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Chess teaching ladder

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All levels are welcome, let's try to build a teaching ladder, where stronger players help weaker ones because everybody can teach something and learn something else from others.

Simuls, arena tournaments, thematic tournaments, shared knowledge through Forums, and whatever it helps to build community positive & eager to improve their chess.

=== COMMUNITY ===
Please introduce yourself here:
https://lichess.org/forum/team-chess-teaching-ladder/welcome-please-introduce-yourself-3

Offers & requests:
https://lichess.org/forum/team-chess-teaching-ladder/offers-and-requests-2

=== TOURNAMENTS ===
We play 2 tournaments a week. We open several tournaments and discard the ones with less participants. At the end of the tournaments we do review few games all together.

Weekend Rapid tournament (usually on Sundays)
Thematic Rapid tournament (openings or endings positions to practice, we provide some insight during the week)

=== CHESS RESOURCES ===
Basic ideas on Italian game for White and Black
https://lichess.org/study/JEW2H9JH

Checkmate exercises with useful patterns
https://lichess.org/study/MKufgq1H

Typical pawn structures to help you make good plans
https://lichess.org/study/mpvnhnke

Classical annotated games with Dutch Defense
https://lichess.org/study/ksCaBbOr

Tournaments

Gheorghiu10+5 • Rapid • Casual3 rounds Swiss
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Matveeva10+5 • Rapid • Rated3 rounds Swiss
5
Krejcik10+5 • Rapid • Casual4 rounds Swiss
5
von Bardeleben10+5 • Rapid • Casual4 rounds Swiss
5
SCOTCH Thursday10+5 • Rapid • Casual3 rounds Swiss
5