This course is part of BLOC© Chess Master and Its Tools - Advanced Chess Diploma.

This MOOC will introduce students to the fascinating world of chess and allow them to learn the fundamentals of chess strategy and tactics from scratch in an enjoyable and accessible way.

The qualities of chess as an educational tool are widely recognized, which has led numerous Autonomous Communities to include it in their curricula. Its usefulness in social and therapeutic programs has also been well established. For all these reasons, an increasing number of people are finding professional opportunities in chess and therefore seek to acquire knowledge in this sport.

In addition to introducing the rules and other fundamentals of this game of science, this course will also cover computer chess and, at a time when computing is essential in education, different applications used in chess instruction will be presented, as well as tools for learning and practicing chess online.

Bibliography:
  • El camino del ajedrez. Amador González de la Nava. Ediciones USAL 2018
  • Curso de Ajedrez. Amador González de la Nava. Revista Jaque 2004 a 2008
  • Curso de Medio Juego. Amador González de la Nava. Revista El Rincón del Ajedrecista 2013 a 2016
  • Problemas de Estrategia en aperturas cerradas. Alfonso Romero Holmes y Amador González de la Nava. Ed Chessy 2005
  • Problemas de Estrategia en aperturas abiertas. Alfonso Romero Holmes y Amador González de la Nava. Ed Chessy 2012
  • 90 Ejercicios de Estrategia. Alfonso Romero Holmes y Amador González de la Nava. Ed Chessy 2020
  • Ultimate Chess Strategy. Alfonso Romero Holmes y Amador González de la Nava. Ed. Gambit 2008

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Additional resources:

 

Methodology

Chess will be taught in an accessible way using audiovisual content structured into small units of knowledge for easy assimilation. This material will be supplemented with PDF resources that students can use to reinforce and solidify what they have learned.

Speakers

Amador González de la Nava
Chess Academy

Luis Sánchez-Arévalo
Castilla y León Chess Federation

Written material

Module I –THE RULES-

  • Introduction. The board. The pieces and their movement
  • Special moves. End of a game
  • History of Chess
  • Chess in educational, social, and therapeutic projects and in artificial intelligence development programs

Module II –OTHER BASIC KNOWLEDGE-

  • Chess notation
  • The value of the pieces
  • The chess game and its different phases
  • Elementary checkmates

Module III –BASIC CHECKMATES-

  • Checkmate with 2 rooks. Checkmate with a queen.
  • Checkmate with a rook
  • Checkmate with 2 bishops
  • Checkmate with Bishop and Knight

Module IV –ENDGAME PARTICULARITIES-

  • Zugzwang
  • King activity
  • Fortresses and stalemate
  • Basic pawn endgames

Module V –CHESS AND COMPUTING

  • Computer applications and tools for improving chess skills
  • Websites where you can find resources to improve your chess
  • Playing chess over the internet
  • Review of the different websites where you can play chess online

Audiovisual material

  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Introduction"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 2min
    "The Board"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "The Pieces"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "The Rook"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "The Bishop"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "The Queen"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "The King"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "The Knight"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "The Pawn I"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "The Pawn II"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 2min
    "Checkmate"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Draw by Stalemate"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Castling"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 3min
    "History I"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 3min
    "History II"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 4min
    "History III"
    Luis Sánchez-Arévalo, Castilla y León Chess Federation
  • Masterclass Duration: 6min
    "History IV"
    Luis Sánchez-Arévalo, Castilla y León Chess Federation
  • Masterclass Duration: 4min
    "Chess and Education I"
    Luis Sánchez-Arévalo, Castilla y León Chess Federation
  • Masterclass Duration: 3min
    "Chess and Education II"
    Luis Sánchez-Arévalo, Castilla y León Chess Federation
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Introduction"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Fool's Mate"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Fool's Mate Variations I"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Fool's Mate Variations II"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Scholar's Mate"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 2min
    "Scholar's Mate Variations"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Légal's Mate"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Légal's Mate Variations"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Smothered Mate"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Smothered Mate Variations"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Introduction"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Two Rooks"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 3min
    "King / Queen"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 3min
    "King / Rook"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 3min
    "2 Bishops"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 3min
    "Bishop / Knight"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Introduction"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 3min
    "Stalemate"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 2min
    "Fortress"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "King Activity"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "Zugzwang"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 1min
    "The Sixth Rank"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 2min
    "King Opposition"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 2min
    "The Rule of the Square"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 3min
    "Breakthroughs"
    Amador González de la Nava, Chess Academy
  • Masterclass Duration: 4min
    "Chessbase, Playchess, Chess Academy"
    Luis Sánchez-Arévalo, Castilla y León Chess Federation
  • Masterclass Duration: 4min
    "Chess King, Lichess, Chess.com, Chess24"
    Luis Sánchez-Arévalo, Castilla y León Chess Federation
  • Masterclass Duration: 2min
    "Chesstree, Chess Tempo"
    Luis Sánchez-Arévalo, Castilla y León Chess Federation
  • Masterclass Duration: 4min
    "Leela, Chessable, Zugzwang Blog, Aimches, Play Magnus, iChess, Chess FM"
    Luis Sánchez-Arévalo, Castilla y León Chess Federation

The Professional Certificates provided by executives and experts from leading universities and companies seek to meet people's training needs by helping them acquire the professional skills most in demand today.

All certificates can be requested in the formats available at https://e4you.org/es/certificados 

In this program, you can obtain two types of certifications:

  • Block Diploma (or ‘BLOC © Diploma’): Certificate awarded upon successful completion of all courses within a block or course ‘pack’.

    • To obtain this diploma, you must have successfully completed the courses included in the training block and obtained their corresponding certificates of completion.

  • Course Certificate: Certificate awarded upon successful completion of a course. To obtain this certificate, you must view at least 70% of the course content and successfully complete the defined course assessment activities (questionnaires, assignment submissions, …). You will find all the required information within the course.

Block diplomas or certificates (‘BLOC © Diploma’) offered:

BLOC © CHESS MASTER AND ITS TOOLS.
Advanced Chess Diploma

Certificate you can obtain if you successfully complete the following courses:
  • Introduction to Chess: Learn Chess with Computer Resources and Artificial Intelligence.
  • Chess: Improvement.
  • Chess: Advanced Level and Computer Tools.

Course certificates offered:

Introduction to Chess: Learn Chess with Computer Resources and Artificial Intelligence.

Each course in the program offers its own certificate. The certificate from one of the courses is used as an example.