The Curriculum · What Enrollment Opens The full curriculum Five masters. Five disciplines. One course of study. Here is everything inside, line by line. The lessons themselves open when you enroll. ChessCapablancaChess Fundamentals DeductionDoyleThe Sherlock Holmes canon WarfareSun TzuThe Art of War PoliticsMachiavelliThe Prince EconomicsAdam SmithThe Wealth of Nations Each discipline is a course. Each course ends in three exams, and every course you pass raises your rank, from Recruit to Mastermind. Outline The Courses 01Chess14 lessons and The Chess Maxims · three exams+ Foundations of the Game01The Language of Chess02The Game and the Board03Piece Power04Rules of Engagement Tactics and Combinations05Tactics: Patterns and Assessment06Attacking Patterns in Combination07Restricting and Eliminating Strategy and Structure08The Foundation of Strategic Thinking09Pawn Doctrine10The Opening The Endgame11Why the Endgame First12Pawn and Rook Endgames13Basic Checkmates Mastery14How to Study Chess15The Chess Maxims 02Deduction8 lessons and The Maxims · three exams+ The Empty Attic01The Empty Attic02The Love of the Art03The Discipline of Record The Curious Incident04Never Theorize Before the Data05There Is Nothing So Unnatural as the Commonplace06The Curious Incident Logical Necessity07The Elimination Method08The Chain of Inference09The Maxims 03Warfare8 lessons and The Warfare Maxims · three exams+ Foundations of Command01Tao02The Five Virtues Information and Ground03Terrain04Intelligence and Foreknowledge The Plays05Misdirection06Maneuvers07Invasion08Defense The Maxims09The Warfare Maxims 04Politics8 lessons and The Politics Maxims · three exams+ Power01What Power Is02How Authority Is Built03How Authority Is Lost Influence04The Perception Doctrine05Advisors and Flatterers Alliance and Application06Building Coalitions07Diplomacy in Practice08Doctrine of Renown The Maxims09The Politics Maxims 05Economics9 lessons and The Economics Maxims · three exams+ Material Foundation01The Division of Labor02Widening the Market03Real and Nominal Value04The Invisible Hand Capital and Accumulation05Stock and Capital06Accumulation of Capital07Productive and Unproductive Labour Price and Policy08Wages, Labour and Profit09Mercantilism The Maxims10The Economics Maxims The Elite Course 06The Formula for SuccessSeven elements, four terms, decided before the outcome+ 01How the Formula Works02Tao03Generals04Laws05Development06Material07Circumstance08Strategy Each chapter closes with a case from history, from Cannae to Vicksburg. The Operating System 07FoundationThe instruments beneath all five disciplines+ The Measurement Instruments01The Formula for Success02SHIH: The Measurement Language03The Fulfillment Condition Reading and Positioning04Reading the Field05The Recon06Vectors Execution07The Masterstroke08The Logic Engine09Execution Principles 08The Field ManualPremeditate while there is time. Act when it is urgent.+ The TroubleshooterITwo workflows, Urgent and Premeditated, on the same seven steps The Playbook01Invasion, with Decoy, Bait, Trojan Horse, Feint, Misdirection, Blink, Direct & Herd, Ambush and Surround02Defense: Fortify, then Stand Ground03Pressure, with Hit & Run04Diplomacy, with The Sealed Box, The Shrinking Option, The Structured Deal, The Delegated Ask and The Manufactured Consensus05Base plays: Engage, Disengage, Castle The Reference01Territory, Terrain and Urgency02The Apex03The Exposure Index04The Nine States05The Conversion Map06Terms and Field Examples Plays are shown in motion: battle films that run each play step by step on a chessboard. The Library 09The LibraryThe five masters in full, and the system distilled for quick recall+ The Sources01Arthur Conan Doyle02Sun Tzu03Niccolò Machiavelli04Adam Smith05José Raúl Capablanca The Reference Layer06Quick Reference07Glossary08The Maxims09Circumstance Assessment10The Decision Tree Practice, Exams and Rank 10The War AcademyPractice, drills, three exams per course, ranks and certificates+ Each course01Practice: The Chess Room for Chess, and 49 case scenarios from history and the masters for the other four02Drills: ten questions at a time, explained as you go03Three exams to complete the course The ranks01Recruit02Tactician03Strategist04Operator05Commander06Mastermind Also inside01The Entry Assessment02The Foundation Drill03The Riddles: fifty-one, across five disciplines and five levels The Reward Wing, opened by rank01Blitz Mode02The Vault03The Campaign04The Mastermind Trials05Hall of Masterminds 11The Chess RoomPlay the engine at five levels, up to Mastermind+ 01A full game against the engine at five levels02Every move graded and every tactic named Enroll → Enrollment opens every line on this page.