Advanced Beginners Chess Camp

Stronger Chess in Just 3 Hours! ⚡️

Advanced Beginners → This is YOUR chance!

Learn from Jaydeep Sharma – FIDE Certified Coach (Peak ELO 1945).

📅 Date: 11th October

⏳ Only 12 seats | 1-Day Power Camp

💡 Topics Covered:

* Endgames

* Pawn Play

* Weak Squares

* Open Files

* 7th Rank Fights

📍 Limited seats → first-come-first-serve

Price: 1200/-

3 hours

FRESHERS

Introduce the basics of chess, focusing on board setup, piece movements, and the fundamentals of gameplay. Every grandmaster was once a beginner. Your journey starts with the first move—embrace it!

Chess Board and Pieces:

1. Introduction to the chessboard layout (files, ranks, and diagonals)
2. Names and movements of each piece: pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, and king
3. Intrduction of Chess Board (Files & Ranks)
4. Value of Pieces, Chess Notation

Basic Rules of Chess:

1. Piece values and understanding captures
2. Legal moves, castling, en passant, and pawn promotion
3. Understanding check, checkmate, and stalemate

Game Basics & Puzzles:

1. Setting up the board
2. Basics of turns and move selection
3. Playing practice games to apply basic rules
4. Capture, Attack & Defense
5. Mate in 1 Move.

Endgame Basics:

1. Basic kingpawn Ending
2. Checkmate with 2 Rooks

Batch Schedule:

Sat & Sundays

Monday & Fridays

Trainer: Yogender Prakash

Batch Size: 10-12

Price: 4000/-

12 hour

BEGINNERS

Build on foundational skills with basic tactics and an introduction to strategic principles. Chess is not just a game of pieces, but of possibilities. Every move you make reveals a new path.

Opening Principles:

1. Control of the center
2. Developing pieces effectively
3. Early king safety and castling

Basic Tactics and Patterns:

1. Recognizing threats and simple captures
2. Basic tactics: pins, forks, skewers, and discovered attacks
3. Introduction to simple combinations
4. Types of Stalemates

Endgame Basics:

1. Understanding checkmating patterns with major pieces (e.g., king + queen vs. king, king + rook vs. king)
2. Basic pawn endings (king and pawn vs. king)

Practical Play:

1. Playing guided games with feedback on mistakes
2. Simple exercises to reinforce learned concepts

Openings Development:

1. Fundamental opening repertoires for white and black (e.g., Italian Game, Sicilian Defense basics)
2. Development and tempo in the opening phase
3. Capturing the Hanging Piece/Pawn

Weekend Beginners Batch

Class Schedule:

Saturday & Sunday - 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

1. Trainer: Yogender Prakash

Batch Size: 6 - 8

Price: 4000/-

12 hour

ADVANCED BEGINNERS

Strengthen tactical skills and introduce basic positional concepts. The beauty of chess lies in thinking beyond the obvious. Push your limits, and the board will open up to you.

Openings Development:

1. Fundamental opening repertoires for white and black (e.g., Italian Game, Sicilian Defense basics)
2. Development and tempo in the opening phase

Capturing the Hanging Piece/Pawn

Intermediate Tactics:

1. Double attacks and defensive tactics
2. Advanced pins, skewers, and discovered attacks
3. Back-rank tactics and threats on open files

Deflection, Windmill, Back Rank weakness, etc.

Positional Play:

1. Understanding weak squares and pawn structure
2. Basics of piece activity and coordination

Simple planning concepts and improving piece placement

Endgame Development:

1. Rook and pawn endgames (basic ideas of the Lucena and Philidor positions)
2. Opposition in pawn endgames
3. King activity in endgames

Advanced Beginners Batch

1. Monday - 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
2. Friday- 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
3. Trainer: Yogendra Prakash

Price: 6000/-

20 hour

INTERMEDIATE

Develop strategic thinking, positional understanding, and advanced tactics. Strength in chess comes from perseverance; the greatest moves often arise from the toughest challenges.

Opening Repertoire Expansion:

1. Deepening understanding of common openings (e.g., Ruy Lopez, Sicilian Defense variations, Queen’s Gambit)

Principles of opening preparation and responding to opponent’s moves

Advanced Tactics:

1. Complex tactics and combinations
2. Removing the defender, deflection, decoy tactics
3. Complex examples of pins, skewers, and forks

Positional Concepts:

1. Advanced pawn structures (isolated pawns, backward pawns, doubled pawns)
2. Outposts and weak squares
3. Good vs. bad bishops, knights vs. bishops dynamics

Planning and Strategy:

1. Basics of formulating a plan based on the position
2. Recognizing imbalances and exploiting them
3. Transitioning between opening, middlegame, and endgame phases

Endgame Strategy:

1. More advanced rook endgames and concepts (e.g., the Vancura position)
2. Knight and bishop endgames
3. Opposition, triangulation, and zugzwang in endgames

Intermediate Batch

Class Schedule:

Tuesday & Thursday - 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

1. Trainer: IM Hemant Sharma

Batch Size: 8

Price: 4000/-

8 hour

ADVANCED

Mastery of chess principles with a focus on advanced strategy, in-depth analysis, and competitive preparation. Chess mastery is a blend of vision and precision. The board is yours to conquer—one brilliant move at a time.

Opening Mastery:

1. Deep study of individual openings with multiple variations (e.g., Najdorf, King’s Indian Defense, English Opening)
2. Opening theory updates and understanding opening novelties
3. Preparing for specific opponents in tournaments

Advanced Positional Play:

1. Identifying and exploiting weaknesses in complex positions

Positional sacrifices for long-term compensation

In-Depth Strategy and Planning:

1. Long-term strategic planning based on specific positions
2. Recognizing and exploiting imbalances
3. Understanding prophylaxis (anticipating opponent’s plans)

Complex Endgames:

1. Mastering endgames with multiple pieces (e.g., rook and pawn vs. rook, opposite-colored bishop endings)
2. Understanding fortress positions and drawing techniques
3. Advanced king and pawn endgames

Tournament and Game Analysis:

1. Analyzing own games and classic master games for improvement
2. Practical exercises in calculation and visualization
3. Psychological preparation for tournaments and maintaining focus during long games

Advanced Batch

Class Schedule:

To be announced

1. Trainer: IM Vishal Sareen

Price: 9000/-

5 hour