Chess Bliss – Syllabus for Intermediate
10 Live Classes

Basics of Decoy and Deflection
Basics of Attraction
Introduction to Advanced Checkmate patterns and Ideas
Basics of Zugzwang and Zugzwang related checkmate puzzles
5 Live Tournaments and 5 quizzes
10 Live Classes

Understanding of Basic middle-game positional ideas (references from books by Alex Suetin and Mikhail Shereshevsky) - Introductory part
Introduction to Interference
Introduction to Zwischenzug
Introduction to piece attractions (A continuation to decoy and deflection strategy)
Revision Of Checkmate Patterns
5 Live Tournaments, 5 quizzes
10 Live Classes

Continuation to middle game positional Ideas (Books by Alex Suetin and Mikhail Shereshevsky)
Tournament Specific Preparation Openings - Italian Game Advanced Preparation
Tournament Specific Preparation Openings - London System
Tournament Specific Preparation Openings - C4 English opening Basics
Tournament Specific Preparation Openings - Queens Gambit Declined
Topic: Interference
Topic: Zwischenzug
Topic: Desperado (Basics)
Topic: Zugzwang (intermediate concept and problems)
5 Live tournaments, 5 quizzes
10 Live Classes

Middle game Positional Ideas (Books shall be referred and students will be provided Lichess study for understanding)
Continuation to Tournament Specific Preparation - Openings
Topic: Clearance
Basics of Rook Endings: Lucena
5 live tournaments, 5 quizzes
10 Live Classes

Continuation to basic Rook Endings - Lucena and Philidor, Advanced Middle game preparation
Topic: Clearance, Desperado puzzle quizzes
Basics of pawn endings
Opposite Color Bishops
5 live tournaments, 5 quizzes
10 Live Classes

Battery: Alekhine’s Gun
Grandmaster Game Series for Middlegame
Color Complexion: Exploiting weak color complexes
Bishop vs Knight
Tournament Specific Opening Revision
5 live tournaments, 5 quizzes
10 Live Classes

Mate in 4, Mate in 5, Mate in 6, Mate in 7-8-9 moves practice sessions
Grandmaster Game Series continuation
Color Complexion Revision: Exploiting Weak Color Complexes
Tournament Specific Opening Revision
5 live tournaments, 9 quizzes