Comprehensive CHESS COURSE Volume II – Roman Pelts and Lev Alburt

An Introduction
Lesson 1	The rules of play
Lesson 2	Abbreviated notation
	Some chess terms and concepts
	Attack and defense
	Trades
Lesson 3	More symbols and terms
	How to start a game
	Mating with a Queen and Rook in the endgame
Lesson 4	Mistakes in the opening
	Mating with two Rooks in the endgame
Lesson 5	Opening traps
	Mating with a Queen in the endgame
Lesson 6	The concept of planning
	Exploiting a large material advantage
	Mating with a Rook in the endgame
Lesson 7	Tactics
	Double attack
	Pawn endgame
	The rule of the square
Lesson 8	Pinning
	Endgames with King and two pawns versus King
Lesson 9	The skewer
	How combinations are created
	Endgames with King and Rook pawn against lone King
Lesson 10	Typical mating combinations
	The back-rank mate
	Endgame with King and non-Rook pawn versus King
Lesson 11	Typical mating combinations (continuation)
	Mate by a major piece (Queen or Rook) helped by other men
	Endgame with King and non-Rook pawn versus King (continuation)
Lesson 12	Tests
Afterword:  Moving On to Expert and Master

Comprehensive CHESS COURSE Volume I – Roman Pelts and Lev Alburt

An Introduction
Lesson 1	The chessboard and the starting position
	How pawns move and capture
Lesson 2	Chess notation
Lesson 3	How the Rook and Bishop move and capture
	The center
Lesson 4	How the Queen and Knight move and capture
Lesson 5	How the King moves and captures
	Check
	Checkmate
Lesson 6	En Passant pawn captures
Lesson 7	Castling
Lesson 8	Relative values of the chess forces
Lesson 9	How games are drawn
Lesson 10	How to record moves
Lesson 11	How to open a chess game
Lesson 12	Tests

Comprehensive Chess Endings Vol. 5 - Averbakh and Kopayev

Part I	ROOK AGAINST PAWNS
	1.	ROOK AGAINST PAWN
		1.1	Pawn other than rook’s pawn
		1.2	Rook’s pawn
		1.3	Exceptional positions
	2.	ROOK AGAINST TWO PAWNS
		2.1	Connected pawns
		2.2	Isolated pawns
		2.3	Doubled pawns
	3.	ROOK AGAINST THREE OR MORE PAWNS
		3.1	Connected pawns
		3.2	Two of the three pawns connected
		3.3	Isolated pawns
		3.4	Four or more pawns
	4.	ROOK AND PAWNS AGAINST PAWNS
		4.1	The rook is stronger than the pawns
		4.2	The rook is stronger than the pawns, but -- draw
		4.3	The pawns are stronger than the rook
		4.4	The pawns are stronger than the rook, but -- draw
Part II	ROOK AGAINST ROOK (WITH PAWNS)
	5.	ROOK AND PAWN AGAINST ROOK (EXCEPT ROOK’S PAWN)
		5.1	Basic methods of attack and defence
		5.2	Pawn on the 7th rank
		5.3	Pawn on the 6th rank
		5.4	Pawn on the 5th rank
		5.5	Pawn on the 4th rank
		5.6	Pawn on the 3rd rank
		5.7	Pawn on the 2nd rank
	6.	ROOK AND ROOK’S PAWN AGAINST ROOK
	7.	ROOK AND TWO PAWNS AGAINST ROOK
		7.1	Connected pawns
			7.11		Pawns in diagonal formation
			7.12		Pawns on the same rank
		7.2	Isolated pawns
		7.3	Isolated f- and h-pawns
		7.4	Doubled pawns
	8.	ROOK AND PAWN AGAINST ROOK AND PAWN
		8.1	The pawns are not passed
		8.2	The pawns are passed
	9.	ROOK AND TWO PAWNS AGAINST ROOK AND PAWN
		9.1	Connected pawns, no passed pawn
		9.2	Connected pawns, one passed
		9.3	Connected pawns, both passed
		9.4	Isolated pawns, no passed pawn
		9.5	Isolated pawns, one passed
		9.6	Isolated pawns, both passed
	10.	ROOK AND TWO PAWNS AGAINST ROOK AND TWO PAWNS
		10.1		Endings without passed pawns
				10.11		Blocked pawns
				10.12		Pawns on adjacent files
		10.2		Endings with passed pawns
				10.21		One side has a passed pawn
				10.22		Both sides have passed pawns
				10.23		All the pawns are passed
	11.	ENDINGS WITH SEVERAL PAWNS (MATERIAL ADVANTAGE)
		11.1		Extra passed pawn
		11.2		Pawns on one wing
		11.3		Both sides have passed pawns
	12.	ENDINGS WITH SEVERAL PAWNS (POSITIONAL ADVANTAGE)
		12.1		Outside passed pawn
		12.2		Weaknesses in the opponent’s pawn formation
		12.3		Active rook
		12.4		Better king position