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In learning chess, the content of an exercise is not all that matters. Equally important are its timing, its difficulty and its link to what a child has already learned.

Five teaching principles carry the series: precise selection of exercises, careful progression, active solving, repetition and transfer, and a balanced mix of motifs.

Active solving is at the centre. Children should first observe, think and decide for themselves. A solution is used afterwards, to check the result and to understand it better.

Familiar motifs return in changed form. Tests close important learning sections. The result is not only short-term success on a single exercise, but a foundation on which further learning can rest.