Lessons Glyphs
A Visual Path to Chess Mastery
New | Learn to Play Chess | The King | piece-fill-king | |
New | Learn to Play Chess | The Queen | piece-fill-queen | |
New | Learn to Play Chess | The Rook | piece-fill-rook | |
New | Learn to Play Chess | The Bishop | piece-fill-bishop | |
New | Learn to Play Chess | The Knight | piece-fill-knight | |
New | Learn to Play Chess | The Pawn | piece-fill-pawn | |
New | Learn to Play Chess | Pawn Promotion | game-promotion | |
New | Learn to Play Chess | Setting Up The Board | board | |
New | Playing the Game | The Language Of Chess | message-bubble-fill-pawn | |
New | Playing the Game | Moving And Capturing | hand-pawn | |
New | Playing the Game | Check | mark-plus | |
New | Playing the Game | Getting Out Of Check | piece-rush-right-king | |
New | Playing the Game | Checkmate | mark-hash | |
New | Playing the Game | Fastest Checkmate | game-time-blitz | |
New | Playing the Game | Stalemate | piece-simple-king-off | |
New | Playing the Game | Other Draws | hand-shake | |
New | Playing the Game | Castling | piece-combo-king-rook | |
New | Playing the Game | En Passant | piece-pawn-enpassant-1 | |
New | Playing the Game | Finding The Right Move | board-magnify-inspect | |
New | Playing the Game | Playing A Game | board-analysis | |
Beginner | Opening Principles | Control The Center | circle-target-practice | |
Beginner | Opening Principles | Develop Your Pieces | board-badge-arrow-top | |
Beginner | Opening Principles | Protect Your King | piece-shield-king | |
Beginner | Opening Principles | Active Pieces | piece-knight-fork | |
Beginner | Opening Principles | Phases Of The Game | game-phases | |
Beginner | Winning The Game | The 4-Move Checkmate | move-circle-winner | |
Beginner | Winning The Game | Assisted Checkmate | piece-combo-queen-pawn | |
Beginner | Winning The Game | Checkmate With Two Rooks | piece-pair-rook-mate | |
Beginner | Winning The Game | Checkmate With The Queen | piece-badge-queen-mate | |
Beginner | Winning The Game | Checkmate With The Rook | piece-badge-rook-mate | |
Beginner | Capturing Pieces | Evaluating Captures | graph-bars-piece-pawn | |
Beginner | Capturing Pieces | Tactics And Hanging Pieces | piece-knight-fork | |
Beginner | Capturing Pieces | Counting Captures | tool-scale | |
Beginner | Capturing Pieces | Forks | game-tactic-fork | |
Beginner | Capturing Pieces | Pins | game-tactic-pin | |
Beginner | Capturing Pieces | Piling Up | square-fill-stack-3D | |
Beginner | Capturing Pieces | Skewers | game-tactic-skewer | |
Beginner | Capturing Pieces | Avoiding Bad Trades | circle-block | |
Beginner | Capturing Pieces | Your Opponent's Move | hand-gesture-left-pointing-top | |
Beginner | Finding Checkmate | Pawn Race | piece-rush-right-pawn | |
Beginner | Finding Checkmate | Back Rank Checkmates | board-magnify-enhance | |
Beginner | Finding Checkmate | Weak Targets :f2 and f7 | game-type-boardvision | |
Beginner | Finding Checkmate | King Safety | piece-shield-king | |
Beginner | Finding Checkmate | Don't Just Check | mark-plus-off | |
Beginner | Finding Checkmate | Checkmate In Two Moves | move-mate-2 | |
Beginner | Intro To Book Openings | 1. e4 Openings for Beginners (White) | document-book-e | |
Beginner | Intro To Book Openings | 1. d4 Openings for Beginners (White) | document-book-d | |
Beginner | Intro To Book Openings | Intro to 1.e4 Defenses for Black (1...e5 and 1...c5) | document-book-e-badge-left | |
Beginner | Intro To Book Openings | Intro to 1.e4 Defenses for Black (1...e6, 1...c6, and 1...d5) | document-book-e-badge-left | |
