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.
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Schedule
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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
SESSION 1
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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
SESSION 2
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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
SESSION 5
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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.