Saitek Chess Academy Quick Start Manual page 7

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LEARNING THE RULES
LESSON
1 Notation (board, squares) ............... tu
2 Moving King + Queen ..................... tu
3 Check ............................................. tu
4 Mate ................................................ tu
5 Moving Rook + Bishop + Knight ..... tu
6 Moving pawn .................................. tu
7 Pawn promotion .............................. tu
8 Piece values ................................... tu
9 Special rules: En passant ............... tu
10 Special rules: Castling .................... tu 10
SIMPLE ENDGAMES
LESSON
11 King + Queen .................................. tu 11
12 King + Rook .................................... tu 12
13 King + 2 Bishops ............................. tu 13
14 King + 2 Knights ............................. tu 14
15 King + Bishop + Knight ................... tu 15
16 Opposition I: King + pawn ............... tu 16
17 Rule of Square: King + pawn .......... tu 17
18 Zugzwang: King + pawn ................. tu 18
19 Opposition II: King + pawn .............. tu 19
20 Promotion: King + pawn ................. tu 20
GOLDEN OPENING RULES
LESSON
21 Central pawns ................................. tu 21
22 Center control ................................. tu 22
23 Develop with threat ......................... tu 23
24 First Knight, then Bishop ................ tu 24
25 Move piece only once ..................... tu 25
26 No unmotivated pawn moves ......... tu 26
27 Castling (safety) .............................. tu 27
28 Don't develop Queen too early ....... tu 28
29 Strong center squares .................... tu 29
30 Opening traps ................................. tu 30
OPENING SYSTEMS I
LESSON
31 Names of openings ......................... tu 31
32 Open games: Italian ....................... tu 32
33 Open games: Spanish .................... tu 33
34 Open games: King/Center Gambit . tu 34
35 Open games: Russian .................... tu 35
36 Open games: Scottish .................... tu 36
37 Semi-open games: Sicilian ............. tu 37
38 Semi-open games: French ............. tu 38
39 Semi-open games: Caro-Kann ....... tu 39
40 Semi-open games: Scandinavian ... tu 40
OPENING SYSTEMS II
LESSON
41 Semi-open games: Alekhine ........... tu 41
42 Closed games: Queen's Gambit ..... tu 42
43 Closed games: King's Indian .......... tu 43
44 Closed games: Gruenfeld Indian .... tu 44
45 Closed games: Nimzo-Indian .......... tu 45
46 Closed games: Queen's Indian ....... tu 46
47 Dutch Defense ................................ tu 47
48 English Opening ............................. tu 48
49 Various gambits .............................. tu 49
50 Special openings ............................ tu 50
For detailed instructions, see Section 4.
TACTICS/COMBINATIONS
ALTERNATING DISPLAY
LESSON
1 nOtAt -- 51 Sacrifices ........................................ tu 51
2 rULES %& 52 Tricky (feigned) sacrifices ............... tu 52
3 CHEC -- 53 Pins ................................................. tu 53
4 MAtE -- 54 Pawn forks ...................................... tu 54
5 rULES @#$ 55 Knight forks ..................................... tu 55
6 rULES ! 56 Discovered check ........................... tu 56
7 PROmO -- 57 Double discovered check ............... tu 57
8 COUnt -- 58 Steering .......................................... tu 58
9 EnPAS -- 59 Diversion ......................................... tu 59
CASt -- 60 Practice positions ........................... tu 60
PAWN STRUCTURE
ALTERNATING DISPLAY LESSON
EndGA %& 61 Pawn definitions I ........................... tu 61
EndGA $& 62 Pawn definitions II .......................... tu 62
EndGA #& 63 Pawn structures .............................. tu 63
EndGA @& 64 Central pawns ................................. tu 64
EndGA @#& 65 Isolanis ........................................... tu 65
OPPOS !& 66 Doubled pawns ............................... tu 66
SQUAr !& 67 Outside pawns ................................ tu 67
FOrCE !& 68 Backward pawns ............................ tu 68
OPPOS !& 69 Pawn storm ..................................... tu 69
PrOmO !& 70 Stalemate ....................................... tu 70
TYPICAL MATING SCHEMES
ALTERNATING DISPLAY LESSON
Cent ! 71 Back-rank mate .............................. tu 71
COnt -- 72 Smothered mate ............................. tu 72
dEvEL -- 73 Arabian mate .................................. tu 73
First -- 74 Anastasia mate ............................... tu 74
75 Greco's mate .................................. tu 75
OncE --
MOtIv -- 76 Reti's mate ...................................... tu 76
77 Morphy's mate ................................ tu 77
CASt --
78 Damiano's mate .............................. tu 78
dEvEL %
79 Swallowtail mate ............................. tu 79
CEnt --
80 Epaulette mate ............................... tu 80
trAPS --
SAMPLE GAMES
ALTERNATING DISPLAY LESSON
nAmES -- 81 Well-known teen games ................. tu 81
Ital -- 82 Well-known teen games ................. tu 82
SPan -- 83 Well-known teen games ................. tu 83
Gbit -- 84 Well-known teen games ................. tu 84
ruSS -- 85 Famous games ............................... tu 85
Scot -- 86 Famous games ............................... tu 86
Sici -- 87 Famous games ............................... tu 87
Fran -- 88 Young and wild (Kramnik) ............... tu 88
Caro -- 89 Young and wild (Topalov) ................ tu 89
Scan -- 90 Young and wild (Anand) .................. tu 90
WORLD CHAMPIONS
ALTERNATING DISPLAY LESSON
ALEn -- 91 Steinitz ............................................ tu 91
Gbit % 92 Lasker ............................................. tu 92
Indˆ & 93 Capablanca .................................... tu 93
Grun -- 94 Euwe ............................................... tu 94
Ntch -- 95 Botvinnik ......................................... tu 95
Indˆ % 96 Tal ................................................... tu 96
Holl -- 97 Petrosian ........................................ tu 97
EnGL -- 98 Spassky .......................................... tu 98
GbitS -- 99 Karpov ............................................ tu 99
SPEC -- 100 Kasparov ........................................ tu100
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ALTERNATING DISPLAY
SACrI --
trIC --
PInS --
FOr !
FOr @
dISCO --
dOUbL --
StEEr --
dISIO --
PrAC --
ALTERNATING DISPLAY
dEFI --
dEFI --
StrUC --
CEnt --
ISOLA --
dOUbL --
OUtPA --
bACPA --
StOrm --
StALE --
ALTERNATING DISPLAY
bACrA --
SNOtH --
ArAb --
AnAS --
GrECO --
rEtI --
MOrPH --
dANIA --
TAIL --
EPAUL --
ALTERNATING DISPLAY
tEEnS --
tEEnS --
tEEnS --
tEEnS --
FAmE --
FAmE --
FAmE --
YOUnG --
YOUnG --
YOUnG --
ALTERNATING DISPLAY
StEIn --
LASK --
CAPA --
EUE --
bOt --
tAL --
PEtrO --
SPASS --
KArPO --
KASPA --