Official Chess Club of CMSCA
At CYCC (Charlotte Youth Chess Club)
we teach, develop and help children:
* To be confident of themselves and overcome obstacles
* To be conscience and responsible for their actions.
* To accept success and defeat with grace and sportsmanship.
* To stimulate rationing abilities.
* To trust ones own intuition.
* To think logically and systematically.
* To gain necessary abilities and habits to make decisions.
* To improve academic achievements.
I. Chess Elements
1. Benefit of studying Chess
2. The Chessboard
3. The Center of the Chessboard
4. How each piece moves
5. Initial Position of the Chess Pieces
6. Chess Notation
7. En Passant
8. Pawn Promotion
9. Value of each Pieces
10.Check
11.Discovery Check
12.Castling
13.The pin
14.Three phases of the Chess Game
II. Endgame Fundamentals
1. Fundamentals Principles of the Endgame
2. Checkmate
3. Typical Checkmates
III. Middle Game Fundamentals
1. Middle Game
2. Tactics
3. Change of Pieces: Quality
4. Combination
5. Checkmate Combinations
6. Double Check
7. Combinations to Win Material
8. Positional Combination
9. Chess Sacrifices
10. Classification of Sacrifices
11. Theoretical Draws
12. Stalemate
13. Defense in Chess
IV. Opening Fundamentals
1. Principles of the Opening
2. Strategic Objectives of the Opening
3. Typical Mistakes in the Opening
V. Chess Clock
VI. The Origin of Chess
VII. Chess Organization
VIII. Registration Form