The contents of the Workbook Step 3 plus:
More or less new topics:
Elaborating the already introduced material:
More or less new topics:
- underpromotion
- the intermediate (in-between) move
- the rook pawn
Elaborating the already introduced material:
- Mini-plans
Activating a piece, increasing activity, improving the pawn structure, exploiting vulnerability.
Try! Mini-plans - Eliminating of the defence
Eliminate two defenders with one piece, eliminate two defenders at the same time and luring away a defender with two functions - Mate
Bring in the chaser, the guard or the helper - Opening
Developing and well-known combinations in the opening - X-ray
X-ray as an aid in other combinations and x-ray protection - Defending against mate
An addition to the lesson in Step 2 - Pinned pieces
Combinations that make use of the pin - The square of the pawn
An addition to the lesson in Step 3 - Discovered attack
Special forms: the intermediate (in-between) move, elimination of the defence and trapping