Check your chess principles!

International Master Andras Toth is a full-time chess coach based in Australia, and he’s had a revelation. His coaching experience has taught him that a universal weakness among ambitious improvers, club players and even seasoned experts is that they don’t always fully grasp some of the basic principles of chess, or tend to neglect them.

The three most important of these principles are:

Control the centre – when in doubt, centralize!

Develop your pieces – ...

You've learned the rules of chess and how the pieces move. Now what? You take your opponent's pieces, that's what! But as you may have experienced in your games, taking the wrong pieces - or taking with the wrong piece - can backfire horribly.

That's where this course comes in. Can I take it? A Beginner's Guide to Capturing in Chess teaches you the most basic skills of chess tactics and strategy. You won't just learn if you can take an opponent's piece. You'll also learn how to take that piec...