What’s on the Preparation poster?

5 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Useful in club and tournament play where you know your opponent. Find their games — Online databases and club records.; Identify their first moves — Most players repeat the same repertoire.; Look for a repeated weakness — A structure they misplay, or a line they avoid.; Prepare a playable position — One you understand, not one you have only memorised.; Have a second option — In case they deviate, which they often will.. The best preparation for most players is not opening study but tactics practice, because that is what decides their games.

Who is the Preparation poster for?

Preparation belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning openings can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Preparation poster?

Prepare the position you will reach, not a line twenty moves deep. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Preparation belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Preparation?

Avoiding Theory, The Caro-Kann and When to Castle sit alongside Preparation in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.

Is the Preparation poster free to download and print?

Yes. Preparation downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.

What size does the Preparation poster print at?

Preparation is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Preparation loses nothing.

Preparation — free printable poster

Preparation — printable games wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Preparation, step by step

Useful in club and tournament play where you know your opponent.

Find their gamesOnline databases and club records.
Identify their first movesMost players repeat the same repertoire.
Look for a repeated weaknessA structure they misplay, or a line they avoid.
Prepare a playable positionOne you understand, not one you have only memorised.
Have a second optionIn case they deviate, which they often will.

Do not

Prepare a line you do not understand
Rely on them playing the same move
Spend longer preparing than playing

The best preparation for most players is not opening study but tactics practice, because that is what decides their games.

Questions about the Preparation poster

What’s on the Preparation poster?: 5 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Useful in club and tournament play where you know your opponent. Find their games — Online databases and club records.; Identify their first moves — Most players repeat the same repertoire.; Look for a repeated weakness — A structure they misplay, or a line they avoid.; Prepare a playable position — One you understand, not one you have only memorised.; Have a second option — In case they deviate, which they often will.. The best preparation for most players is not opening study but tactics practice, because that is what decides their games.
Who is the Preparation poster for?: Preparation belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning openings can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Preparation poster?: Prepare the position you will reach, not a line twenty moves deep. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Preparation belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Preparation?: Avoiding Theory, The Caro-Kann and When to Castle sit alongside Preparation in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Avoiding Theory The Caro-Kann When to Castle
Is the Preparation poster free to download and print?: Yes. Preparation downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Preparation poster print at?: Preparation is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Preparation loses nothing.Printing guide

Preparation, step by step

Questions about the Preparation poster

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