Beginner | Intro To Book Openings | 1. d4 Openings for Beginners (Black) | document-book-d-badge-left | |
Intermediate | Make The Most Of Your Pieces | Using Your Knights | piece-pair-knight | |
Intermediate | Make The Most Of Your Pieces | Using Your Bishops | piece-pair-bishop | |
Intermediate | Make The Most Of Your Pieces | Using Your Rooks | piece-pair-rook | |
Intermediate | Make The Most Of Your Pieces | Using Your Queen | piece-fill-queen | |
Intermediate | Make The Most Of Your Pieces | Using Your King | piece-fill-king | |
Intermediate | Make The Most Of Your Pieces | Using Your Pawns | piece-pair-pawn | |
Intermediate | Make The Most Of Your Pieces | Pieces Working Together | pieces-all | |
Intermediate | Understanding Endgames | Passed Pawns | piece-pawn-passing | |
Intermediate | Understanding Endgames | Escort The Pawn | hand-pawn-hold | |
Intermediate | Understanding Endgames | Sacrificing To Promote | trophy-medal-badge-king | |
Intermediate | Understanding Endgames | 3 vs 3 Pawn Breakthrough | piece-pawn-3 | |
Intermediate | Understanding Endgames | Exchanging Down To Win | arrows-triangle-shuffle | |
Intermediate | Understanding Endgames | Rule Of The Square | tool-crop | |
Intermediate | Understanding Endgames | Creating A Passed Pawn | piece-active-pawn | |
Intermediate | Winning With Tactics | Sacrificing To Win | game-type-teammatch | |
Intermediate | Winning With Tactics | Trapped Piece | piece-trapped-rook | |
Intermediate | Winning With Tactics | Discovered Attack | local-door-right-exit | |
Intermediate | Winning With Tactics | Discovered Check | local-door-right-plus | |
Intermediate | Winning With Tactics | Double Check | move-check-2 | |
Intermediate | Winning With Tactics | Remove The Defender | utility-shield-off | |
Intermediate | Winning With Tactics | Smothered Mate | move-mate-smothered | |
Intermediate | Winning With Tactics | Deflection | arrow-triangle-deflection-horizontal-bottom-right | |
Intermediate | Winning With Tactics | Decoy | game-type-duck | |
Intermediate | Winning With Tactics | Desperado and Zwischenzug | game-type-capture-anything | |
Intermediate | Forcing Moves | Powerful Moves | emote-arm-flex | |
Intermediate | Forcing Moves | Combinations | square-fill-stack-plus | |
Intermediate | Forcing Moves | Checkmate In Three Moves | move-mate-3 | |
Intermediate | Forcing Moves | Queen Sacrifices | piece-simple-queen-off | |
Intermediate | Forcing Moves | Saving Draws | utility-rescue-ring | |
Intermediate | Reading The Board | Pawn Structures | piece-pawn-structure-2 | |
Intermediate | Reading The Board | Pawn Chains | piece-pawn-chain | |
Intermediate | Reading The Board | Space | arrows-triangle-expand-concentric | |
Intermediate | Reading The Board | Open-Closed, Semi Open Games | tool-lock-open-close | |
Intermediate | Reading The Board | Push Capture Or Ignore | board-badge-question | |
Intermediate | Reading The Board | When To Trade Pieces | utility-balance | |
Intermediate | Reading The Board | Advanced Chess Notation | document-blog | |
Advanced | Key Openings | Offbeat Openings | emote-face-wink-tongue | |
Advanced | Key Openings | Popular 1.e4 Openings | document-book-e | |
Advanced | Key Openings | Popular 1.e4 Openings: The Sicilian Defense | game-opening-sicilian | |
Advanced | Key Openings |
Popular 1.e4 Openings: The French And Caro Kann
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game-opening-french | |
