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Chess from English, 199 Units (2026/05/12):
ELO
Max Score (ELO): 1500
1892 lessons
199 different lessons

Section 1 (6 Units) ELO 200
Section 2 (25 Units) ELO 500
Section 3 (24 Units) ELO 800
Section 4 (24 Units) ELO 1000
Section 5 (24 Units) ELO 1100
Section 6 (48 Units) ELO 1200
Section 7 (48 Units) ELO 1500

Section 1 (6 Units) ELO 200:
Learn the basic rules and how the pieces move.

1 1 Piece movement
1 2 Capturing and attacking
1 3 Defending your pieces
1 4 Check, attacking the king
1 5 Checkmate, the point of the game
1 6 Starting the game

Section 2 (25 Units) ELO 500:
Develop basic tactics like pins and forks.

2 1 Piece value and favorable captures
2 2 Safety and checkmate practice
2 3 Practicing a match
2 4 Stalemate and checkmate patterns
2 5 Exchanges
2 6 Pawn promotion and races
2 7 Forks
2 8 Checkmate practice
2 9 Absolute pins
2 10 Understanding the pawn
2 11 Practicing planning for checkmate
2 12 Continuing the opening
2 13 Exploiting pins
2 14 Smothered mate and skewers
2 15 Sacrifice
2 16 Discovered and double attacks
2 17 Discovered and double check
2 18 Checkmate tactics
2 19 Battery
2 20 Removing defenses and connecting rooks
2 21 Gaining material
2 22 Piling up on pins
2 23 Intermediate moves
2 24 Defending against mate
2 25 Common endgame practice

Section 3 (24 Units) ELO 800:
Carry out skewers and escape pins.

3 1 Forcing moves and double checkmate
3 2 Forks and Lolli’s mate
3 3 Pins and cross pins
3 4 Forcing draws
3 5 Escaping forks
3 6 Escaping pins
3 7 Mastering discovered and double attacks
3 8 Understanding the rook
3 9 Clearance sacrifice
3 10 Checkmate training
3 11 X-ray attacks
3 12 Escaping attacks and checks
3 13 Defending tactics
3 14 Opposition
3 15 Complex pins
3 16 Developing pieces
3 17 Understanding the queen
3 18 Early game checkmates
3 19 Trapped pieces
3 20 Opening traps
3 21 Gaining material
3 22 Checkmate practice
3 23 Multi-piece tactics
3 24 Importance of pawns

Section 4 (24 Units) ELO 1000:
Practice decoy tactics and intermediate moves.

4 1 Checkmate practice
4 2 Opening a match
4 3 Attacking tactics
4 4 Interference
4 5 Escaping tactics
4 6 Deflection
4 7 Checkmate prevention
4 8 Mastering common endgames
4 9 Attraction
4 10 Defending tactics
4 11 Mastering the bishop
4 12 Planning the checkmate
4 13 Multipiece tactics
4 14 Advanced pawns
4 15 Early game checkmates and traps
4 16 Gaining material
4 17 Mastering the knight
4 18 Zugzwang
4 19 Mating nets
4 20 Middlegame practice
4 21 Planning sacrifices
4 22 Isolated and backward pawns
4 23 Draws, intermezzo, and zugzwang
4 24 Mastering the king

Section 5 (24 Units) ELO 1100:
Strengthen strategic thinking and pawn endgames.

5 1 Opposition
5 2 Discovered checks
5 3 Knight mates
5 4 Doubling rooks and Alekhine's gun
5 5 Sacrifices
5 6 Passed pawns
5 7 Improving your pieces
5 8 Early game tactics
5 9 Improving your rooks and queen
5 10 Rook and bishop mates
5 11 Pawn races and breakthroughs
5 12 Knowing when to trade
5 13 More rook mates
5 14 Bishop attacks
5 15 Pawn power
5 16 Queen and bishop mates
5 17 Queen forks
5 18 Shouldering and zugzwang
5 19 Bishop pair mates
5 20 Rooks on the pawn row
5 21 Attacks on a castled king
5 22 Rook and knight mates
5 23 Interference and intermezzo
5 24 Minor piece checkmates

Section 6 (48 Units) ELO 1200:
Use a bishop pair and mating nets.

6 1 Practicing checkmating patterns
6 2 Opening repertoire
6 3 Defending tactics
6 4 Discovered attacks
6 5 Mastering the knight
6 6 Attacking tactics
6 7 Gaining advantage in the early game
6 8 Mastering the pawn
6 9 Planning sacrifices
6 10 Practicing frequent checkmates
6 11 Middlegame practice
6 12 Exploiting mistakes
6 13 Mastering the king
6 14 Multipiece tactics
6 15 Obtaining the advantage
6 16 Surprising your opponent
6 17 Improving your position
6 18 Mastering the queen
6 19 Endgame practice
6 20 Avoiding attacks
6 21 Mastering the rook
6 22 Mastering checkmates
6 23 Mastering the seventh rank
6 24 Mastering the bishop
6 25 Disadvantages
6 26 Tricky endgames
6 27 Attraction and clearance
6 28 Midgame tactics I
6 29 Balanced focus I
6 30 Longer checkmates I
6 31 Clearance and deflection
6 32 Attraction and midgame
6 33 Midgame tactics II
6 34 Balanced focus II
6 35 Endgames I
6 36 Endgames II
6 37 Midgame tactics III
6 38 Rook and queen endgames
6 39 Bishop and knight endgames
6 40 Checkmate practice
6 41 Discovered and double attacks
6 42 Longer checkmates II
6 43 Balanced focus III
6 44 Pawn endgames and promotions
6 45 Deflection and attraction
6 46 Winning pieces
6 47 Balanced focus IV
6 48 Early game

Section 7 (48 Units) ELO 1500:
Hone your positional play and visualize longer lines.

7 1 Midgame tactics I
7 2 Rook and queen endgames
7 3 Bishop and knight endgames
7 4 Checkmate practice
7 5 Discovered and double attacks I
7 6 Longer checkmates
7 7 Balanced focus
7 8 Pawn endgames and promotions
7 9 Deflection and attraction
7 10 Winning pieces
7 11 Balanced focus
7 12 Early game
7 13 Disadvantages
7 14 Tricky endgames
7 15 Attraction and clearance
7 16 Midgame tactics II
7 17 Balanced focus
7 18 Longer checkmates
7 19 Clearance and deflection
7 20 Attraction and midgame
7 21 Midgame tactics III
7 22 Balanced focus
7 23 Endgames I
7 24 Endgames II
7 25 Strategic balance I
7 26 Checkmate mastery I
7 27 Tactical precision
7 28 Positional play
7 29 Advanced tactics I
7 30 Strategic balance II
7 31 Complex endgames I
7 32 Complex endgames II
7 33 Advanced tactics II
7 34 Complex endgames III
7 35 Piece endgames
7 36 Checkmate mastery II
7 37 Advanced discovered attacks
7 38 Long checkmates
7 39 Strategic balance III
7 40 Pawn structure
7 41 Tactical combinations I
7 42 Material advantage
7 43 Strategic balance IV
7 44 Opening principles
7 45 Comeback tactics
7 46 Endgame finesse
7 47 Tactical combinations II
7 48 Advanced tactics III

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Edited by Mat!/Ozone, 2026/05/16.