Advanced Beginner

You’ll move beyond “good moves” to good plans—understanding pawn structures, weak squares, space, and piece activity. Calculation deepens as you connect tactics into short combinations and evaluate the resulting positions. Your opening choices will feel more purposeful, and your middlegame plans more coherent.

Methods include annotated classics that illustrate why positional ideas work, followed by structured calculation exercises with increasing depth. Coaches set an engine-assisted review policy: we first analyze together, then use engines to verify, not replace, your thinking. Personalized study plans outline weekly goals across tactics, openings, and endgames so progress compounds.