The Complete Guide To Chess Strategies
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Ability to use strategies and styles of past world chess champions.
Ability to assess circumstances such as time control and opponent and use those details to influence strategies used.
Ability to see how important it is for strategy to evolve according to changing circumstances on the board.
Ability to balance exploiting opponent's weaknesses with improving one's own position and countering opponent's threats.
Ability to apply prophylactic thinking to anticipate and counter opponents' plans and threats.
Ability to recognize and utilize imbalances in piece activity, coordination, and space control.
Ability to have effective strategies against much stronger or much weaker opponents.
Ability to have effective strategies against stronger tactical players or stronger positional players.
Ability to use strategies that emphasize your strengths and weaknesses and the opponent's strengths and weaknesses.
Ability to effectively transition between opening, middlegame, and endgame phases while maintaining a cohesive strategy.
Ability to use strategies based on pawn structure.
Ability to understand and exploit specific piece imbalances, such as an unopposed bishop or a superior knight.
Ability to identify and capitalize on tactical downsides in the opponent's position.
Ability to adapt to various pawn structures, including isolated queen's pawns, backward pawns, and hanging pawns.
Ability to navigate and exploit various center patterns to control the board.
Ability to learn from classic games and understand the instructive value of analyzing them.
Ability to apply principles from different eras of chess strategy, such as the Romantic, Scientific, and Hypermodern eras.
Ability to utilize and maintain the bishop pair advantage and understand its strategic implications.
Ability to recognize and create passed pawns or thorn pawns and understand their strategic value.
Ability to identify and make use of positional pawn sacrifices for long-term strategic gains.
Ability to exploit weak pawn structures, such as doubled pawns or isolated pawns.
Ability to implement tempo strategy patterns to maximize piece efficiency.
Ability to use strategies that focus on controlling key squares and minimizing counterplay.
Ability to recognize and exploit weaknesses in the opponent's king safety.
Ability to understand and apply concepts of piece coordination and harmony.
Ability to master attacking strategy patterns, including breakthroughs, sacrifices, and undermining opponent's defenses.
Ability to make use of space advantages in various positions.
Ability to understand and apply endgame patterns for strategic advantage.
Ability to harmonize pieces and pawns for optimal coordination and interaction.
Ability to identify key patterns in pawn breaks and exploit them effectively.
Ability to make use of the concept of "exploitability" and "useful exceptions" in your game.
Ability to understand the evolution of chess strategies throughout history.
Ability to adapt to the influence of neural networks on chess strategy.
Ability to recognize the significance of pawn weaknesses and make opponent's pieces passive.
Ability to identify patterns in piece imbalances, such as a bishop without a counterpart.
Ability to learn from influential chess strategy writers and their contributions.
Ability to analyze and understand the playing styles of uncrowned kings and world chess champions.
Ability to gain a competitive advantage through a deeper understanding of strategic chess.
Ability to incorporate the strategies of key players like Akiba Rubinstein and Vladimir Kramnik.
Ability to appreciate the importance of being well-rounded in knowing various chess strategies.
Requirements
Knows how the chess pieces move
Description
Dive into the fascinating world of chess strategies with this comprehensive course designed for players seeking to elevate their understanding and mastery of the game. Our extensive curriculum covers a wide range of strategic patterns, concepts, and historical developments in chess, providing you with an in-depth understanding of what it takes to excel on the chessboard.The course is divided into multiple sections, each focusing on specific aspects of chess strategies. Beginning with an introduction to chess strategy, we explore the differences between chess strategy and tactics, the evolution of chess strategies throughout history, and the contributions of influential chess players and thinkers.As we delve deeper into the course, you'll learn about various structural patterns, including pawn weaknesses, isolated queen's pawns, and backward pawns. We'll also discuss control patterns, center patterns, tempo strategy patterns, and the importance of piece coordination, activity, and imbalances.With a strong focus on understanding different strategic elements, the course covers positional pawn sacrifices, attacking patterns, bishop pair strategies, passed pawn patterns, and thorn pawn strategies, among others. To provide a well-rounded learning experience, we also examine space patterns, endgame patterns, and the tactical downsides of certain positions.By studying the games of legendary players such as Akiba Rubinstein and Vladimir Kramnik, you'll gain valuable insights into their strategic thinking and learn how to apply these principles to your own games. Through our carefully curated lectures and examples, you'll develop a deeper appreciation for the intricacies of chess strategies and learn how to effectively employ them in your own games.Embark on a journey to strategic mastery with our Mastering Chess Strategies course and unlock your true potential as a formidable chess player.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 What is Chess Strategy?
Lecture 2 Can Strategies be at different levels of detail?
Lecture 3 How do "Art of War" strategies apply to chess strategies?
Lecture 4 What do "Strategically crushing" games often look like?
Lecture 5 What are the differences between Chess Strategy and Chess Tactics?
Lecture 6 Why is a balance needed between Strategy and Tactics?
Lecture 7 How is Strategic chess different from Attacking Chess Strategies?
Lecture 8 Why are pawns often the foundation of "deep" strategy?
Lecture 9 How factoring in unique circumstances makes super-effective Strategies?
Lecture 10 How is Strategic Chess different from Positional chess?
Lecture 11 How to justify having a "bigger plan" rather than positional chess like Karpov?
Lecture 12 How is "Strategy" different from a "Plan"?
Lecture 13 Can little plans be strung together to form an overall strategy?
Lecture 14 How are chess strategists different from "Universal players"?
Lecture 15 Why is it important to be well rounded in knowing chess strategies?
Lecture 16 Matching your mood and strengths to your opening choices like Kramnik seems to
Lecture 17 Why Akiba Rubinstein as a key player in this course?
Lecture 18 Why Vladimir Kramnik as a key player in this course?
Lecture 19 Why is their great instructive value of learning from classic games
Lecture 20 How do lessons from Strategic players often endure more than tactical players?
Lecture 21 Course example priorities and identification of Patterns
Section 2: The Evolution of Chess Strategies throughout history
Lecture 22 Who are some of the most Influential Chess Strategy writers
Lecture 23 The Uncrowned Kings and their Strategy Contributions
Lecture 24 The World chess champions and their overall playing styles
Lecture 25 Romantic Era Chess Strategies
Lecture 26 Howard Staunton - a true pioneer ahead of his time!
Lecture 27 Steinitz periodic table of elements- major contribution to Modern Chess Strategy
Lecture 28 Major Strategy Differences between Romantic Era and Scientific Era of Chess
Lecture 29 Emanuel Lasker's Strategy contributions through his games
Lecture 30 Siegbert Tarrasch - Strategy Contributions to Modern Chess Strategy
Lecture 31 The Hypermodernist Strategy Contributions - useful exceptions found
Lecture 32 Mikhail Botvinnik Style Game Preparation Strategies
Lecture 33 Opening Theory is only part of the Evolution of Chess Strategy
Lecture 34 Do experiments in chess strategy often fail and should we be concerned?
Lecture 35 The concepts of "exploitability" and "useful exceptions"
Lecture 36 The concept of "Imbalances" and an intuitive way of making use of the concept
Lecture 37 How has chess evolved in summary?
Lecture 38 What do Neural Networks bring to the Strategy table?
Lecture 39 Gaining a competitive advantage in Strategic Chess Understanding
Section 3: STRUCTURE Pattern: Pawn breaks
Lecture 40 d5 pawn break prepared with Q exerting great pressure - Rubinstein vs Schlecter
Lecture 41 12 Cs- Undermining early without Knight target on c3 - Rubinstein vs Tartakower
Lecture 42 12 Cs- Concentrating on a central pawn but K-side risk - Duras vs Rubinstein
Lecture 43 9 Cs- Big strategic mistake f5 leads to dark square grip- Rubinstein vs Olland
Lecture 44 19 Cs- Backward d-pawn from bad English Opening variation - Rubinstein vs Duras
Lecture 45 8 Cs- e4 pawn break creates many targets in Black's camp - Kramnik vs Lobron
Lecture 46 30 Cs- Isolated Queens pawn leads to dangerous d5 pawn break - Kramnik vs Timman
Section 4: STRUCTURE Pattern: Pawn weaknesses to torture and make pieces passive
Lecture 47 255 Cs- Exploiting a backward pawn not giving counterplay - Rubinstein vs Salwe
Lecture 48 13 Cs- Backward pawn torture then passed pawns - Marshall vs Rubinstein
Lecture 49 2 Cs- Backward c-pawn accelerates the win of White - Rubinstein vs Cohn
Lecture 50 5 Cs- Isolated Queens Pawn an easy endgame target - Rubinstein vs Balla
Lecture 51 5 Cs- Doubled pawns and isolated a pawn become targets - Polgar vs Kramnik
Lecture 52 13 Cs- Center file and Weak Queenside pawns from Nimzo-Indian- Shaked vs Kramnik
Section 5: STRUCTURE Pattern - WITH Isolated Queen's pawn
Lecture 53 13 Cs- "Adjacent Diagonal of death" d5 to g2/h1 dangers - Jaffe vs Rubinstein
Lecture 54 134 Cs- Amazing resources created by Isolated Pawn d5 push - Kramnik vs Anand
Section 6: STRUCTURE Pattern - WITH Backward Pawn
Lecture 55 10 C's - Sicilian Sveshnikov welcomes backward pawn - Ljubojevic vs Kramnik
Section 7: STRUCTURE Pattern - Against Hanging Pawns
Lecture 56 18 Cs- Light square liabilities include K and centralised N - Kramnik vs Yusupov
Section 8: STRUCTURE Pattern: Undermining pawn structures
