Fiancho Chess

Beginner to advanced level

Complete Training Library

All seven Fiancho Chess training courses together in one download: tactics, checkmate patterns, opening repertoires for both colors, endgames, positional play, and calculation and visualization. Every course is complete and identical to the version sold on its own.

Level
Beginner to advanced
Format
One .zip with seven PDF workbooks and PGN files
Study
Self-paced, self-study
Delivery
Instant download link by email and on screen

Self-study material. These courses are written workbooks with PGN files. There is no video, no live instruction, no coaching, and no feedback on your games.

Full contents

The seven courses included

Each course is included in full, with its own PDF workbook and PGN files. Follow a link for the full contents of any course.

  1. Tactics Fundamentals

    Beginner. Forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks and double attacks, each explained with examples and followed by training positions with worked solutions.

  2. Checkmate Patterns

    Beginner. The common mating patterns, how to recognize them, and training positions for spotting them in play.

  3. Opening Repertoire for Black

    Intermediate. A complete repertoire for Black against White’s main first moves, organized by the ideas and plans behind each line rather than memorized move orders.

  4. Opening Repertoire for White

    Intermediate. A complete repertoire for White built around 1.e4, with the main plans, typical pawn structures, and how to handle Black’s common replies.

  5. Endgame Essentials

    Beginner to intermediate. King and pawn endings, basic rook endings, and the key theoretical positions every player should know, with training positions to practice converting them.

  6. Positional Play & Strategy

    Intermediate to advanced. Pawn structures, piece activity, weak squares and planning in quiet positions, explained through annotated examples and training exercises.

  7. Calculation & Visualization Training

    Intermediate to advanced. Structured exercises for calculating forcing lines and visualizing positions without moving pieces, increasing in difficulty across the course.

Inside the workbook

Preview pages

Illustrations of representative pages, showing how the workbooks are laid out: a training position, a worked solution and a section from the explanations.

Preview of a training position page: white to moveA workbook page showing a chessboard diagram, white to move, with the task: Calculate a forced checkmate.FIANCHO CHESSCALCULATION TRAININGTRAINING POSITIONWhite to moveabcdefgh87654321Calculate a forced checkmate.The worked solution follows in the solutions section.
Training positionA board diagram with the task stated underneath, the way every training position is set out.
Preview of a worked solution page: The knight fork on c7A workbook page with a small diagram and the worked solution. 1.Nc7+ The knight checks the king on e8 and attacks the rook on a8 at the same time. 1...Kd7 2.Nxa8 Every king move leaves the rook undefended, and White wins a whole rook.FIANCHO CHESSTACTICS FUNDAMENTALSWORKED SOLUTIONThe knight fork on c7POSITIONWhite to moveTHEMEKnight fork1.Nc7+The knight checks the king on e8 andattacks the rook on a8 at the same time.1...Kd7 2.Nxa8Every king move leaves the rookundefended, and White wins a whole rook.
Worked solutionThe full solution line with the defensive tries and a plain-language explanation of each step.
Preview of an explanation page: The oppositionA workbook page from the explanations. When the two kings stand on the same file with one square between them, the side that does not have to move holds the opposition. In king and pawn endings this often decides whether a pawn promotes. Key idea: If you can take the opposition, the enemy king usually has to give way and let your king advance. Spare pawn moves matter too: a single tempo can hand the opposition back to the other side.FIANCHO CHESSENDGAME ESSENTIALSEXPLANATIONThe oppositionWhen the two kings stand on the same filewith one square between them, the sidethat does not have to move holds theopposition. In king and pawn endings thisoften decides whether a pawn promotes.KEY IDEAIf you can take the opposition, theenemy king usually has to give way andlet your king advance.Spare pawn moves matter too: a singletempo can hand the opposition back tothe other side.
From the explanationsAn explanation section introducing an idea, with a key point set apart for quick review.

Who it’s for

  • Players who want the whole course range in one purchase.
  • Players planning a long-term study program across every part of the game.
  • Players who already know they want several of the individual courses.

Who it isn’t for

  • Players who only need one or two topics. Each course is also sold on its own.
  • Complete newcomers still learning how the pieces move.
  • Anyone looking for video lessons, coaching or personal feedback. These are self-study workbooks.

The download

What’s in the .zip

One download holds the whole library. Open the PDF in any PDF reader and load the PGN files into any chess software or online analysis board that opens PGN files. The FAQ explains how to open both.

  • One .zip fileA single download with a separate folder for each of the seven courses.
  • Seven PDF workbooksOne per course, each with explanations, board diagrams, training positions and fully worked solutions.
  • PGN files for every courseEvery position and line from each course, ready for any chess software or online analysis board that opens PGN files.

Using the library

A suggested study order

The courses can be studied in any order, but this sequence moves from the foundations to the most demanding material.

  1. Start with tactics and mates

    Tactics Fundamentals and Checkmate Patterns build the pattern recognition that every other course relies on.

  2. Add endgames early

    Endgame Essentials sits comfortably alongside the beginner courses and runs into intermediate material.

  3. Choose your openings

    The repertoires for White and Black give you a complete, connected set of lines once the basics are in place.

  4. Move on to strategy and calculation

    Positional Play & Strategy and Calculation & Visualization Training are the most demanding courses and work best last.

Delivery and refunds

Your download link arrives by email right after payment and is shown on the confirmation screen. Any purchase can be refunded in full within 14 days, no reason required.

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