The First Step to Thinking Ahead
Parent guide
How to choose your child’s chess course
A practical guide to choosing between Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Master lessons, based on what your child can already do.
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A stronger next move.
Practical chess tips and thoughtful guides for families. Discover ideas for your next practice session, from first moves to tournament preparation.
Chess improvement
A simple chess practice routine between lessons
Use short, focused practice sessions to connect your coaching lessons with puzzles, games and thoughtful review.
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Training
Daily chess puzzles: a calm way to practise calculation
Make a short puzzle session useful by studying the position, calculating a complete line and checking what you learned.
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Chess essentials
Five chess habits that help prevent avoidable mistakes
A practical checklist for reviewing threats, piece safety and clock use before committing to a move.
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Beginner guide
Opening principles: choosing moves you understand
Build a useful opening routine around the centre, development and king safety before memorising long variations.
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Parent guide
Preparing a child for their first chess tournament
A checklist for choosing an appropriate event, learning its rules and making the first competition a useful experience.
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Parent guide
How parents can support chess learning at home
Keep practice encouraging with small routines, thoughtful questions and feedback that focuses on effort and decisions.
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Parent guide
When is a child ready to start learning chess?
Look at attention, curiosity and comfort with rules when deciding how to begin, rather than relying on age alone.
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Training
A balanced weekly chess practice plan
Build a repeatable week with one concept, a few puzzles, a thoughtful game and a short review.
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Mindset
Learning from a chess loss without losing confidence
Separate the result from the review and turn one important decision into a practical next step.
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