Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) is China's ancient game of strategy. Played by millions of people, it is one of the world's most popular board games . Players of regular (Western) chess will find Chinese Chess to be similar enough to feel familiar , while also different enough to be a distinctive playing experience . Just like regular chess, Chinese Chess is a 2-player strategy board game, and the aim is to trap your opponent's King. However, with a larger playing board and different playing pieces, Chinese Chess tends to be faster , more dynamic , and more tactical . Chinese Chess is an amazing game which you can now learn for yourself! This course is taught by Nathan Rose (Author of "Chess Opening Names" ) - a native English speaker and international chess enthusiast.  The lessons regularly highlight the differences and similarities between Chinese Chess vs. regular chess... but even if you don't know how to play regular chess, this course will teach you Chinese Chess - absolutely no prior knowledge is assumed. In this course, you will learn: How to setup the board All the pieces, and how they move The rules of gameplay Basic strategy - including opening moves, development, and tactics How to avoid the most common beginner mistakes ... and, you can download a "Cheat Sheet" to remind yourself of the most important principles while you play This course offers everything you need to play your first game of Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). Ready to get started? Click "Buy Now" and let's begin!

Every chess opening has a main objective. Some positional advantage or attack that you're trying to achieve. Ruy Lopez was a Spanish priest and chess lover, who wrote a book in 1561 about chess opening techniques. Named after him, this chess opening has become one of the most heavily analysed openings in today’s game and continues to enjoy incredible popularity at all levels. The main idea behind Ruy Lopez opening for black is to have an easy and clear development in the beginning of the game. Depending on the style, the chess player can choose to play sharp and open game with lots of tactics, or to play closed variation, preferring to maneuver. During this course, both options for black are described, so depending on your chess game style, you can choose your favourite variation.

In this course I will prepare you for all of the most common opening situations and after finishing this course you will 100% be able to win more chess games. I give you suggestions on what openings you should hold onto and you will not need to memorize almost anything, because you will acquire intuition about what moves are right in which positions. This course is mainly made for beginners and early intermediate players and in that period of your chess career you do not have to burden yourself with learning sequences of moves by heart. In 10 lessons I covered some of the most popular openings, such as Ruy Lopez, Russian, Scandinavian, Sicilian, Caro Kann, French, Queen's gambit and more. The only prior knowledge you need is knowing the rules of chess.

Hello and welcome to my Learning Chess video series. This series breaks down the game simply so that views of all ages can learn and play the game of chess. I hope that you enjoy this series and love the game of chess just like I did as a student.

WORLD OF CHESS 1 IS SET UP TO MAKE CHESS ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE! This course is designed to make chess as easy as possible. By making the video's short and with tons of exercises you will learn to play chess. Enjoy the beauties of chess today and start your journey with this course. My name is Tom Meurs. I am a chess player from the Netherlands, playing for almost 20 years. I love the game, not only is it intellectually challenging, it is at times beautiful and asks a lot of creativity. Every time I think I resolved the chess mysteries, I get in some strange position with some very unexpected turns. This keeps chess very exciting. Now, I love to share my passion about chess, and I think Udemy is a great platform to give people a taste of the world of chess. That's basically what I try to do in this course: there is everything to get a good foundation for playing and studying chess on your own, with friends or at the club. This course is different then other courses about learning the game of chess: 1) I try to keep the video's as short as possible, without skipping any important topics. This makes the course easy and fun to watch. 2) After (almost) every video, there is a quiz to test your knowledge and understanding. Do you just know the concepts? Or can you apply them to new positions? This is the true goal of learning: acquiring knowledge which results in better decision making. This course aims at understanding, not just knowledge. 3) 'Formula' sheets to remind you of the most important rules. WITHIN THIS COURSE YOU GET: Video's : During this course I will guide you step-by-step to play chess and play it well with the help of video's. I will shortly explain a new concept, why it is important and then try to present situations in which this concept can be applied. Quizzes : Chess is all about skill. Not only do you need to know something (=knowledge), but you also need to know when and how to apply it in your games (=skill). This course was especially designed to test your knowledge, so every chess video is coupled with a quiz. Formula sheet : To keep all the information sorted, a formula sheet will remind you of the key concepts and rules. Bonus lectures : in the bonus lectures I focus on covering some different chess formats, to spice up your game and show you how to play chess online for free. YOU'LL ALSO GET: Lifetime access to World of Chess 1 Friendly support in the Q&A section Udemy Certificate of Completion available for download 30-day money back guarantee Enroll Today! I Would love to welcome you to the world of chess. - Tom

