COURSES AND CLASSES
Comprehensive Course for a Chess Player
This course has been designed by one of the best and most successful trainers in the country, Mr. Srikrishna Udupa exclusively for Nalanda Chess Academy. The course will deliver all the structured material / knowledge / support required for the talented youngsters to succeed in the tournament environment and set them on course to mastery of the game at a very high level.
Based on the training methods which have produced some of the top Indian talents like GM Stany G A, Sri Ram Sarja, Yashas D, Srusti J Shetty, Kishan Gangolli, Nisha N Patkar, Shrishan, Anil S Shetty, Spoorthi Pai, Kedar Umesh Vaje, Akshay Halagannavar, Aditya B Kalyani, Akshatha R etc.
Beginners Batch
Children taking up the game for the first time will be taken for this course. The course includes:
| 1 | History and concept of chess game |
| 2 | Introduction to the chess board |
| 3 | File, Rank, Diagonal, Name of Squares |
| 4 | Name of the pieces |
| 5 | Arrangements of board & pieces |
| 6 | Movement of pieces |
| 7 | Comparitive value of pieces |
| 8 | Captures |
| 9 | Notations |
| 10 | Castling |
| 11 | En-Passant rule |
| 12 | Pawn promotion |
| 13 | Check & Check mate |
| 14 | Draw game |
| 15 | Stale mate |
| 16 | Reputation of position |
| 17 | 50 Move rule |
| 18 | Reading and recording the game |
| 19 | General principles & Rules of chess game |
| 20 | Playing practice |
| 21 | Mate in one move |
| 22 | Mate in two moves |
| 23 | Introduction to play with a chess Timer/clock |
A beginner batch student will be solving around 200 basic positions. The objective here is Theory /Practice Ratio - 50:50. A student successfully completing this module will be able to play a game of chess independently against an opponent according to FIDE laws of chess and will be eligible for promotion to the next level.