Thursday Afternoons – Attack Like a Master, Defend like a Lion!

THE NOV/DEC TERM IS NOW UNDERWAY: If you miss the first class or two, don’t worry!  There is Continuous Enrolment! Sign up anytime and only pay for the remaining classes!

Thursday Afternoons, 5 – 6.15pm – Online on Zoom 

TERM DATES: 
6th / 13th / 20th/ 27th November & 4th/ 11th/ 18th December 2025

COURSE LEVEL:
Primary & Secondary School Kids; Rated 1000 – 1400 ELO

COURSE THEME:
Attack Like a Master, Defend like a Lion!

COURSE DETAIL:

Each week students are given a puzzle worksheet to study in advance of each class which come from a dangerous white or black attacking opening system.    Classes consist of solving the four puzzles and exploring the opening variation they come from.  

Students then get to play a weekly tournament or practice game against each other in Lichess,  which is then analysed in class, providing immediate feedback on their play.

Students can play through puzzle solutions in the form of compelte annotated games in a dedicated Lichess Study.

COURSE FEES:
70 Euros (10 Euro per student per class)
This course will run with a minimum of 6 students.  If cancelled, a full refund will be issued.

If joining a few classes into the term, just email mark@chessbud.ie to find out the correct amount based on the remaining classes in the term.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COURSE:
The group meets once a week for 75 minutes on Thursday afternoons from  5 – 6.15pm  This Online class is conducted using Zoom and is reserved for primary and secondary school kids who have  an online or over-the-board rating of 1000 – 1400 Elo.  The weekly tournament game is played on lichess.org so students must have a free lichess account to take part in class tournaments.