Advanced | Key Openings | Popular 1.d4 Openings | document-book-d | |
Advanced | Key Openings | Popular 1.d4 Openings: 1...Nf6, Dutch Defense | game-opening-dutch | |
Advanced | Key Openings | Gambits | piece-pawn-gambit | |
Advanced | Key Openings | Opening Traps | document-box-trap | |
Advanced | Choosing The Best Move | How To Choose A Move | arrow-fork-vertical | |
Advanced | Choosing The Best Move | Making A Plan | layout-list-check-complete | |
Advanced | Choosing The Best Move | Positional Play | board-pointing | |
Advanced | Choosing The Best Move | Good & Bad Pieces | circles-plus-minus | |
Advanced | Choosing The Best Move | Playing A Bad Position | board-badge-warning | |
Advanced | Choosing The Best Move | When You're Losing | hand-thumbs-down | |
Advanced | Choosing The Best Move | Winning The Won Game | graph-bars-star | |
Advanced | Choosing The Best Move | Overcoming Your Emotions | emote-face-happy-sad | |
Advanced | Activating Your Pieces | Breakthrough | game-type-nocastle | |
Advanced | Activating Your Pieces | Pawns In The Middlegame | board-game-middle-pawn | |
Advanced | Activating Your Pieces | Blockading Pawns | piece-shield-pawn | |
Advanced | Activating Your Pieces | Isolated And Hanging Pawns | piece-badge-pawn-question | |
Advanced | Activating Your Pieces | Outposts | piece-knight-outpost | |
Advanced | Activating Your Pieces | Using The Bishop Pair | piece-pair-bishop | |
Advanced | Activating Your Pieces | Bishops Vs Knights | piece-combo-bishop-knight | |
Advanced | Activating Your Pieces | Batteries | piece-pair-rook-battery | |
Advanced | Activating Your Pieces | Pigs On The Seventh Rank | game-tactic-pig | |
Advanced | Activating Your Pieces | Windmill | game-tactic-windmill | |
Advanced | Advanced Endgames | Endgame Principles | time-hourglass-3 | |
Advanced | Advanced Endgames | Common Rook Endgames | piece-combo-rook-pawn | |
Advanced | Advanced Endgames | King Opposition | piece-opposites-king | |
Advanced | Advanced Endgames | Zugzwang | arrow-fork-triple | |
Advanced | Advanced Endgames | Opposite Colored Bishops In The Endgame | piece-opposites-bishop | |
Advanced | Attacking The King | King In Danger | piece-badge-king-danger | |
Advanced | Attacking The King | Attacking The Castled King | piece-combo-king-rook | |
Advanced | Attacking The King | Advanced Checkmating Patterns | square-fill-mate | |
Advanced | Attacking The King | Mating Net | move-mate-net | |
Advanced | Attacking The King | Provoking Weaknesses | game-weakness | |
Advanced | Attacking The King | Pawn Storms | piece-pawn-storm | |
Advanced | Attacking The King | Defending The King | piece-shield-king | |
Advanced | Advanced Tactics | Exchange Sacrifices | piece-rook-knight | |
Advanced | Advanced Tactics | Clearance Sacrifices | utility-tag-blank | |
Advanced | Advanced Tactics | Overloading | circle-dashboard-fill-high | |
Advanced | Advanced Tactics | Interference | game-drill | |
Advanced | Advanced Tactics | Underpromotion | piece-rook-knight-bishop | |
Advanced | Endgame Patterns | Distant Opposition | arrows-triangle-oppositive-vertical | |
Advanced | Endgame Patterns | Triangulation | graph-nodes-triangulate | |
Advanced | Endgame Patterns | Lucena Position | piece-combo-king-pawn | |
Advanced | Endgame Patterns | Philidor Position | piece-horizontal-rook | |
Advanced | Endgame Patterns | Pieces And Pawns | piece-combo-knight-pawn | |
Advanced | Endgame Patterns | Queen vs Pawn | piece-combo-queen-pawn | |
Advanced | Endgame Patterns | Two Bishop Checkmate | piece-pair-bishop |