Panda Chess/Chess for Absolute Beginners

  • $39 or 12 monthly payments of $4

Chess for Absolute Beginners

  • Course
  • 40 Lessons

Learn Chess From Scratch and Start Playing Today

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What you'll learn 🧠

  1. Learn all the chess rules

  2. How chess pieces move and capture

  3. Learn chess notation, allowing you to read and discuss about chess games much more easily

  4. How to set up the chess board

  5. How a game is won

  6. How a game is lost

  7. How a game is drawn

  8. Identify the stages of a chess game, and know their keys ideas to improve your play

  9. Master the most important chess tactics in order to gain a decisive advantage

  10. Why playing or studying chess is beneficial to you

  11. Most common checkmates

  12. Key checkmates to master when playing against a lone king

  13. Practical skills after working on the activities

  14. How to play chess online with very simple steps

  15. How to play in over the board tournaments all around the world

  16. Understand all the most common chess terms, such as check, stalemate, castling, fork, sacrifices and many more

  17. Improve your analytical skills

Welcome to my Chess for Absolute Beginners Course

Welcome to my Chess for Absolute Beginners Course, the only course you need to learn chess from scratch, allowing you to have a solid understanding of this lovely game and to start playing today.

We'll take you step by step through engaging video tutorials and teach you everything you need to know to become a chess player. This course includes practical activities to make sure that you'll test your new knowledge and a summary of all the ideas that you’ll learn so that you can keep them in one place and use them straight away.

This course is not just about the chess rules.

Here are some of the additional topics that you will learn:

  • Benefits of playing and studying chess

  • The legend about the origin of chess

  • Chess Notation (both algebraic and descriptive)

  • Common Checkmates against a lone king

  • The 2 most fundamental chess tactics that you should master

  • The key ideas in the 3 stages of the game

  • How you can start playing online in just a few minutes in 2 different sites

  • How you can easily find and play in over the board tournaments all around the world

Throughout this comprehensive course, you’ll become familiar with a lot of chess terms, including:

  • Passed pawns

  • Sacrifices

  • Opening

  • Endgame

  • Short Castling

  • Long Castling

  • Active King

  • Ranks

  • Middlegame

  • Promotion

  • Pin

  • Fork

  • Files

  • Kingside

  • Queenside

  • Central files

  • Threefold repetition

  • Promotion

  • Light squares

  • Back-rank checkmate

  • Underpromotion

  • Algebraic notation

  • Stalemate

  • Timeout

  • Blitz

  • Bullet

  • Strategy

  • Perpetual Check

  • Double Check

  • Zugzwang

  • Opposition

  • FIDE

By the end of this course, you will see chess from a totally new perspective, allowing you to play or to enjoy it by understanding many of the complexities of this near infinite game.

Sign up today, and look forward to:

  • Video Lectures

  • Practical Activities

  • Downloads

  • A Summary of what you'll learn

No risk for you

If you're not happy with the purchase, you have 30 days to get a refund.

I’m waiting for you inside the course so that together you can start your chess journey now!

Who this course is for: ❓

  • This course is for anyone who is new to chess

  • This course is also great if you played chess many years ago and want to get back to it or if you want to start playing, either competitively or in friendly games

  • If you want to study chess, follow and understand chess events all over the world, this course will help you with that

What are the requirements for taking your course? ✔️

  • Any device with access to the internet, such as a mobile or a laptop

  • No software required - all the material to do the course will be provided here

  • No previous knowledge is chess is needed

  • $39 or 12 monthly payments of $4

Chess for Absolute Beginners

  • Course
  • 40 Lessons

  • 4 hours of Video Lessons

  • 3 Activities

  • 4 Downloadable Resources

  • 1 Free Bonuses

  • Instructor Q&A

  • ♾️ Lifetime Access

Contents

Introduction to Chess for Absolute Beginners

Introduction
Preview
Why Chess?
What is Chess?
Preview

Chess Rules

Clearly master the rules of the game of chess.

Intro
Preview
Chess Board
Preview
The Rook
Preview
The Bishop
The Queen
The King
The Knight
The Pawn
Setting up the Chess Board
Check and Checkmate
Castling
How Games Are Won or Lost
How Games Are Drawn
Activity
Solution
Outro

Chess Notation

Learn how to record and read chess games. Students will visualize the board more clearly after this section.

Intro
Algebraic Notation
Preview
Descriptive Notation

Winning or Getting a Decisive Advantage

Learn the most common checkmates and chess tactics that will help you win more games.

Intro
Checkmates Against a Lone King
More Common Checkmates
Common Chess Tactics
Activity
Solution
Outro

Stages of the Game

Improve your long-term understanding of the game by learning the key ideas of the 3 stages of the game.

Intro
Key Ideas in the Opening
Preview
Key Ideas in the Middlegame
Key Ideas in the Endgame
Activity
Solution
Outro

Start Playing Today

Learn specific ways on which you can play chess, either online or over the board.

Intro
Playing Over the Board
Playing Online

Next Steps

Next Steps

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Hi, I'm Manuel

I have been studying chess for 25+ years and I've spent over 10 years in the online teaching world, refining how I work and trying to understand the changing needs of this place, which I see as the future of education. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone who is new to chess.

If you played chess many years ago and want to get back to it or if you want to start playing, either competitively or in friendly games, this is the course for you.

It will also help you if you want to study chess, follow and understand chess events all over the world.

What do I need to do the course?

All you need to do the course is access to the internet and motivation to learn!

Furthermore, I’ll provide all the resources on the course page itself, so you don’t need to download anything or go to another page to take the course. Optionally, I provide additional resources to download in PDF format.

How will I access the course?

The course can be accessed using any device (such as laptop, mobile and tablet).

You’ll be able to access the course online, where you’ll get lifetime access.

Simply open the course page (after buying it), select the lesson you want to watch and click on the play button to start the lesson (see example below).

After watching a lesson, select the next one or click on ➡️ below the lesson.

If you want to download the additional resources, simply click on them (see example below).

How can I buy it?

Buying the course is a simple process.

1) Go to the course page https://www.panda-chess.com/chess-for-absolute-beginners and click on "Enroll Now". You’ll be asked to enter your email and password to login or create an account.

If this is the first time that you log in, you’ll receive a verification code at the email address used to sign up.

Use this code to sign up for the first time.

If you already have an account associated with the email address that you entered, you will be asked to enter your password.

2) Once you logged in, if you have a discount code that has not been already applied, you can add it on the right side and click on "Apply":

3) It is now time to pay. You can pay using a card (debit o credit) or PayPal.

Depending on your location, you might have additional options such as Google Pay, Apple Pay, iDEAL and Stripe Link.

Enter your payment details, click on "I accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy" and click on "Pay Now".

After the payment is correctly processed, you can now access the course!

If your account is a new one, your last step will be to simply create your permanent password and click on "Continue".

If you have any problems, do not hesitate to reach out to us at support@panda-chess.com.

What payment options are available?

You can pay using a card (debit o credit) or PayPal.

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  • $39 or 12 monthly payments of $4

Chess for Absolute Beginners

  • Course
  • 40 Lessons

  • 4 hours of Video Lessons

  • 3 Activities

  • 4 Downloadable Resources

  • 1 Free Bonuses

  • Instructor Q&A

  • ♾️ Lifetime Access