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Vision - Mission - Goals - Objectives- Some discussions for those who like to chat Vision: To be the best chess destination for South Africans to get into the Chess Structures and rating system. TSA Club offer solutions on LiChess.org as well. Mission: To create an environment for members to play, learn and share Goals: To grow and become better chess players Objectives: Help each other better certain aspects of our chess. Motivate each other to make targets with Puzzles, Ratings for different formats etc. From time to time look at players where you can give some basic pointers where they can improve. Randomly pick players rated less than you and give 1 or 2 things they can do to improve.

#0101TEST - Fundamentals - Build - Final Test The positions need to be analyzed first Solutions written down OR memorized without "moving" the pieces After you found your solution click the "solution" button Play your solution out on the board (Look on the left what is your "advantage") DO THE NEXT ONE AND ENJOY! PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND "Completed" ONCE DONE IMPORTANT: Try to keep score of the points out of 3. Under 24 -- Advice will be to redo Chapter and focus on those Areas Pass = 24 Good Mark = 36 Excellent Mark = 41 REFER BACK TO : https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/010110-up-to-010124-suggested-path-ahead

Theme of the Day - Summary and Links Extracts from Artur Yusupov - "The Fundamentals" - Book 1 to 3 - Build, Boost, Evolution Available at leading chess shops and ecommerce retailers (Published: www.qualitychess.co.za) (0101xx) Build #010101 - Fundamentals - Build - Mating motifs #010102 - Fundamentals - Build - Mating motifs 2 #010103 - Fundamentals - Build - Basic opening principles #010104 - Fundamentals - Build - Simple pawn endings #010105 - Fundamentals - Build - Double Check #010106 - Fundamentals - Build - The value of pieces #010107 - Fundamentals - Build - The discovered attack #010108 - Fundamentals - Build - Centralizing the pieces #010109 - Fundamentals - Build - Mate in two moves #010110 - Fundamentals - Build - The opposition How to purchase the Yusupov Books FINAL TEST (0102xx) Boost #010201 - Fundamentals - Boost - The Windmill #010202 - Fundamentals - Boost - Pawn Weaknesses #010203 - Fundamentals - Boost - Back Rank Combinations #010204 - Fundamentals - Boost - Exploiting Weaknesses #010205 - Fundamentals - Boost - The 7th Rank How to Purchase the Yusupov Books FINAL TEST (0103xx) Evolution #010301 - Fundamentals - Chess Evolution - Combinations involving Bishops

010205 - Fundamentals - Boost - The 7th Rank The positions need to be analyzed Solutions written down OR memorized without "moving" the pieces After you found your solution click the "solution" button Play your solution out on the board (Look on the left what is your "advantage") DO THE NEXT ONE AND ENJOY! PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND "Completed" ONCE DONE

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#010110 - Fundamentals - Build - The opposition The positions need to be analyzed first Solutions written down OR memorized without "moving" the pieces After you found your solution click the "solution" button Play your solution out on the board (Look on the left what is your "advantage") DO THE NEXT ONE AND ENJOY! PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND "Completed" ONCE DONE

#010109 - Fundamentals - Build - Mate in two moves The positions need to be analyzed first Solutions written down OR memorized without "moving" the pieces After you found your solution click the "solution" button Play your solution out on the board (Look on the left what is your "advantage") DO THE NEXT ONE AND ENJOY! PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND "Completed" ONCE DONE

#010108 - Fundamentals - Build - Centralizing the pieces The positions need to be analyzed first Solutions written down OR memorized without "moving" the pieces After you found your solution click the "solution" button Play your solution out on the board (Look on the left what is your "advantage") DO THE NEXT ONE AND ENJOY! PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND "Completed" ONCE DONE

010106 - Fundamentals - Build - The value of pieces The positions need to be analyzed Solutions written down OR memorized without "moving" the pieces After you found your solution click the "solution" button Play your solution out on the board (Look on the left what is your "advantage") DO THE NEXT ONE AND ENJOY! PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND "Completed" ONCE DONE

010105 - Fundamentals - Build - Double Check The positions need to be analyzed Solutions written down OR memorized without "moving" the pieces After you found your solution click the "solution" button Play your solution out on the board (Look on the left what is your "advantage") DO THE NEXT ONE AND ENJOY! PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND "Completed" ONCE DONE

