Our Chess Curriculum

Structured training for every level, from beginners to advanced at CLEMENTI Academy

Beginner

Advance

Intermediate

Rating >1700

Go Checkmate – Pawn Curriculum (Beginners)

1. Chess Foundations

• Introduction to chess and board setup

• How each piece moves (Rook, Bishop, Queen, King, Knight, Pawn)

• Capturing, protecting, and safe squares

• Basic combat skills (defend first, then attack)

2. Special Rules & Game Endings

• Pawn promotion, castling, and en passant

• Piece teamwork and simple strategy

• Understanding check, checkmate, and stalemate

• How games end: win, lose, or draw

3. Checkmate Patterns & Traps

• One-move checkmates with different pieces

• Defending against quick mates

• Famous early-game checkmates (Scholar’s Mate, Fool’s Mate)

• Building awareness of threats

4. Opening Principles

• Three phases of the game (Opening, Middle, Endgame)

• Basic opening rules: development, center control, king safety

• Castling importance

• Punishing early mistakes

5. Middle Game Concepts

• Activating all pieces (especially Queen & Rooks)

• Creating threats and breaking open the center

• Batteries (piece coordination)

• Simplification and exchanges

• Learning from classic games

6. Endgame Essentials

• Pawn races and promotion battles

• Helping or stopping pawn promotion

• Key checkmate techniques: Two rooks mate

• King + Queen mate

• Two-move checkmates

Go Checkmate – Knight Curriculum (Intermediate)

1. Advanced Tactics

• Double Attack - (Knight, Queen, other pieces, even with checkmate).

• Pins - (how to pin, defend, and exploit pinned pieces).

• Skewers – Attacking stronger pieces to win weaker ones behind. Discovered Attacks & Double Checks

• Capture + Material

• Chase Away + Material

• Luring Away + Material

• Control Work

2. Checkmate Patterns - Students will master famous checkmates named after patterns or players, including:

• Back Rank Mate

• Smothered Mate

• Anastasia’s Mate

• Arabian Mate

• Boden’s Mate

• Epaulette Mate

• Dovetail Mate

• Opera Mate

3. Opening Knowledge

• Playing with White: Ruy Lopuz, Giuoco Piano

• Playing with Black: Italian Defense, Caro-Kann Defense, French Defense.

• Famous Opening Traps:

• Fried Liver Attack, Legal Trap, Petrov Copycat, Englund Gambit Learning Material Gains – Spotting how to win a Rook, Knight, Bishop, or Queen through traps and tactics.

4. Positional Play & Strategy

• Neutralizing Opponent’s Pieces – Handling strong enemy pieces.

• Why Did Opponent Move? – Always check for Checks, Captures, and Threats.

• When to Check / Trade / Counterattack – Decision-making in the middlegame.

• Positional Advantage – Understanding space, development, and activity.

5. Endgame Mastery

• Opposition Skills – Direct, Side, Diagonal, and Distant opposition with the King.

• Key Squares – Knowing critical pawn positions.

• King + Two Pawns vs King – Winning techniques.

• Queen vs Pawn on 7th Rank – Timing and tempo battles.

• One Rook Checkmate – Endgame technique.

• Checkmate in 3 Moves – Learning deeper finishing patterns.

Sunday

10:00 - 11:30 AM

Monthly Fee: 200$

Sunday

2:30 - 4:00 PM

Thursday

6:00 - 7:30 PM

Monthly Fee: 200$

Sunday

2:30 - 4:00 PM

Monthly Fee : 200$

Sunday

11:45 - 12:45 PM

Monthly Fee: 160$