Learning Chess - Professional Level

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The Beginner book taught the game and the Advanced book taught better decisions. This Professional workbook connects serious personal training with responsible teaching: how to build evidence, explain it, and revise it - as a player and as a coach. This 82-page workbook runs through 18 units: building a diagnosis from decisions; proving a branch tree, not a picture; comparing plans in the same position; auditing compensation before admiring a sacrifice; keeping a repertoire as a position map; turning an endgame anchor into a project; analysing your own game without rewriting your thoughts; reading engine output as evidence; preparing for an event without preparing a surprise; using the clock to support the decision; teaching one move clearly; coaching the search, not the shouted answer; making a group lesson accessible and safe; organising an activity with clear boundaries; applying the rule to the exact case; building a curriculum that can change; auditing an annotated training line; and submitting a checked player-and-coach portfolio. Every unit gives an explanation, a worked analysis, independent questions with explained answers, and a project with review standards. A glossary, an 18-point professional study record and a full source list sit at the back. Tablebase results come from the official Lichess tablebase with saved query evidence, and engine guidance follows the official Stockfish documentation; no software verdict is invented for strategic studies. Rules follow the FIDE Laws of Chess in force since 1 January 2023 and the 2026 Arbiters' Manual, verified November 2026, with named links on the Sources page. Hypothetical learners, clubs and events are labelled examples, not real people. Best suited to experienced players and coaches who have worked through the Advanced book and want a disciplined way to train, teach and organise chess. Important: this is general chess education, not FIDE certification, a coaching licence, an arbiter qualification or a re