Chess Mastery Programme
From beginner fundamentals to tournament-ready strategy in 12 weeks
What You'll Learn
- Recognise and execute fundamental tactical patterns (forks, pins, skewers, sacrifices) within 30 seconds
- Play a coherent opening repertoire as both White and Black with understanding of the underlying plans
- Apply positional principles — weak squares, pawn structure, piece activity — to create winning advantages
- Convert endgame advantages confidently using key theoretical positions (Lucena, Philidor, opposition)
- Manage tournament time controls effectively and maintain focus through long competitive games
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Your Instructor
Chess — National Player, Bangladesh No. 8 (2024)
National chess player for Bangladesh and peak national No. 8 in 2024, ranked among the country's top 10 on the FIDE rating list.
Learn more about AnataFull Curriculum
- Piece values, movement, and basic checkmate patterns
- King safety: castling, pawn shelter, and avoiding back-rank threats
- Piece activity: developing pieces to active squares
- Basic pawn structures: isolated, doubled, and passed pawns
- Elementary combinations: forks, pins, skewers, and discovered attacks
- Double attacks and deflection sacrifices
- Removing the defender and overloaded pieces
- Calculation technique: candidate moves and forcing sequences
- Combination patterns: Greek gift, Bxh7+ sacrifice, smothered mate
- Tactical puzzle training methodology and pattern recognition drills
- Opening principles: centre control, development, and king safety
- Building a White repertoire: 1.e4 systems and key ideas
- Building a Black repertoire: responses to 1.e4 and 1.d4
- Understanding opening traps and how to avoid them
- Transitioning from opening to middlegame: identifying key plans
- Weak squares, outposts, and piece placement
- Pawn structure strategy: pawn majorities, pawn breaks, and pawn chains
- The bishop pair advantage and good vs bad bishops
- Space advantage and how to exploit or neutralise it
- Prophylaxis: preventing your opponent's plans
- Studying master games: Capablanca, Karpov, and positional classics
- King and pawn endgames: opposition, key squares, and the rule of the square
- Rook endgames: Lucena and Philidor positions, rook activity principles
- Minor piece endgames: bishop vs knight, same-coloured bishop endings
- Queen endgames: perpetual check patterns and winning techniques
- Practical endgame decision-making: when to trade and when to keep pieces
- Clock management: time controls, time pressure strategy, and increment play
- Pre-game preparation: studying opponents and choosing openings
- Handling nerves: mental resilience and focus during critical moments
- Post-game analysis: identifying mistakes and building a study plan
- Full-length simulated tournament games with classical time controls
- Rating improvement strategy and long-term training planning
Sample Problem
A taste of the competition-level problems you'll tackle.
Knight Fork Combination
In a middlegame position with balanced material, White finds a forcing sequence starting with a bishop sacrifice on h7, followed by Ng5+ and Qh5, leading to a knight fork winning Black's queen. The combination requires calculating 5 moves ahead with multiple forcing lines.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Module 1 starts from the fundamentals — piece movement, basic checkmates, and elementary tactics. We've designed the course so that someone who knows only the rules of chess can follow along. However, you should be prepared to practice daily, as chess improvement requires consistent puzzle-solving and game-playing alongside the lessons.
No minimum rating is required. The course is designed for players rated anywhere from unrated to approximately 1600 FIDE. If you're already above 1600, you may find the first few modules too basic, but the strategy, endgame, and tournament modules will still offer value. Contact us if you're unsure.
You'll need a free Lichess.org account (we use it for puzzle sets and online games) and a computer or tablet to work through the lessons and their interactive boards. A physical chess set is helpful but not required. We'll provide all study materials, PGN files, and puzzle databases.
We recommend 30-45 minutes daily: 15 minutes of tactical puzzles on Lichess, one 15-minute game, and 10 minutes reviewing that game. This consistent practice, combined with working steadily through the modules, is sufficient for significant improvement over the full programme.
Yes. The final module specifically covers tournament play — time management, pre-game preparation, handling pressure, and post-game analysis. We also run simulated tournament games with classical time controls so you experience the format before competing for real.
No. Every lesson is recorded and available from the moment you enrol, so you can work through the course at whatever pace suits you and revisit any lesson as often as you like. The 12-week structure is a suggested rhythm, not a deadline.
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Chess Mastery Programme · 6 modules · Beginner to Intermediate