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Level 4 Chess Book

This document contains tips and exercises from a chess tutorial. It includes information on how students can earn points, tips for different chess strategies and tactics like pins, forks, trades, and smothered mate. It also includes chess puzzles and quizzes for students to complete.

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Level 4 Chess Book

This document contains tips and exercises from a chess tutorial. It includes information on how students can earn points, tips for different chess strategies and tactics like pins, forks, trades, and smothered mate. It also includes chess puzzles and quizzes for students to complete.

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Name:

Date:
Teacher :

Information :

1-You can get 10 points per page. Only when you get the correct
answer.
2- When you finish your exercices book, you can try to pass a test
and win 200 points and pass to next level.
3-Do it alone ! The objective is to learn not to copy on your
classmates !!!!
/4

Tips: Beginners loves giving checks. But it's not always good to give a
check.

White has just moved his queen to a4 Can black give a good check ?
checking the black king. It is a good Yes/ No ? Why ?
idea ?
Yes / No ? Why ?

Oh no, black got forked.


Can black give a good check ?
Do you have any solution for
Yes/ No ? Why ?
them?
/4

Tips: The f-pawn is very weak as it is only defended by the king. After
we can castle this pawn becomes stronger because it is also defended
by the rook.
Advanced puzzle with the
f-Pawn. /4
On the way to level 5 :

Sacrifice and double attack Threatening checkmate


White turn White turn

Sacrifice and attack Double threats


White turn White turn
/4
OPPOSITION:
Tips: Mastering this concept can help you win or save a lost position.

White to move. Who can Black to move. Who can win


win or make a draw ? How ? or make a draw ? How ?

White to move. Who can Black. How to make a draw ?


win or make a draw ? How ?
/4
Tactics: Deflection and Decoy!
Tips: Those tactics will help you win games very easily.
"Deflecting" means forcibly taking the defense away.
Most deflection tactics come about when a piece is “overworked.
That means it has too many defensive duties at once.
Other
Deflection /4
puzzles:
/4

Tips: One more essential tactic to know to surprise your opponant.


The first step to finding a removal tactic is to recognize the weakness.
Only when you know the target can you find the way to remove its last
defenders
Other remove
the defender /4
puzzles:
Tips: Thinking "what if?" is often the key to finding winning tactics!
/4
Tips: An equal trade is not always equal. Sometimes you can
destroy the pawn structure, remove an active piece or a good
defender of the king.

Why should you trade your Why should you trade your
bishop for his knight ? bishop with his bishop ?

Should you trade your bishop Should you try to trade pieces ?
for his knight ? Why ?
/4
Part 2:
Equal trade are great when your king is in danger, when you have more
material.

Why should you trade your bishop with his


Find a forcing trade that will help you to
bishop ?
win

Should you try to trade queen ? Why ? Should you try to trade knigth? Why ? How
How ? ?
/4
PUT PREASSURE ON THE PINNED PIECE
Tips: Don’t eat a pinned piece too fast. When a piece is pinned, it can't
move! Or at least, moving the piece might lose something! Bring more
attackers to take advantage of the pinned piece.

Spot the pinned piece. Put more


preassure on it. Spot the pinned piece. Put more
preassure on it.

Spot the pinned piece. Put more Spot the pinned piece. Put more
preassure on it. preassure on it.
/4

STAFFORD GAMBIT
Tips: Let’s be clear, if your opponant does not this opening, he is dead.
If you love tactics, you will love this opening.

Black to move
Start the Stafford Gambit Black to move

Black to move Black to move


/4
Black to move
STAFFORD GAMBIT
PART 2 :

Black to move Black to move

Black to move Black to move


/4

SMOTHERED MATE:
Tips: Surprise your opponant with this mate !
Other
smothered /4
mate puzzles:
Final Quiz:

•1) How many openings do you know


? Write their names bellow ?

•2) How many tactics do you know ?


Write their name bellow ?

•3) If you have a chess.com account,


what is your Elo in Blitz and rapid ?

•4) Write the name of all the chess


champions you know ?

•5) Who could you teach chess to ?

•6) Why do you like chess ?


• 1- You start to be a good chess player. You should create a
chess account on chess.com. Try to play at least 1 game a
week at 15minutes + 10 secondes per move.
Take your time, think carefully and analysis your mistake.
You can ask your coach his opinion about your game.

• 2-Solve as many puzzles as you can. Don’t move the pieces


until you are super sure and you saw all the variantion.

• 3-Take your time and calculate more during your game.

• 4- Before playing any move always look at:

Checks
Capture
Threats

Look those options for you and for your opponant.

• 5- Try to spot the strategic mistakes of your opponant and


take advantage of them.

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