Vancouver Chess School
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  1. The history of chess
  2. Chess notation
  3. Introduce the King
  4. Introduce the Rook
  5. Introduce the Bishop
  6. Introduce the Queen
  7. Introduce the Knight
  8. Introduce the Pawn #1
  9. Introduce the Pawn #2
  10. Capture the opponent's piece #1
  11. Check
  12. Checkmate
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  1. Capture the opponent's piece #1
  2. Check
  3. Checkmate
  4. Checkmate in 1 move #1
  5. Checkmate in 1 move #2
  6. Mating with major pieces
  7. Mating with the Queen
  8. How to checkmate with Rook and King
  9. Castling
  10. Draw
  11. Chess tactics Knight Fork
  12. Piece value
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  1. Mating with major pieces
  2. Mating with the Queen
  3. How to checkmate with Rook and King
  4. Checkmate in 1 move #3
  5. Checkmate in 1 move #4
  6. Chess tactics Knight Fork
  7. Chess tactics Pawn Fork
  8. How to start the game #1
  9. Back rank checkmate
  10. Chess tactics Pin
  11. Chess tactics Double attack
  12. Chess tactics Skewer
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  1. How to start the game #1
  2. Evaluation of Material Imbalances
  3. Back rank checkmate
  4. Chess tactics Pin
  5. Chess tactics Double attack
  6. Chess tactics Skewer
  7. How to start the game #2
  8. Chess tactics Discovered check
  9. Equivalent exchange and sacrifice
  10. Passed pawns
  11. Chess tactics Smothered mate
  12. Converting material advantage into a win
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  1. How to Play in the Opening #1
  2. How to Play in the Opening #2
  3. How to Play in the Opening #3
  4. How to Play in the Opening #4
  5. Attacking the uncastled king
  6. Chess tactics (knight)
  7. Diagonals
  8. Chess tactics (pawn)
  9. How to play in endgame, pawn endings #1
  10. Exploiting a pin
  11. Attacking the King. Sacrifice on f7 (f2), h7 (h2)
  12. Chess tactics (major pieces)
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Jo Ro
Mar 4, 2025
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Jun 30, 2023
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The best chess school in Vancouver....

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Apr 22, 2021
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The Vancouver Chess school took my son’s interest in chess and sparked an obsession. My son used to believe most things are “easy” or he would have difficulty with failures. However, this che...

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Apr 16, 2021
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The best teacher, patience, my child learned here from 2017, not only learns to play chess, but also exercises how to deal with various challenges, how to judge the improvement of ability, so that now...

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Feb 22, 2024
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My son Zac really likes VCS programs. It helped him from zero knowledge to a bit obsessed to chess now. I also like the VCS operation system that helps kids to focus on there target and motivate them ...

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Dec 25, 2022
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The school teaches professional chess technique and encourages sportsmanship. It meets where your child's level is whether it is beginner or advanced. It is an exciting journey for a child to keep imp...

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Oct 18, 2023
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The Vancouver Chess School has been a game-changer for my autistic child. Not only has he made remarkable progress in his chess skills, but he genuinely looks forward to every session. The instructors...

Kim Nguyen
Apr 4, 2023
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Chess classes and tournaments at Vancouver Chess School has significantly transformed our kid's chess study journey. He started barely understanding anything about 6 months ago, and is now able to com...

Sonya Varma
Jan 1, 2022
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My kids had wanted to join VCS classes at Jericho for some time, and the availability of online classes during the pandemic provided the opportunity to overcome scheduling barriers. My 6 year old da...

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Apr 2, 2023
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The best place that you can play chess in Vancouver....

Ting Sun
Jul 21, 2023
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Wonderful place for chess. My son luckily found this amazing school when he fell in love with chess, and had much fun during learning. There are nice and professional coaches, passionate classmates, s...

Beauty Wang
Oct 2, 2024
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This Chess school is amazing! Learn chess at any level, play with different people, and have fun!...

Mike Zhu
Apr 5, 2023
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We settled in Vancouver last year, and since our child has experienced in China for 6 years, we hope to continue his interest in Vancouver. We are grateful to VCS for their weekly chess classes and fr...

Preeti Jaiman
Mar 11, 2021
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My son and daughter, aged 8 and 10, are members of VCS. They joined in 2019 April and since then they have enjoyed their lessons with Mr. G. VanChess has an online platform where chess puzzles, homewo...

Nana Z
Feb 11, 2022
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My son is learning chess there from 5 years old. Teachers are amazing, VCS is great place for kids to learn chess, they can meet lots of chess lover and lots of chance to play chess. Mr G is my son’...

Sharon Zhang
Mar 16, 2021
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We have proudly been with Vancouver Chess School since day one and we have always experienced high-quality and productive lessons from all the instructors here. Not only that, but the coaches are alwa...

Zena Zuo
Jun 3, 2021
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This is a great chess school for kids to learn and grow up in. I am so happy we made the right choice 4 years ago. When my son told me he was interested in chess, I enrolled him in Vancouver Chess sc...

lisa y
Jul 10, 2022
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Our kid really enjoyed the chess classes. The classes/activities are well structured and the coaches are patient....

Eric Chan
Feb 26, 2023
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Vancouver Chess School is fantastic! VCS is very well organized, structured, and provides learners of all levels with opportunities and support to improve their skills.. or to just have fun playing c...

kana guo
Mar 26, 2023
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I highly recommend this chess training school to anyone looking to improve their chess skills. The instructors are all highly knowledgeable and experienced, especially Gyan Awatramani. And their pass...

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