Exeter Chess Club

Posters for Junior Clubs

  1. The Basics
    1. in the opening...
    2. in the middle-game...
    3. in the ending...
  2. Winning a won game...
    1. If you are ahead:
    2. If you are behind:
  3. Apparently good things to be able to say:
  4. The Nine Bad Moves (Reinfeld 1954)...
    1. Neglecting Development Of Your Pieces
    2. Exposing Your King To Attack
    3. Making Too Many Queen Moves In The Opening
    4. Grabbing Pawns Thoughtlessly
    5. Weakening Your Castled Position
    6. Getting Pinned
    7. Failing To Guard Against Captures
    8. Underestimating Your Opponent's Threats
    9. Losing A Won Game
  5. Defending against an attack...
    1. Avoid
    2. Block
    3. Capture
    4. Defend
  6. Tick and triangle method
    1. Basic tick method
    2. Triangle method for opponent's threats
    3. Example
    4. Extended tick and triangle method
    5. Perfect Play Score Sheet

The Basics

in the opening...


tSlDjLsT
XxXxXxXx
-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-
-+-PpB-+
+-Pb+n+-
pP-N-PpP
R-+qR-K-

in the middle-game...


-+tD-Tj+
+-+lLxXx
x+s+x+-+
+xX-P-Nb
-+-P-+-+
P-Pq+nR-
-P-+-+pP
+-+-+rK-

in the ending...


-T-J-+-+
L-+-+-+x
x+-+xRpS
+xX-P-Tp
-+-+k+-+
+-+-+-+-
pP-+-N-R
+-+-+-+-

Winning a won game...

...not as hard as winning a lost one.

If you are ahead: