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ContentsChapter VII

The University

202 chess lessons, from the basics to advanced endgames.

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202 lessons

Every town has a Chess University with a professor. Lessons cover the basics through advanced endgames.

  • 202lessons
  • 23subjects
  • 887lesson steps
  • 253questions to answer
  • 9professors

What a lesson looks like

The professor explains a position on the board, with the relevant squares highlighted. You then answer a three-choice question.

You cannot fail. After one wrong answer, you get a hint. After a second, the lesson explains the answer and continues.

A lesson captured from the game: the full starting position on a guided board, with the question 'White's Queen starts on which square?' and three answers.
Professor Alderwood's hall in Openfield.

Every town teaches something different

Eight Chess University halls captured from the game, one per town: Openfield in the fields, Frostford on the ice, Gearhaven in brass, Lanternwick at dusk, Tidemoor on the water, Rookwood among the leaves, Dunemarch in the sand, and Stormspire on the rock.
Eight of the nine halls. The ninth is Verdant Vale’s, three floors up the inside of the Great Tree.
  • OpenfieldProfessor Alderwood
    the basics, and how to read chess33lessons
  • FrostfordProfessor Wintermere
    endgames27lessons
  • GearhavenProfessor Ratchet
    openings, traps and gambits33lessons
  • LanternwickProfessor Moth
    chess history and famous games24lessons
  • TidemoorProfessor Undertow
    tactics18lessons
  • Verdant ValeProfessor Bramble
    positional strategy16lessons
  • RookwoodProfessor Quill
    tournament rules and annotation7lessons
  • DunemarchProfessor Sirocco
    advanced play and calculation18lessons
  • StormspireProfessor Vane
    checkmates and attacking26lessons

Finishing a lesson pays experience for your team and 3,000 Pawn Bucks, and 124 of the 589 boards can only be won this way.

The free demo includes Openfield and Frostford. Your save carries into the full game.

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