Many beginners start attacking pieces on the board but forget the most important target in chess — the king.

In this lesson from the Targeting the King series, students learn why successful attacks begin with focusing on the enemy king rather than chasing random pieces.

Using the ChessHeroes training method, the opponent’s pieces are frozen and do not move or defend.
This allows students to concentrate on the key objective: building a clear mating net around the king.

In this lesson, students learn how to:

• focus their attention on the enemy king
• avoid wasting time attacking unrelated pieces
• understand how attacks should move closer to checkmate
• coordinate pieces to limit the king’s escape squares

This training helps beginners develop better attacking priorities and learn how to direct their pieces toward the real goal — checkmate.

Targeting the King is part of the ChessHeroes training system, where players improve by solving structured chess challenges instead of relying only on traditional gameplay.