Building a solid chess foundation is the first move toward long-term success in thinking, competition, and strategic growth. This course is designed for beginners and young players who want to master the basics, avoid early mistakes, and build confidence from the first move. With solid fundamentals, students lay the groundwork to become strong, creative, and resilient chess players — whether recreational or competitive.

Understanding the board, how each piece moves, legal moves, castling, check, checkmate, and stalemate

Basic opening principles, development, controlling the center, safe king placement

Key tactical ideas like forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, and various threats

Organizing your pieces, pawn structure basics, planning and positional thinking

Basic king and pawn endings, checkmate with a king + rook vs king, opposition, and promotion ideas

Planning sequences of moves, avoiding blunders, thinking several moves in the future

Analyzing individual games with the coach, spotting mistakes, and turning losses into learning opportunities

Participating in our live and online chess events to sharpen your chess skills, and meeting other chess players like you.

• Hands-on, interactive training with real game play, puzzles, mini-tournaments, and group exercises.
• Certified coach who provides guidance, feedback, and encouragement. 
• Regular feedback and analysis sessions to review played games, highlight learning points, and help students internalize lessons.
• A structured workbook and digital puzzle set to practice between sessions and track progress.
• Certificate of Completion awarded by ICK that confirms your grasp of chess fundamentals and readiness for more advanced training.

• Kids aged 6+
• Young beginners who are just starting out, or kids who have learned the basic rules and want a structured approach to improvement.
• Casual players who know how to move the pieces but haven’t studied strategy or tactics.
• Parents or educators seeking to help children develop logical thinking, planning skills, and concentration through chess.
• Intermediate learners with gaps in understanding who want to strengthen their fundamentals before moving to intermediate or advanced training programs.

Minimum criteria:

1. Course Attendance - 80%

2. Training Performance - 20%