Level 2: Beginner Course

Duration: 6–9 Months

Goal: Strengthen fundamentals, reduce mistakes, and develop confidence in practical games.

Course Content:

Month 1–2: Strengthening Core Skills

• Revision of chess rules and board concepts

• Piece activity and coordination

• Understanding strong vs weak moves

• Piece exchanges and when to trade

• Identifying hanging and undefended pieces

• Attack and defense balance

• Improving calculation of simple moves

Month 3–4: Opening Fundamentals

• Opening principles in depth

• Center control and development

• King safety

• Avoiding common opening mistakes

• Introduction to opening systems:

• Italian Game

• Four Knights Game

• Simple responses against e4

• Simple responses against d4

• Building a basic opening routine

Month 5–6: Tactical Development

• Fork

• Pin

• Skewer

• Double attack

• Discovered attack

• Discovered check

• Removing defenders

• Basic sacrifices

• Mate in 2 and Mate in 3 patterns

• Puzzle-solving practice

Month 7–9: Endgames and Practical Play

• Basic king and pawn endgames

• Opposition concept

• King + Queen checkmate

• King + Rook checkmate

• Introduction to chess clocks

• Rapid game practice

• Weekly tournaments

• Guided game analysis

• Performance tracking and improvement sessions

Expected Outcome After Completion:

✔️ Play games with confidence and fewer blunders

✔️ Understand basic opening ideas

✔️ Recognize common tactical patterns quickly

✔️ Handle simple endgames

✔️ Be prepared for Intermediate Level training for age 7-13

Roman Chess Academy

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