Step
3
To proceed with the third step the knowledge from step
two is indispensable, but apart from that step three is not really
difficult.
The tactics issues are relatively easy and also the lessons about
defending against tactics should not cause any problems. Only trapping
is a bit tricky. It can be compared to mating but now instead of the
king another piece is the victim
Furthermore, attention is being paid to the first pawn endgames. For
some students it is a child's play but for those who have still problems
with the control of space it is a tough struggle.
In this step we begin to teach the supporting
skills. One of them is ´thinking ahead´. The student
calculates in his head the possibilities and visualizes ( tries to
imagine) the new situation
which arises on the chess board. The command of this skill can differ
enormously per student
'The third step' consists of a manual and workbooks.
Manual
for chess trainers Step 3
Contents:
Introductory articles about:
Thinking ahead
Knowledge and skills
Homework
Training games
Discussing the games
Help
Competition systems
Then the 17 lessons follow:
1: Finishing the opening
2: Discovered and double check
3: Attack on a pinned piece
4: Mate in two (access)
5: The square of the pawn
6: Eliminating of the defence
7: Defending against the double attack
8: Mini plan
9: Draw
10: X-ray
11: The opening
12: Defending against the pin
13: Mobility
14: Key squares (1)
15: Pinned pieces
16: Threats
17: Key squares (2)
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Manual for chess trainers
1st edition 2004
128 pages
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Workbook Step 3
Next to the exercises there are reminders in the workbook.
These are short recapitulations of the material from the manual
for the students.
There are 12 reminders.
Discovered and double check
Attack on a pinned piece
Access and mating patterns
Pawn ending: the square of the pawn
Eliminating of the defence
Defending against the double attack
Draw
X-ray
Defending against the pin
Mobility
Key squares
A pinned piece is not a good defender
On the remaining 43 pages there are always 12 diagrams a page.
That means a total number of 43x12-27 (the drawings )= 489
positions The issues of the exercises correspond to those in
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Workbook Step 3
1st edition 2004
56 pages
with drawings
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Werkboek Stap 3 extra
(Dutch)
Read more about the Extra books in information.
In the extra workbook there are 57 pages with exercises, which
means as many as 54x12=648-25 (drawings)= 619 positions. At the
beginning come the exercises with the familiar items from Step
3:
double check
pinning
double attack
discovered attack
defending against a double attack
defending against a pin
draw
elimination of the defence (capturing, luring away, chasing away)
The last 26 pages contain tests. There is also a reminder with
hints how to proceed with the tests
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Werkboek
Stap 3 extra
1st edition 2003
56 pages
with drawings
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Werkboek
Stap 3 + (Dutch)
Read more about the plus books in the info.
The contents of the Workbook Step 3+:
More or less new topics:
minorpromotion
the in-between-move
the rook's pawn
Elaborating the already introduced material:
Mini plan
Improve the position of a piece, increase activity, improve the pawn structure
Eliminating of the defence
Eliminate two defenders with one piece, eliminate two defenders at the same
time and luring away a defender with two functions
Mate
Calling in guards and hunters
Opening
Developing and well-known combinations in the opening
X-ray
X-ray as help in other combinations and x-ray protection
Defending against mate
An addition to the lesson in Step 2
Pinned pieces
Combinations that make use of the pin
The square of the pawn
An addition to the lesson in Step 3
Discovered attack
Special forms: the in-between-move, eliminating the defence and trapping
Werkboek Stap 3+
1st edition 2003
56 pages
with drawings
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Werkboek Stap 3+
1st edition 2003
56 pages
with drawings
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