
CHESS
Our program helps kids learn and excel at chess through a structured, international chess curriculum that is designed to use chess as a teaching tool for problem-solving, creative thinking and abstract reasoning.
Chess different Levels Assessment test
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Chess Level 0 2021 Spring Semester (Absolute Beginner)
Overview
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Introduction to Chess: Rules, board, notation, names of the pieces and moving the bishop rook and queen
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Moving the pieces: King, Pawn and Knight
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Special moves, point system and Checks
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Checkmate Basics: How to do a checkmate
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Stalemate Basics: What is it, is it good or not do it
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Practice playing and Capturing Pieces
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4 Principles and How to Start a Game
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Chess Tactics: Forks, Pins and Skewer
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Exploiting Position, Winning Material
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Fool’s Mate and Lighting Attack: How to do it and how to defend it
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Playing against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge
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Endgame Basics: Pawn, rook, knight, bishop and queen
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Endgame Basics: Double Rook and Single Queen Mate Techniques
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Chess Tactics: Forks, Pins and Skewer
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Exploiting Position, Winning Material
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Playing against the Coach and Apply the Course Knowledge
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Defending Against Checkmate
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Defending Against Double attack
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First Game Analysis
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Course Review with Puzzles and Playtime
Ages 4 +

Bilgen Saczi
With a current rating of above 2150, National Master Bilgen Saczi has represented Turkey in countries such as Georgia, Greece and Bulgaria. He is a frequent competitor at U.S. Congress Championships and even earned the titles of U2000 National Champion in 2015 and U2200 National Champion in 2017.

Gensay Saczi
Started learning chess at the age of 5 and entered his first regional tournament at 6. Living in Istanbul, Turkey, he gained regional recognition. In his high school years he became the chess champion in Istanbul International Schools Chess Championship for 3 consecutive years. In his time in Millburn High School, for the first time MHS won an award in chess, by becoming second as a team in the New Jersey Chess Varsity tournament. With Bilgen and other two players, they also won the Top High School team title in The U.S . Amateur Team East Chess Championship 46th Anniversary in 2016.
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Chess Level 1+ 2021 Spring Semester (Level 1 and Level 1+ of Fall should continue with this level)
Overview
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Defending Against a Pin
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Piece Mobility: Importance and Trapping
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Chess Opening: 4 Knights and Italian Opening
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Play Against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge
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Introduction to 2 Move Checkmates
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Chess Tactics: Sacrifice and Double Check
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Elimination of Defense: Double Attack
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Elimination of Defense: Blocking
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Chess Opening: Scotch and Evan’s Gambit
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Play Against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge
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Chess Tactics: Introduction to Discovered Attacks and Discovered Checks
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Punishing The Copycat: When To and Not To Copy
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Famous Checkmates: Anastasia’s and Arabian Mate
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Middle Game: Importance of Pawn Structure: Isolated, double, triple pawn islands
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Endgame Techniques: Pawn endgame
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Endgame Techniques: Single Rook Mate Techniques
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Chess Tactics: Rampant Rook and Perpetual Checks
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Game Analysis: Course Review
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Smothered Checkmate Technique
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Play Against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge
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Chess Level 2 2021 Spring Semester (Level 2 of Fall should continue with this level)
Overview
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Moving into Complex 2-Move Checkmates
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Open Files
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Positional Evaluation
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Endgame Techniques: Positional pawn endgame
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Endgame Techniques: Positional rook endgame
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Chess Opening: Everything about Ruy Lopez Opening
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Chess Defense: Everything about Sicilian Opening
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Playing games (Using the openings that we learned)
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Chess Tactics: Discovered Attack, Advanced Forks and Pins
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Middle Game Strategies: Positional Planning
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Middle Game Strategies: Manipulating the Pawn Structure
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Play Against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge
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Chess Opening Traps: Blackburn, Legal etc.
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Game Analysis: Famous Games
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Endgame: Pawn Race and King Chase
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Game Analysis: Course Review of Openings
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Students’ Game Analysis
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Sacrifice Mate Techniques and Tempo
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The Greek Gift: All Variations
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Play Against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge
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Chess Level 3 2021 Spring Semester (Level 3 of Fall should continue with this level)
Overview
Level 3: Coach Bilgen
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Moving into Complex 3-Move Checkmates
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Chess Tactics: See-saw Variations and the Petrosian Draw
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Advanced Mate Techniques: Murphy’s Mate etc.
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Chess Traps: Advanced Opening Traps
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Playing games (Using the advanced opening traps)
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Advanced Endgame Techniques: Zugzwang and Shelter
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Advanced Endgame Techniques: Double bishop mate, importance of bishop in the endgame
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Bishop vs Knight
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Famous Checkmate Techniques: Korchnoi’s Maneuver etc.
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Chess Opening: Queen’s Gambit and Introduction to d4
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Playing Games using the Queen’s Gambit
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Chess Defense: French Defense and Petrov’s Defense
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Playing Games using the French Defense and Petrov’s Defense
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Combination and Compensation
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Game Analysis: Focus on Queen’s Gambit
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Game Analysis: Focus on French Defense and Petrov’s Defense
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Bobby Fisher and the World Championship Analysis
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Attacking like Capablanca
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The Art of Defending by Petrosian
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Play Against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge