AXIORACHESSPractice to mastery

Practice to mastery

Curriculum

12 months. 48 weeks. 336 learning days. The full map is visible before payment. Month 01 is free. Later months stay locked until an AXIORA entitlement opens them.

Month 01 · open

Tactical Vision & Calculation Foundation

  1. Tactics vs Strategy
  2. Checks, Captures & Threats
  3. Loose Pieces
  4. Tactical Triggers
  5. King Safety & Open Lines
  6. Integration Training
  7. Weekly Review & Test
  8. Knight Forks
  9. Pawn & Bishop Forks
  10. Rook & Queen Forks
  11. Creating Forks
  12. Avoiding Forks
  13. Fork Bootcamp
  14. Week 2 Review
  15. Absolute & Relative Pins
  16. Exploiting & Breaking Pins
  17. Skewers
  18. Discovered Attacks
  19. Double Attacks Combined
  20. Line-Tactic Bootcamp
  21. Week 3 Review
  22. Deflection & Decoy
  23. Removal of Defender & Overload
  24. Interference, Clearance, Zwischenzug
  25. Candidate Moves & Best Defense
  26. Visualization & Blunder Prevention
  27. Month 1 Mixed Exam Prep
  28. Month 1 Examination & Project

Month 02 · premium locked

Calculation Mastery

  1. Candidate move generation · premium locked
  2. Forcing-move calculation · premium locked
  3. Tree calculation · premium locked
  4. Variation selection · premium locked
  5. Practice: Candidate move generation · premium locked
  6. Practice: Forcing-move calculation · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. Opponent's best response · premium locked
  9. Quiet defensive moves · premium locked
  10. False calculation · premium locked
  11. Evaluation after calculation · premium locked
  12. Practice: Opponent's best response · premium locked
  13. Practice: Quiet defensive moves · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. Visualization · premium locked
  16. Calculation without moving pieces · premium locked
  17. 3-ply · premium locked
  18. 5-ply · premium locked
  19. 7-ply · premium locked
  20. Practice: Visualization · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Calculation under time pressure · premium locked
  23. Calculation errors · premium locked
  24. Daily calculation positions · premium locked
  25. Exam protocol · premium locked
  26. Practice: Calculation under time pressure · premium locked
  27. Practice: Calculation errors · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked

Month 03 · premium locked

Endgame Foundation

  1. Opposition · premium locked
  2. Distant opposition · premium locked
  3. Key squares · premium locked
  4. Rule of the square · premium locked
  5. Corresponding squares · premium locked
  6. Zugzwang · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. Active rook · premium locked
  9. Rook behind passed pawn · premium locked
  10. Checking distance · premium locked
  11. King cut-off · premium locked
  12. Practice: Active rook · premium locked
  13. Practice: Rook behind passed pawn · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. Lucena · premium locked
  16. Philidor · premium locked
  17. Bridge building · premium locked
  18. Defensive checking · premium locked
  19. Practice: Lucena · premium locked
  20. Practice: Philidor · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Bishop vs knight · premium locked
  23. Good bishop · premium locked
  24. Bad bishop · premium locked
  25. Knight outposts · premium locked
  26. Opposite-colored bishops · premium locked
  27. Practice: Bishop vs knight · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked

Month 04 · premium locked

Pawn Structures & Positional Planning

  1. Isolated Queen Pawn · premium locked
  2. Carlsbad structure · premium locked
  3. Minority attack · premium locked
  4. Piece placement · premium locked
  5. Practice: Isolated Queen Pawn · premium locked
  6. Practice: Carlsbad structure · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. Hanging pawns · premium locked
  9. Backward pawn · premium locked
  10. Weak squares · premium locked
  11. Outposts · premium locked
  12. Practice: Hanging pawns · premium locked
  13. Practice: Backward pawn · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. Passed pawn · premium locked
  16. Majority · premium locked
  17. Pawn chains · premium locked
  18. Pawn breaks · premium locked
  19. Practice: Passed pawn · premium locked
  20. Practice: Majority · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Closed center · premium locked
  23. Open center · premium locked
  24. Good vs bad pieces · premium locked
  25. Worst-piece principle · premium locked
  26. Practice: Closed center · premium locked
  27. Practice: Open center · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked

Month 05 · premium locked

Rook Endgame Mastery

  1. Rook activity · premium locked
  2. King activity · premium locked
  3. Cutting off the king · premium locked
  4. Checking from behind · premium locked
  5. Checking from the side · premium locked
  6. Practice: Rook activity · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. Lucena · premium locked
  9. Philidor · premium locked
  10. Vancura · premium locked
  11. Defensive resources · premium locked
  12. Practice: Lucena · premium locked
  13. Practice: Philidor · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. Passed pawns · premium locked
  16. Connected passed pawns · premium locked
  17. Rook behind passed pawn · premium locked
  18. Practice: Passed pawns · premium locked
  19. Practice: Connected passed pawns · premium locked
  20. Practice: Rook behind passed pawn · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Practical rook endings · premium locked
  23. Winning exercises · premium locked
  24. Defensive exercises · premium locked
  25. Exam set · premium locked
  26. Practice: Practical rook endings · premium locked
  27. Practice: Winning exercises · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked

Month 06 · premium locked

Opening Mastery

  1. Opening → Structure → Plans · premium locked
  2. Development · premium locked
  3. Critical deviations · premium locked
  4. Practice: Opening → Structure → Plans · premium locked
  5. Practice: Development · premium locked
  6. Practice: Critical deviations · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. Main lines · premium locked
  9. Branches · premium locked
  10. Trap alerts · premium locked
  11. Model games · premium locked
  12. Practice: Main lines · premium locked
  13. Practice: Branches · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. Tactical patterns · premium locked
  16. Strategic plans · premium locked
  17. Typical middlegame · premium locked
  18. Typical endgame · premium locked
  19. Practice: Tactical patterns · premium locked
  20. Practice: Strategic plans · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Personal opening database · premium locked
  23. Post-game updates · premium locked
  24. Anti-prep basics · premium locked
  25. Exam · premium locked
  26. Practice: Personal opening database · premium locked
  27. Practice: Post-game updates · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked

Month 07 · premium locked

Middlegame Mastery

  1. Piece activity · premium locked
  2. Initiative · premium locked
  3. Space · premium locked
  4. Improving the worst piece · premium locked
  5. Practice: Piece activity · premium locked
  6. Practice: Initiative · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. Weak squares · premium locked
  9. Outposts · premium locked
  10. Pawn breaks · premium locked
  11. Good/bad pieces · premium locked
  12. Practice: Weak squares · premium locked
  13. Practice: Outposts · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. Open files · premium locked
  16. Open diagonals · premium locked
  17. Exchanges · premium locked
  18. Attack vs defense · premium locked
  19. Practice: Open files · premium locked
  20. Practice: Open diagonals · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Prophylaxis · premium locked
  23. Creating plans · premium locked
  24. Position-evaluation exercises · premium locked
  25. Exam · premium locked
  26. Practice: Prophylaxis · premium locked
  27. Practice: Creating plans · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked

Month 08 · premium locked

Advanced Tactics & Complex Calculation

  1. Combination building · premium locked
  2. Sacrificial attacks · premium locked
  3. Double sacrifices · premium locked
  4. Clearance sacrifices · premium locked
  5. Practice: Combination building · premium locked
  6. Practice: Sacrificial attacks · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. Deflection combinations · premium locked
  9. Interference combinations · premium locked
  10. Removing defenders · premium locked
  11. Overloading · premium locked
  12. Practice: Deflection combinations · premium locked
  13. Practice: Interference combinations · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. Windmill · premium locked
  16. X-ray attacks · premium locked
  17. Back-rank tactics · premium locked
  18. Perpetual check · premium locked
  19. Desperado · premium locked
  20. Zwischenzug · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Mating attacks · premium locked
  23. Counterattack · premium locked
  24. Difficult mixed positions · premium locked
  25. Exam · premium locked
  26. Practice: Mating attacks · premium locked
  27. Practice: Counterattack · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked

Month 09 · premium locked

Master Game Autopsy

  1. Predict · premium locked
  2. Calculate · premium locked
  3. Compare · premium locked
  4. Explain · premium locked
  5. Classify · premium locked
  6. Rebuild · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. First critical position · premium locked
  9. Strategic turning point · premium locked
  10. Tactical turning point · premium locked
  11. Practice: First critical position · premium locked
  12. Practice: Strategic turning point · premium locked
  13. Practice: Tactical turning point · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. Endgame transition · premium locked
  16. Final conversion · premium locked
  17. Technique notes · premium locked
  18. Practice: Endgame transition · premium locked
  19. Practice: Final conversion · premium locked
  20. Practice: Technique notes · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Classical attacking games · premium locked
  23. Technical wins · premium locked
  24. Defensive saves · premium locked
  25. Exam · premium locked
  26. Practice: Classical attacking games · premium locked
  27. Practice: Technical wins · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked

Month 10 · premium locked

Tournament & Practical Chess

  1. Time management · premium locked
  2. Clock pressure · premium locked
  3. Risk management · premium locked
  4. Simplification · premium locked
  5. Practice: Time management · premium locked
  6. Practice: Clock pressure · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. Playing winning positions · premium locked
  9. Playing worse positions · premium locked
  10. Playing after blunders · premium locked
  11. Psychological reset · premium locked
  12. Practice: Playing winning positions · premium locked
  13. Practice: Playing worse positions · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. Opening preparation · premium locked
  16. Opponent preparation · premium locked
  17. Tournament routine · premium locked
  18. Practice: Opening preparation · premium locked
  19. Practice: Opponent preparation · premium locked
  20. Practice: Tournament routine · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Simulated tournament days · premium locked
  23. Post-game analysis · premium locked
  24. Energy management · premium locked
  25. Exam · premium locked
  26. Practice: Simulated tournament days · premium locked
  27. Practice: Post-game analysis · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked

Month 11 · premium locked

Personal Chess Operating System

  1. Tactical Error Database · premium locked
  2. Blunder Encyclopedia · premium locked
  3. Tagging taxonomy · premium locked
  4. Practice: Tactical Error Database · premium locked
  5. Practice: Blunder Encyclopedia · premium locked
  6. Practice: Tagging taxonomy · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. Critical Position Library · premium locked
  9. Endgame Library · premium locked
  10. Model Game Library · premium locked
  11. Practice: Critical Position Library · premium locked
  12. Practice: Endgame Library · premium locked
  13. Practice: Model Game Library · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. Personal Opening Database · premium locked
  16. Opponent Preparation System · premium locked
  17. Practice: Personal Opening Database · premium locked
  18. Practice: Opponent Preparation System · premium locked
  19. Practice: Personal Opening Database · premium locked
  20. Practice: Opponent Preparation System · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Training Calendar · premium locked
  23. Self-diagnosis · premium locked
  24. Weekly reviews · premium locked
  25. Exam · premium locked
  26. Practice: Training Calendar · premium locked
  27. Practice: Self-diagnosis · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked

Month 12 · premium locked

Master-Level Integration

  1. Calculation · premium locked
  2. Tactics · premium locked
  3. Strategy · premium locked
  4. Endgames · premium locked
  5. Openings · premium locked
  6. Practice: Calculation · premium locked
  7. Review and test · premium locked
  8. Benchmark game 1–2 · premium locked
  9. Psychology · premium locked
  10. Practical play · premium locked
  11. Tournament preparation · premium locked
  12. Practice: Benchmark game 1–2 · premium locked
  13. Practice: Psychology · premium locked
  14. Review and test · premium locked
  15. 100-position examination · premium locked
  16. Calculation examination · premium locked
  17. Endgame examination · premium locked
  18. Opening examination · premium locked
  19. Game-analysis examination · premium locked
  20. Practice: 100-position examination · premium locked
  21. Review and test · premium locked
  22. Personal weakness audit · premium locked
  23. Self-analysis · premium locked
  24. Next-year master plan · premium locked
  25. Graduation · premium locked
  26. Practice: Personal weakness audit · premium locked
  27. Practice: Self-analysis · premium locked
  28. Review and test · premium locked
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