Understand Chess Better / Beginner to Intermediate

This online chess course will take you beyond the Beginner Chess Level towards the Intermediate Chess Level.

This chess course is designed to give you knowledge of the ins of chess as well as a structure on what to concentrate on when studying chess to get closer to the Intermediate Chess Level.

While there are lots of chess courses available, this course will guide you through the jungle of all the chess material that is available out there by breaking the information into digestible bits.

This chess course is for chess players who have learnt how the chess pieces move, know all the main chess rules and would like to progress to the next level.

Improve at chess as you progress through the course!

In this course, I’ll equip you with the knowledge of what is important in chess. Also, there are assignments and extra resources in every section to put that newly gained knowledge into practice!

This chess course will cover all the main areas you need to know to leave the Beginner Chess Level behind.

What you will learn:

• chess notation

• the point value of the chess pieces

• how to start a chess game correctly

• what is important at different stages of the game

• a strategic value of chess pieces from the very start of the game

• chess pieces changing value throughout the game

• castling – its purpose and timing

• individual pawn weaknesses and strengths

• the types of the centre

• features of a pawn structure

How my course will help you to understand and play chess better?

• I’ll give you the pointers to help you when deciding on the moves in your chess games. By making a more informed decision you will be more in control of what happens in your game.

• Chess players rely on their previous knowledge of chess ideas. Therefore, I’ll point out the most popular openings for White and Black that withstood the test of time.

• Even though the middlegame is the most complicated stage of the game, there are some principles you can follow to know what to do. We will look at planning and chess tactics to help us out.

• We will touch base on the endgames as well. Here I will point out the activity of your ‘big’ pieces and the power of the pawns as two of the most critical areas in the last stage of the game.

What makes me qualified to teach you?

• My name is Dagne and I am the International Master with one Grandmaster norm as well as the Woman Grandmaster.

• My peak ELO rating is 2450.

• I have played professionally and taught chess for 35+ years.

• I have participated in 8 Women’s Chess Olympiads as well as the European Women’s Chess Championships.

• A gold medalist on the 1st board at the European Women’s Chess Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden.

• A qualifier of the last 16 players at the Women’s World Chess Championship 2001.

• A champion of the Zonal (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) Chess Tournament, a qualifier to the Women’s Candidates tournament.

• 4 times Lithuanian Women’s Chess Champion.

• The winner of many prizes in various chess tournaments.

Learn from me who is currently teaching chess professionally, who knows the best chess training techniques and who has the International Chess Master title!

Go ahead and click the enrol button, and I’ll see you in Lesson 1!

Dagne (DagneChess)

Who this course is for:

• Beginner chess players who would like to understand chess game better
• Adults starting their chess journey or coming back to chess after the break
• Junior chess players who would like more clarity in chess training