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U14 chess training resources

Opening

A First Junior Chess Opening Repertoire — PDF — PGN

The French Defence in 10 minutes PDF

DJCA Videos — Scotch Game — Two Knights’  — White with 1.e4 — Black vs 1.e4 — White with 1.d4 — Karlsbad — Black vs. 1.d4

Your First Chess Adventures — openings booklets in PGN and PDF — link available on request — Colle System

YouTube videos for all DJCA booklets from DJCA and others

Inspiration — Semi-Slav — Schliemann — QG — Karlsbad — IQP Example — King’s Indian

Planless development — SB38

Tactics

A course in chess tactics — PDF — PGN — video playlist

Defending (video)

HitMissTrap 1 & 2: Q1 Q2 A1 A2

Paul’s Puzzles

Test Your Chess IQ 1 2 3

Strategy

The positional elements – a list

Evaluation (sample PDF) Chess Exam

Planning (video)

Test Positions: MS99 — BK39 — BS38 — 

Silman Thinking Technique — PDF

Can You Be A Positional Chess Genius (Test 1 — Hints — Answers)

Endgame

Endgame puzzles at Lichess

Littlewood’s ABC — Lichess studies — PGN

Capablanca’s Best Chess Endgames — Lichess studies — PGN

Icelandic Endgame Challenge — PDF — PGN

Daniel’s Endgame – Lichess

Thinking

Boardsight

8 Queens (Lichess)

Checks and Captures (Lichess Study)

Random position generator

Boardsight exercises

Boardsight exercises (from Chess Deck)

Visualisation KKMG1 — KKEG — KKMG2

Think Twice — T21 — T22 — Saariluoma — PDF

Blunder-Proofing Your Chess (video)

Do chessplayers think? record yourself thinking (Lichess)

Thinking (video)

Misc

Annotated games

Chess Choice Challenge 1 2 3 (Q only)

It’s Your Move / IYM Improvers / IYM Tough Puzzles (Q only)

Chess Exam — PDF Q only

Slideshows

2014 — 2015 — 2016 — 2019 — 2023

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