This Lesson Guide provides an outline of the topics available at Chess Magnet School. The Learning Objectives are shown in bold face type. The difficulty increases from left to right.
| NOVICE | INTERMEDIATE | ADVANCED |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | Tactics | Positional Judgment |
| Piece Names | Forks-Intermediate | Pawn Power |
| Piece Values | Pins-Intermediate | Positional Play |
| The Chessboard | Skewers-Intermediate | King Safety |
| Starting Position | Discovered Check | Rook Development |
| Discovered Attack | ||
| Piece Movement | Double Check | Strategic Concepts |
| Rook Moves | Side File Mate | Attack & Defense |
| Bishop Moves | X-Ray Attack | Position Evaluation |
| Queen Moves | Clearance Sacrifice | Why Resign? |
| Knight Moves | Removing Defender | Better Moves |
| Pawn Moves | Deflections | Best Play |
| Pawn Promotions | Decoys | Preventing Counterplay |
| King Moves | Trapping | |
| Check | Game Analysis | |
| Capturing With Check | Piece Tours | Grandmaster Games |
| Escaping Check | Rook Tours | |
| Legal Moves | Bishop Tours | Tactical Themes |
| Castling Mechanics | Queen Tour | Interference |
| Castling Rules | Knight Tours | Zugzwang |
| King Tours | Zwischenzug | |
| Ending the Game | Domination | |
| Checkmate | Endgames | Under-Promotion |
| Draw | Basic Opposition | |
| Stalemate | King & Pawn Endgames | Tactical Vision |
| Outside Passed Pawns | Advanced Visualization | |
| Understanding Mate | Pawn Advantage Endgames | Advanced Calculation |
| Checkmater & Helpers | Pawn Breakthroughs | Make-A-Mate, Advanced |
| See-A-Mate | Rook & Pawn Endgames | Helpmates, Advanced |
| Is-It-Mate? | Lucena Positions | Stalemates, Advanced |
| Make-A-Mate | ||
| Find-A-Mate | Playing Defense | Piece Play |
| Take Two Mates | Stop-A-Mate | Strong Rook Moves |
| Take Two Stalemates | Stop-A-Threat | Strong Bishop Moves |
| Strong Queen Moves | ||
| Delivering Mate | Tactical Themes | Strong Knight Moves |
| Two Queen Mate | Overworked Piece | Strong King Moves |
| Queen & Rook Mate | Batteries | |
| Two Rook Mate | Pawn Weakness | Endgames |
| King & Queen Prep | Famous Checkmates | Distant Opposition |
| King & Rook Prep | Back Rank Checkmate | King & Pawn, Advanced |
| Smothered Mate | Rook & Pawn, Advanced | |
| Captures | Safe Captures | Queen & Pawn |
| Smart Captures | Mate Threats | Bishop & Pawn |
| Pieces En Prise | Great Moves | Knight & Pawn |
| Protected Pieces | Make-A-Mate, Intermediate | Bishop vs. Knight |
| Pawn En Passant | Plan-A-Mate | Rook vs. Knight |
| Stop-A-Loss | Helpmates | Rook vs. Bishop |
| Advantages | Queen vs. Rook | |
| Tactics | Preventing Castling | Queen & Minor vs. Queen |
| Queen Attacks | Rook & Bishop Endgames | |
| Forks-Beginning | Delivering Mate | Queen vs. Rook & Minor |
| Pins-Beginning | King & Queen Mate | Queen vs. Two Minors |
| Skewers-Beginning | King & Rook Mate | |
| Best Move-Beginning | Two Bishop Mate | Delivering Mate |
| Two Knight & Bishop Mate | ||
| Forcing Mate | Forcing Moves | Knight & Bishop Mate |
| Mate In 1 - Lone King | Win of Material | |
| Mate In 1 - Castled King | Mate in Two Moves | Opening Pitfalls |
| Queen Mates | Intermediate Tactics | Double King Pawn |
| Rook Mates | King Pawn | |
| Bishop Mates | Attacking Combinations | Double Queen Pawn |
| Knight Mates | Visualize Mate | Queen Pawn |
| Create-A-Mate | Best Move, Intermediate | Flank Openings |
| Mate In 1 - Complex | Intermediate Play | |
| Intermediate Combinations | Forcing Combinations | |
| Chess Language | Win of Material, Advanced | |
| Reading Notation | Mate in Two, Advanced | |
| Writing Notation | Mate in Three Moves | |
| Piece Count | Mate in Four Moves | |
| Game Stages | Advanced Mates | |
| Advanced Tactics | ||
| Openings | Advanced Play | |
| Opening Basics | ||
| Scholar's & Fool's Mate | ||
| NOVICE | INTERMEDIATE | ADVANCED |