Level
Level 0. Rating:
0 - 200
(Introduction)
Level 1. Rating
200 600
(Beginner)
Level 2.
Rating: 600 1000
Level 3.
Rating: 10001200.
Level 4.
Rating: 1200 1400.
Level 5.
Rating: 1400 1600.
Level 6.
Rating: 16001800
Content
How pieces
move and
capture. The
concepts of
mate, check and
stalemate. The
initial position,
castling,
capturing en
passant and
pawn
promotion.
Board
geometry.
Value of
pieces.
Mating in 1
move in
positions with
few pieces on
the board.
Finding
unprotected
pieces and
picking best
captures.
Mating a bare
king with two
major pieces.
Chess notation.
Scholars mate
and how to
counter it.
Mating in 1
move in
positions with
many pieces
on the board.
Mating with
king and
queen or rook.
Spotting and
defending
unprotected
pieces. The
rule of the
square and
what it means
in the
endgame.
Double attack,
fork, pin.
Basic opening
principles
(piece
development).
Spotting
simple
opportunities
to use the
motifs:
discovered
check,
undermining.
Spotting and
protecting
pieces in
danger.
Defending
against mate
in 1 move.
Basic
principles of
chess endings
king+pawn vs
king. Passed
pawns. The
names and
first moves of
some
openings.
Finding
simple decoy,
deflection and
interference
combinations.
Finding forced
mates in 2
moves. Main
principles of
playing
rook+pawn vs
rook.
Occupying
open lines.
The center.
The names
and first
moves of all
main
openings.
Finding
medium
difficulty
decoy,
distraction and
interference
combinations.
Spotting and
calculating
complex
mates in 2
moves.
Defending
against mate
and other
threats.
Good and
bad pieces.
Favorable and
unfavorable
exchange.
Strong and
weak squares.
Aims and
basic theory of
common
openings.
Basic
principles of
pawn and rook
endings
(opposition,
rook behind
passed pawns
etc)
Complex
combinations
on decoy
deflection,
interference,
undermining.
Spotting forced
mates in 3-4
moves.
Endings with
same-squared
or differentsquared
bishops. Key
positions in
rook, bishop
and pawn
endings.
Typical pawn
structures:
isolated and
dangling
pawns, their
advantages and
disadvantages.
Typical
maneuvers.
Solid
knowledge of
all main lines
in chosen
openings.
Level 7.
Rating:
1800 2000
Spotting
and
devising
multi-move
combinatio
ns. Main
strategy
principles
and
maneuvers.
Advanced
knowledge
of opening
and
endgame
maneuvers.
Base skills
used in
middlegam
e.
Analyzing
piece
positions to
evaluate
the
situation
on the
board and
devise
simple
plans.
Knowing
typical
combinatio
ns and
plans in
Level 8.
Rating: 2000 2200
Solid
understanding
of middlegame
and typical
combinations
in various
openings.
Discerning the
opponents
plans and
building
counterplans.
Preventive
measures and
maneuvering
in different
stages of play.
Level 9.
Rating:
2200 - 2400
and above
Deep
understandi
ng of all
stages of
play.
Modern
trends in
opening
theory.
Employing
dynamic
and static
positional
factors
when
devising a
plan.
Mastery in
all endings.
played
openings.
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