Our Curriculum Overview

A Commitment to Excellence

Chess Matrix aims at offering all our students a broad and balanced curriculum that provides rewarding and stimulating activities to prepare them for the best results.

Whether it is our books or hands-on training, we make sure each student gets personal attention to cope up and flourish in every subject for better scores and a brighter future.

Beginner Course

->Chess Pieces and Boards

->Fundamentals

  • Attack
  • Defense
  • Trade
  • Piece Values
  • Gaining Advantage
  • Special Moves

->Introduction to Gameplay

->Chess Notations

Stage 1

->Opening Principles

->Checkmate Patterns

 ->Elementary Tactics

  • Fork
  • Pin
  • Skewer
  • Discover Attack
  • Double Check

->Checkmate Method – With major Pieces

Stage 2

->Opening Categories

  • Open Game
  • Semi-Open Game
  • Closed Game
  • Semi-Closed Game
  • Flank Openings

->Tactics

  • Decoy
  • Distraction
  • Undermining
  • Exploiting pin
  • Clearance
  • Zwischenzug
  •  Interference

->Checkmate Method – With Bishop Pair

->Combinations – Mate in 2

Stage 3

->Opening Theories

  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Scotch
  • Queen’s Gambit
  • Slav Defense
  • Sicilian Defense
  • Caro cann Defense
  • French Defense
  • Indian Defense
  • Dutch Defense
  • Englund Gambit

->Endgame Principles

->Checkmate – With Bishop and Knight

->Combinations – Mate in 3

Stage 4

->Opening Variations

  • Italian – Greco’s Attack
  • Italian – Pianissimo
  • Ruy Lopez – Marshal Attack
  • Sicilian – Najdorf 
  • Sicilian – Dragon 
  • French – Winawer
  • French – Advance
  • Caro – Advance
  • Caro – Main Line
  • King’s Indian Defense
  • Nimzo Indian Defense
  • Queen’s Indian Defense

->Strategic Ideas

  • Weakness
  • Pawn Structure
  • Minor piece play
  • Open Structure vs Closed Structure
  • Knight vs Bishops

->Ending Theories

->Combinations – Mate in 4