Holiday Chess Workshop

Holidays are here again and as usual there is no shortage of chess camps and training workshops organised all over Klang Valley. Here’s the first one I received from PCU:-

POLGAR CHESS ASIA

22-1  Jalan 27/70A, Desa Sri Hartamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: +60 3-2300 1680;  Fax:  +60 3-2300 1689

HOLIDAY CHESS WORKSHOP

BEGINNERS LEVEL 1

7-8 June, 10am-5pm

14-15 June, 10am-5pm

In this workshop, students are taught the history of chess and the movement of the chess pieces; Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Queen, Knight & King. Beside this they will learn the importance of the king in the game especially against check and how to find checkmate & stalemate. The students also will learn the importance of the value of the chess pieces & learn how to write notation. With the notations, they will be able to read and write their respective games.

BEGINNERS LEVEL 2

9-10 June, 10am-5pm

16-17 June, 10am-5pm

Students will learn the importance of the basic chess endgame checkmates using Queen, Rooks & Bishops. The techniques they learnt will determine whether it is for the full point and victory or a half point for a draw from various typical positions during the practical play.
Besides that the students will learn the opening principles which is the start of the game. In this part, the students will learn the importance of king safety and development of the pieces towards the centre of the chessboard.

FEES: RM280 per student

(+ RM40 for food, 1 lunch & 2 tea-breaks)

STRATEGY OF ATTACK

7-8 June 2010, 10am-5pm

Attacking the enemy king is one of the most exciting parts of chess, but is also one of the hardest to play accurately. Every player has had the experience of seeing a promising-looking attack crumble into dust, whereupon the enemy counter-attack sweeps aside everything in its path.  In this strategy of attack workshop, we explain why some attacks succeed while others fail to reach their goal and through establishing general principles of attack will provide excellent guidance to the student on when to launch an attack and how to ensure it has maximum chance of success.

ENDGAMES FUNDAMENTALS

9-10 June 2010, 10am-5pm

In chess, the endgame is the moment of truth. It is the phase of the game in which we try to reap the seeds of our efforts, regardless of whether it is for the full point and victory or a half point for a draw.  In the endgame the significance of any error increases, as there are few
opportunities to correct them.  In this endgame fundamentals workshop, the student – the young aspiring tournament player – will be taught the most important endgames
together with the underlying principles and how they can be applied to
typical situations that may arise in practical play.

FEES: RM300 per student

(+ RM40 for food, 1 lunch & 2 tea-breaks daily)

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