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A chess curriculum for academies

Teach64 provides 363 ready-to-teach sessions across Explorer and Challenger, for younger learners and ages 8+, with puzzle exercises, coach notes, activities and homework. Academy plans include the teaching console.

Why Teach64

The name combines teach with the 64 squares on a chessboard. Teach64 is a chess curriculum and teaching console for academy owners and coaches.

Each session gives coaches a lesson objective, teaching sequence, positions, questions, activity and homework.

64

the squares on the board

the name

Why Teach64 includes complete lesson plans

Teach64 began with a review of an academy syllabus containing 98 sessions. It listed topics in order, but coaches still had to prepare each class: choose positions, write questions, plan an activity and set homework.

Efhaam built Teach64 so those materials sit in the session plan. Coaches can see the learning objective, its prerequisites and the next session in the sequence.

The curriculum now contains 363 sessions: 213 Explorer for younger learners and 150 Challenger for ages 8+. Each course progresses through five stages.

Each lesson has an objective, a place in the sequence and materials for the coach.
Teach64 lesson format

Built for academy teams.Each course follows its own curriculum sequence, with room for coaches to adapt the lesson to their group.

What academy plans include

Included

  • The full curriculum. Every plan includes 363 sessions and the teaching console. Plans vary by coach seats and support.
  • A shared lesson format. Session plans include graded positions, stated outcomes and coach notes.
  • Five stages for ages 5–14. Students progress from board basics to advanced strategy and game analysis.
  • Two teaching tracks. Explorer and Challenger adjust pacing and practice for different groups.

Current product limits

  • No online chess games. Teach64 provides lesson plans and a teaching console.
  • No student accounts. Academy owners and coaches use the workspace. Students do not need accounts or email addresses.
  • No class register or scorebook. Teach64 does not record attendance, completed classes or student scores. Coaches can save position bookmarks under student labels.
  • Coaches lead each class. Use the session plan and your knowledge of the group to teach the lesson.

How the curriculum is organized and checked

The curriculum uses a consistent lesson format, a defined teaching sequence and stated learning outcomes.

  1. 01
    One lesson formatEvery session uses a consistent format for its learning objective, teaching sequence and coach notes.
  2. 02
    A defined sequenceExplorer sessions after the first list prerequisites. The deepest has 11. Each of Explorer’s 10 levels ends with a graded session.
  3. 03
    Stated learning outcomes1,005 Explorer outcomes describe what students should be able to do after a session. Challenger has its own lesson objectives and success criteria.
  4. 04
    Five thinking routinesExplorer introduces THE LOOK, THE SCAN, THE PLAN, THE CALCULATE, THE EVALUATE across its five stages to help students analyze a position.
  5. 05
    Puzzle validationBoth courses use checks for position legality and authored move lines. Challenger also checks retrieval practice, accepted answers and the separation of assessment cards.

What the check coversChess position legality, side to move and solution lines. It does not review lesson wording, coach notes or teaching quality.

Current product and planned features

See what is available today, what is in the extension preview and what is coming next.

Teach64 curriculum and product scope
StatusWhatDetail
available363 ready-to-teach sessions213 Explorer + 150 Challenger; each course follows five stages
available2,493 lesson puzzle exercises1,640 Explorer + 853 Challenger exercises; includes reused practice
availableTeaching consolePrep view for reviewing a session and Teach view for class
availableHomework for every sessionThree forms and 4,243 minutes of work across Explorer
availableCoach notes in every sessionMisconceptions, common mistakes, teaching tips and ways to adapt
availableExplorer and Challenger tracksTwo pacing and practice options within one curriculum
availablePrintable homework PDFsA worksheet for every Explorer and Challenger lesson; academy logo branding on Growth, Scale and Enterprise
previewChrome coaching extension with live trackingFollow the visible Chess.com Classroom board and review its timestamped position timeline; extension in testing, not yet listed in the Chrome Web Store
previewClass transcripts and coaching reportsConsented English and Urdu transcripts linked to board evidence, with editable reports for coach review
coming soonPersonalized homeworkPractice tailored to each student and the skills that need more attention
coming soonPrinted coach and student booksPhysical editions of lesson materials
coming soonSession completion and coach feedbackAdditional owner dashboard reporting
coming soonParent reportsReports based on the curriculum checkpoints
coming soonAdditional academy branding and exportsMore branding and export options beyond homework PDF logos
coming soonOrganization single sign-on and additional website languages

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