010107 - Fundamentals - Build - The discovered attack 010106 - Fundamentals - Build - The value of pieces The positions need to be analyzed Solutions written down OR memorized without "moving" the pieces After you found your solution click the "solution" button Play your solution out on the board (Look on the left what is your "advantage") DO THE NEXT ONE AND ENJOY! PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND "Completed" ONCE DONE

#010103 - Fundamentals - Build - Basic opening principles I want to do it in the spirit what these puzzles need to achieve. 1 ) The positions need to be analyzed 2) Solutions written down without "moving" the pieces 3) After all 12 solutions are ready look at solutions (Use the analysis button on the left bottom of the diagram - solutions will be added at later stage)

#010104 - Fundamentals - Build - Simple pawn endings I want to do it in the spirit what these puzzles need to achieve. 1 ) The positions need to be analyzed 2) Solutions written down without "moving" the pieces 3) After all 12 solutions are ready look at solutions (Use the analysis button on the left bottom of the diagram - solutions will be added at later stage)

#010102 - Fundamentals - Build - Mating motifs 2 I want to do it in the spirit what these puzzles need to achieve. The positions need to be analyzed Solutions written down OR memorized without "moving" the pieces After you found your solution click the "solution" button Untick the show lines button (you do not want to see solution yet) Play your solution out on the board (Look on the left what is your "advantage" - +M3 means Mate in 3 moves) If you cannot find the right move select the "show lines" blocky DO THE NEXT ONE AND ENJOY! PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND "Completed" ONCE DONE

#010101 - Fundamentals - Build - Mating motifs Difficulty - Ranging from 1000 to around 1500 (?) (Wednesday 4 November 2020) The positions need to be analyzed Solutions written down OR memorized without "moving" the pieces After you found your solution click the "solution" button Untick the show lines button (you do not want to see solution yet) Play your solution out on the board (Look on the left what is your "advantage" - +M3 means Mate in 3 moves) If you cannot find the right move select the "show lines" blocky DO THE NEXT ONE AND ENJOY! PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND "Completed" ONCE DONE

#010201 - Fundamentals - Boost - Theme of the Day - The Windmill Difficulty - Ranging from 1000 to around 1500 (?) (Tuesday 27 October 2020) Puzzles for the day testing themes I will aim to post Themes to test your skills. The puzzles will by no means be perfect, not showing all variations. I have aimed to select only the best variations to the solution. I hope this is challenging? The aim is to improve my game with these themes by adding this dimension.

#010204 - Fundamentals - Boost - Theme of the Day - Exploiting Weaknesses Difficulty - Ranging from 1000 to around 1500 (?) (Saturday 30 October 2020) Puzzles for the day testing themes I will aim to post Themes to test your skills. The puzzles will by no means be perfect, not showing all variations. I have aimed to select only the best variations to the solution. I hope this is challenging? The aim is to improve my game with these themes by adding this dimension.

#010202 - Fundamentals - Boost - Theme of the Day - Pawn Weaknesses (NB Many of these puzzles I let you play through continuation after puzzle is solved) Difficulty - Ranging from 1200 to around 1700 (?) (Thursday 29 October 2020) Puzzles for the day testing themes I will aim to post Themes to test your skills. The puzzles will by no means be perfect, not showing all variations. I have aimed to select only the best variations to the solution. I hope this is challenging? The aim is to improve my game with these themes by adding this dimension.

#010202 - Fundamentals - Boost - Theme of the Day - Pawn Weaknesses (NB Many of these puzzles I let you play through continuation after puzzle is solved) Difficulty - Ranging from 1000 to around 1500 (?) (Tuesday 27 October 2020) Puzzles for the day testing themes I will aim to post Themes to test your skills. The puzzles will by no means be perfect, not showing all variations. I have aimed to select only the best variations to the solution. I hope this is challenging? The aim is to improve my game with these themes by adding this dimension.

#030301 - Chess Evolution - Theme of the Day - Combinations involving Bishops Difficulty - Ranging from 1000 to around 1600 (?) (Monday 26 October 2020) Puzzles for the day testing themes I will aim to post Themes to test your skills. The puzzles will by no means be perfect, not showing all variations. I have aimed to select only the best variations to the solution. I hope this is challenging? The aim is to improve my game with these themes by adding this dimension.