"Omg this was freakin amazing. Whoever you are who worked together to put this together, you have my immense gratitude. This is so perfect for what I needed right now to help me create a professional chess related app for iPad and iPhone. I have a modest amount of programming experience (just enough to get by for supporting my day job which is not as a programmer) and never heard of xcode before now. I'm amazed what a nice experience you designed for someone like me to even create something that looks like a chessboard on an iPhone in one video lesson. Thanks so much, I'm excited to continue on." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Chris Balcom, Modesto California Do you want to make apps? Do you want to learn to code? This course is for you! In this course you will learn how to make a Chess Game in iOS 10. This course requires you to have basic knowledge of Xcode and programming. If you are a complete beginner, this course isn't for you. This course is the result of a very successful Kickstarter! "I really enjoyed this course. I have no knowledge of chess game engines but this was a very good introduction to them. Keep 'em coming." One of the best features is that you can watch the courses at any speed you want. This means you can speed up the or slow down the video if you want to. This course is project based so you will not be learning a bunch of useless coding practices. At the end of this course you will have real world apps to use in your portfolio. We feel that project based training content is the best way to get from A to B. Taking this course means that you learn practical, employable skills immediately. You can use the projects you build in this course to add to your LinkedIn profile. Give your portfolio fuel to take your career to the next level. Learning how to code is a great way to jump in a new career or enhance your current career. Coding is the new math and learning how to code will propel you forward for any situation. Learn it today and get a head start for tomorrow. People who can master technology will rule the future. You will get full lifetime access to this course for a single one off fee. John Bura has created many games, apps and training courses so he is extremely qualified to teach you how to master technology. This is an instructor that does not only teach, he produces apps. This means you get the most relevant information on how to code. Most courses do not show you practical skills and real world examples. What makes you a good teacher? I have released over 40 games and apps that have done very well in the app store. I run a company called Mammoth Interactive so I am actively in the field building apps and making money I have been teaching since 2002 I personally love learning online and my life is much better because I have learned online rather than a classroom I am one of the top 10 highest grossing Udemy teachers I have been a Udemy instructor since 2011. I make sure people learn how to make money from their creations. I have over 150k students worldwide Who is this class for? People who want to improve their technical skills Complete beginners People who want to make money. I show people the tools on how to make money through various methods of passive income People who want to get ahead of the pack by learning online. How you will make money by learning new skills Learn practical skills Learn about how leverage your new skills to greater wealth Learn through practical examples Why should you learn online? There is an online education revolution taking place. You may have heard about it in the news or heard it from a friend. Either-way, education is going to be changed forever. In this short course I talk about how Online Education has Motivated me Helped my career Helped me as a teacher Impacted several lives around the planet I promise that this course will be better and more effective than reading books. I show how to master technology through the use of video. This course will give you everything you need to thrive in our technological society.

If you have never played the game, this is your chance to learn the basics of this royal game. After you complete the course you will be skilled enough to beat everyone around you and watch others in amazement as you deliver checkmate. GENIUS! They would scream. But it's just a couple of hours of fun learning. The benefits of chess transcend the game and will spill into other aspects of your life - Problem Solving skills, better memory, more focus, creativity, risk assessment, cognitive growth and we can go on and on.

Imagine you have come to a shop to purchase a mobile phone. The shopkeeper gives you a phone with 10 books on how it works and how to use it. The same process is followed in chess learning. There’s a huge difference between knowledge and skill. For example, you can read thousands of books about martial arts, but it doesn’t mean that you’ll become a great fighter. Apart from information, you need to train and acquire necessary practical skills. This is true just as much for chess. That is why, in these seminars, GM Smirnov provides you with a very small user’s manual that has several items you can follow, one by one, to understand chess clearly. Course Content: The seminar covers four major lectures with practical suggestion. In each lecture, GM Igor Smirnov answers all students' questions and provides additional tips to implement in their games. 1. Time to Win 2. Right thinking in chess 3. Smirnov Gambit 4. Art of Planning The course contains around 100 minutes of video lessons and a PDF summery for every seminar topic.

The course ‘Your top chess questions, Answered’ contains detailed answers to the questions posed by RCA students after reading the book A promoted pawn: my chess journey . The course is designed in such a way that even those who have not read the book can easily understand it. Apart from answering questions, GM Igor Smirnov explains how you can implement key ideas in your games, with hand-picked examples from top games. He also explains how he faced certain situations when he was at the beginner stage. Some of the key points you will learn in this course: 1. How to get maximum benefit when training with a computer? 2. What is the universal approach and how to utilize it in your game? 3. Opening skill development process 4. The very powerful technique to train your attacking and anti-blunder skills 5. How to progress in chess when you are an adult? 6. How to open the opponent’s position? 7. Psychological barriers in chess; how to overcome them? Lectures: The course contains eight video lessons and three text lessons . In each lesson, GM Igor Smirnov answers one question from an RCA student. The course also contains interesting examples, tips, and recommendations on various topics, which you can implement in your own games right after completing it.

If you want to become a strong player, it’s very important to know the strategy how to play with or against an isolated pawn. The importance of this topic is related to the fact that isolated pawn can arise from a huge number of openings: Queen’s Gambit, Queen’s Indian Defense, Nimzo-Indian Defense, French Defense, Caro-Kann Defense (Panov Attack) and even Sicilian Defense. This course covers all possible plans how to play the positions with an isolated pawn. There are 4 strategies how to play against isolated pawn: Obstruct enemy pieces Pass the game into the endgame Simplify the position Turn an isolated pawn into a pair And there are also 4 strategies for players who like to play with isolated pawn: Make a breakout Hold the enemy weak pawn Start the attack on the kingside Use c-file Every strategy is explained by example of real game between 2 grandmasters. And finally I prepared a quizz for you to practice at the end the course. With this course you also get: unlimited lifetime access at no extra costs all future additional lectures, game examples never any questions asked full 30 day money-back-in-full guarantee I look forward to seeing you in class! Sincerely, Viktor