Class Details
Class Details
Branch/Venue
865 Mountbatten Road #02-27/28, Katong Shopping Centre (437844) , Singapore
About Chess Academy Singapore
We are the latest Chess Academy to be set up in Singapore providing enrichment programmes for young children to complement their academic pursuit and personal well-being. The academy is conveniently located in the Katong Shopping Centre at 865 Mountbatten Road #02-27/28 Singapore 437844
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1.Thematic Programmes
Our
Approach to Chess Competitions Programme is aimed at helping young children
better prepare for competitions and it is suitable even for children who have
taken part in many competitions. The programme will be conducted by an
experienced player, arbiter and organizer. The programme will focus on topics
such as Chess Basics, Opening Strategies, Approach to Middle Game, Endgame
Theories and Tactics and FIDE Laws of Chess including the conduct of players
and arbiters. The Course shall close
with a mini-chess competition among the course participants enabling them to
put into practice what they learnt.
Our Opening Essentials
Programme targets those who have at least completed our Learn to Play Chess
Programme – Elementary 2 Course. The programme will illustrate how the Opening
Principles are applied in popular Openings. It will also pin point potential
opportunities and problems in development which can lead to very early
applications of tactics. Trainees will be introduced to various Opening traps
to improve their awareness against early tricks. To cap off the Course,
trainees will be advised on how to choose a suitable opening depending on their
playstyle, preferred middlegame structures and complexity.
Our Middlegame Strategies
Programme provides the trainees with guidelines to analyze a position based on
the pawn structure, piece activity and placement and the concept of space. The
Course will highlight different approaches to the middlegame, how to improve
the positions, play with material advantage, play with space advantage. The
Course will also touch on chess planning and long-term understanding of
different chess positions. There will be several practicing sessions where our
trainees will play out different preset positions that require the applications
of their middlegame understandings.
Our Endgame Essentials
Programme introduces the trainee to the highly complex endgame. The Course will
bring about different types of endgames: Bishop against Knight, Rook and pawn
against Rook, different coloured Bishop. Trainees will also learn several
endgame studies, positions by Grandmasters, with guidelines to assist their
understanding. The Course will greatly help to provide our trainees with the
knowledge of many endgame patterns that may help to ease out their endgame
greatly.
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2.Learn to Play Chess Programme
LEARN
TO PLAY CHESS PROGRAMME
Our Learn to Play Chess
programme is a comprehensive, structured and modular programme where young
children, as young as 5 years of age can learn Chess in a fun and engaging
manner. They will start learning about
the game, the pieces, their movements, simple capture and defending of their
pieces and the various fundamental aspects of the game such as check, checkmate
and stalemate.
The later modules will
focus on simple checkmate tactics and strategies including Opening, Middle Game
and End Game principles. The eventual approach is to help them learn and
appreciate the game and eventually inculcate good values from learning
Chess. Thinking skills is an important
trait chess helps to promote. Thinking in Chess requires a patient mind and it
is not about pushing your pieces. Chess helps children ask probing questions.
We supplement our Learn to
Play Chess Programme with thematic courses and focus group trainings. Some of
these thematic courses cover a deeper understanding on the introduction,
principles and essentials on Opening, Middle game and End game. There are
special courses to prepare children for competitions in local and international
chess events. We conduct lectures on Laws of Chess as well.
CHESS FOUNDATIONS
Our Beginners Course
targets young children who do not have any knowledge of the game. They will
start from learning the squares, ranks and files on the chessboard and
thereafter they will be introduced to the game, the pieces, the movements, the
value of the pieces and simple checkmates. This course is also suitable for
children who pick up the game from their parents or friends as although they
are able to make simple moves, they are required to learn the basic fundamental
aspects of the game in a structured manner. There shall be both theory and
practical lessons to enable them to put into practice what they learnt during
the course. At the end of the course the students will be assessed to determine
their suitability to progress to the next level.
We have children starting
as young as 5 years of age. At the end of the course the children should be
able to play a simple game.
CHESS CHECKMATE TECHNIQUES
AND PATTERNS
The Chess Checkmate
Techniques and Patterns Course is the second module in our group enrichment
program. Trainees should have preferably completed our Beginners Course.
Student starts learning the importance and benefits of Chess Notations. They will learn basic checkmates with Queen
and Rook against lone King; Two Rooks against lone King; Queen against lone
King; Rook and King against lone King among more common checkmate patterns.
CHESS PRINCIPLES
Our Chess Principles
Course introduces our children to important principles in Chess Openings, the
Middle game and the End game. They will learn how to optimize piece placements
to acquire advantages in the game. Traps will be covered to help our trainees
avoid disadvantages in the game.
CHESS TACTICS 1
Chess Tactics 1 targets
children who have learnt the foundation of chess principles. They will be
introduced to the importance, strength and weaknesses of different pawn
structures, how to best utilize them in the middle game and end game. There
will be a chapter on Chess Thinking Skills, which prepares our trainees to
equip themselves with several fundamental but essential Chess tactics like the
Pin, Skewer, Double Attacks and others.
CHESS TACTICS 2
Our Chess Tactics 2 is a
continuation of the Intermediate 1 Course. Our students will learn more
complicated yet very useful tactics and strategies like Decoy, Deflection,
Interference, Clearances among others. There will be practices for them to familiarize
with these Tactical patterns to improve their ability to recognize and utilize
these Tactics.
CHESS TACTICS 3
Chess Tactics 3 takes
Tactics to the next level where complex calculation and combination will be
taught to our students. They will learn how tactics can be used both
offensively and defensively. Lessons include Tactical Combinations, Invasion of
Squares, Defensive Tactics, Under-promotion and more.
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