's position. We will also cover how to protect yourself if you are in a bad position.
SESSION 4

28

Jul

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Thu 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTCJul 28, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTC

In this session, we will first do puzzles and then try to play in some chess tournaments.
SESSION 5

29

Jul

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Fri 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTCJul 29, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTC

In our final session, we can do whatever you are most interested in doing. This could be playing chess variant games such as bughouse, more tournaments, or learning openings.

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Jul 25 - Jul 29

1 week

60 mins

/ session

SCHEDULE

Monday, Jul 25

12:00PM

Tuesday, Jul 26

12:00PM

Wednesday, Jul 27

12:00PM

Thursday, Jul 28

12:00PM

Friday, Jul 29

12:00PM