Chess Intermediate: Tactical Motifs, Strategy & Pawn Structure

Chess Intermediate: Tactical Motifs, Strategy & Pawn Structure

Chess Intermediate: Tactical Motifs, Strategy & Pawn Structure

An intermediate course that advances tactical skills (pins, skewers, sacrifices), middle-game strategy, and pawn-structure understanding through theory, puzzles, and live play.

Chess Intermediate: Tactical Motifs, Strategy & Pawn Structure

Paid once.

Level
Intermediate
Ages
7–12
Duration
50 min
Classes
2 / Week
Weeks
5

Class Experience

Designed for learners with basic chess knowledge, this course deepens middle-game strategy and tactical motifs such as sacrifices, deflection, pins, skewers, double attacks, and discovered attacks. It also covers king safety, mate-in-two patterns, pawn chains, and isolated pawn concepts, using puzzles, guided practice, and live gameplay.

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply common tactical motifs such as pins, skewers, and double attacks

  • Execute sacrifices, deflection, and decoy tactics to gain advantage

  • Assess king safety and use mate-in-two and discovered attack patterns

  • Analyze pawn structures, including pawn chains and isolated pawns

Prerequisites

Should know piece movements, castling and enpassant

Materials needed:

For game play we will use the anonymous play on lichess. The student does not have to sign in or create an account and the teacher will guide on how to send an anonymous game play link.

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Meet your Instructor

Sonia Kaul

Joined August, 2026

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