• Audio – visual and text-based resources - 1-2 hours
• Discussions, puzzles, activities - 1-2 hours
• Quizzes, assignments,  - 1-2 hours
• Expected commitment per week - 4-6 hours

• Exchange posts with their peers and interact using discussion – forums, chats, Skype, audio/video conferencing;
• Review and discuss online and text-based resources;
• Work individually using a spectrum of online tools.

• Introduction to chess, king;
• Queen, check;
• Checkmate, stalemate;
• Rook. Bishop;
• Knight, pawn;
• Castling, еxchange;
• Primary layout of pieces, relative Value;
• Сide impact, the exchange of pawns.

Upon completion of the course, students will have familiarity with the chess game; contextual knowledge of the essential principles of the game and their correct way of using, as well as assess various situations and game combinations.

In case of selecting the regular program, one lesson will be covered in a week, and the course will be completed in 9 weeks, including the orientation week. In case of selecting the slow-mode program, one lesson will be covered in two weeks, and the course will be completed in 16 weeks, including the orientation week.

Students are required to actively participate in on-line discussions, forums, and chats, to participate in individual and collaborative activities, and to meet deadlines for assignments. Students are required to be familiar and comply with Academic Policy of AVC. 

Student performance will be evaluated based upon total points accumulated throughout the term according to the following: 

20% - participation
20% - assignments
30% - midterm exam
30% - final exam

Grades will be assigned by letters according to AVC Grading Policy

The electronic resources have been designed for user-friendly access and comprehension by a broad audience. Activities and online discussions are supported by the illustration-writing, listening method, as well as the top-down method. Individual and collaborative student assignments are designed to engage students in authentic research and sharing of information. Students will gain from the course in direct relationship to the contributions they make to their own learning.

No hardcopy texts are required. Selected online resources will be included as a part of the lessons. Students are required to read/listen/view all material and complete all assignments.
The electronic resources are designed for university and pre-university students, secondary school chess teachers and adult learners in Armenia and the Diaspora.

H.T. Toumanyan, Chess 2. (Yerevan, 2011)