DESCRIPTION of the CURRICULUM
LEVEL 1

Lesson 1 The Chess Board: Chess Coordinates, Ranks, Files and Diagonals
Lesson 2 The Chess Pieces: Introduction
Lesson 3 More about the Chess Board: Center, King’s and Queen’s Side
Lesson 4 How Pawns Move
Lesson 5 How Pawns Capture
Lesson 6 How Pawns Promote
Lesson 7 How the King Moves and Captures
Lesson 8 Exercises with King and Pawns
Lesson 9 A Special Pawn Move: En passant
Lesson 10 How Rooks Move and Capture
Lesson 11 Exercises with Rooks and Pawns
Lesson 12 How Bishops Move and Capture
Lesson 13 Exercises with Bishops, Rooks and Pawns
Lesson 14 How the Queen Moves and Captures
Lesson 15 Review
Lesson 16 Exercises with Pawns, Bishops, Rooks, Queen and King
Lesson 17 How Knights Move and Capture
Lesson 18 Exercises with Various Pieces
Lesson 19 Check and Three Ways to Defend
Lesson 20 Checkmate
Lesson 21 Check and Checkmate Puzzles
Lesson 22 Stalemate
Lesson 23 Review
Lesson 24 A Special King Move: Castling
Lesson 25 Castling Puzzles
Lesson 26 Basic Mates with a Rook
Lesson 27 Basic Mates with Two Rooks or “Ladder Mates
Lesson 28 Basic Mates with a Rook or Queen or “Back Rank Mates
Lesson 29 Basic Mates with the Queen
Lesson 30 Basic Mates with a Knight, Bishop or Pawn
Lesson 31 Mate in One with a Rook
Lesson 32 Mate in One with Two Rooks
Lesson 33 Mate in One with the Queen
Lesson 34 Mate in One with a Knight
Lesson 35 Mate in One with a Bishop
Lesson 36 Mate in One with a Pawn