Lecture 57 3 Cs- London system undermining Central pawns with c4 - Rubinstein vs Johner
Section 9: STRUCTURE pattern - Healing structure for other perks
Lecture 58 19 Cs- Repair opponent backward pawn but gains entry point - Salwe vs Rubinstein
Section 10: CONTROL Patterns - Minimising counterplay and ability to make threats etc
Lecture 59 502 Cs- Amazing piece sacrifice to shut down counterplay- Saemich vs Nimzowitsch
Lecture 60 51 Cs- Navigating piece sac in opening to R+P ending - Rubinstein vs Spielmann
Lecture 61 17 Cs- Defensive Knight retreats help Black's defence- Reti vs Rubinstein
Lecture 62 2 Cs- Making sure Black's pressure is pointless on a-file - Kramnik vs Alaan
Lecture 63 11 C's- Minimising counterplay after early B sac - Kramnik vs Shirov (1996)
Lecture 64 11 Cs- Minimising counterplay after early piece sac Pt 2 - Kramnik vs Shirov
Lecture 65 16 C's- Minimising counterplay by overwhelming opponent - Kramnik vs Tiviakov
Lecture 66 11 Cs- Minimising counterplay by simplification to endgame - Beliavsky vs Kramni
Lecture 67 8 Cs- Minimise counterplay by giving back pawn, simplifying - Kramnik vs Gelfand
Section 11: CONTROL Patterns - Binds
Lecture 68 2 Cs- Pillsbury bind with Knight on e5 sets some problems - Rubinstein vs Yates
Section 12: CONTROL Patterns - Controlling Files and Diagonals
Lecture 69 6 Cs- Controlling the d-file leads to different advantages - Kramnik vs Yusupov
Section 13: OPENING Patterns: Opening theory contributions demonstrated
Lecture 70 15 Cs- Rubinstein Opening - Colle-Zukertort b2 bishop - Rubinstein vs Berger
Lecture 71 17 Cs-Rubinstein Attack with Qc2 powerful waiting move - Rubinstein vs Teichmann
Lecture 72 8 Cs- French Defence Rubinstein variation very solid - Teichmann vs Rubinstein
Lecture 73 204 Cs- Powerful positional Anti-Tarrasch fianchetto - Rubinstein vs Capablanca
Lecture 74 16 Cs- Rubinstein variation- Four Knights Game: Spanish- Spielmann vs Rubinstein
Lecture 75 19Cs- Relative of Rubinstein Variation of the 4 Knights - Tarrasch vs Rubinstein
Lecture 76 16 Cs-A very exciting dramatic chaotic Berlin Defence game - Ivanchuk vs Kramnik
Section 14: TEMPO Strategy Patterns
Lecture 77 820 C's - Rubinstein's Immortal game - showing value of Tempo
Section 15: INTEGRATION/ TRANSITION Patterns - Opening linked to middlegame and to endgame
Lecture 78 20 Cs- Little plans Knight maneuver, Q maneuver connect - Janowsky vs Rubinstein
Lecture 79 18 Cs- Giving up both bishops to have a better endgame - Rubinstein vs Marshall
Lecture 80 19 Cs-Preparing K walk through weakening light squares - Levenfish vs Rubinstein
Section 16: CENTER Patterns
Lecture 81 10 Cs- Occupation of center without opponent pressure - Rubinstein vs Breyer
Lecture 82 142 Cs- Authority of d-file makes attack effective - Rubinstein vs Maroczy
Lecture 83 89 Cs- Flank attack not effective vs central control - Rubinstein vs Levenfish
Lecture 84 71 Cs- Dangerous pawn center gives access to key squares - Kramnik vs Svidler
Section 17: CENTER Strategy Pattern - Occupation vs Control of key central squares
Lecture 85 188 C's - e5 Overprotection and occupation vs control theme - Nimzovich vs Salwe
Section 18: CENTER Strategy Patterns - Overprotection
Lecture 86 18 Cs- Gambit for overprotecting central strong point e5 - Nimzovich vs Menchik
Section 19: FILE Domination Patterns
Lecture 87 3 Cs- Preparing to dominate a-file causes immediate mistake - Burn vs Rubinstein
Section 20: PIECE IMBALANCE Patterns - Opposite colored bishops
Lecture 88 15 Cs- Opposite colored Bishops -give up pawns for passer - Johner vs Rubinstein
Lecture 89 1 C- Changing imbalance away from opposite colored Bishops- Koenig vs Rubinstein
Lecture 90 1 C- Passive pieces mean opposite colored bishops don't draw- Wolf vs Rubinstein
Lecture 91 4 Cs- Two Knights and Queen vs Rook and Queen imbalance - Kramnik vs Short
Lecture 92 105 Cs- Pressure in opposite colored bishop endgame - Kramnik vs Kasparov
Section 21: PIECE IMBALANCE Patterns - Bishop without a counterpart
Lecture 93 66 Cs-Dark square bishop without counterpart -g5 painful - Forgacs vs Rubinstein
Lecture 94 21 Cs- Dark square bishop without counterpart dangerous - Alapin vs Rubinstein
Lecture 95 19 Cs- Pawn sac concept of B without counterpart centralised- Kramnik vs Svidler
Section 22: PIECE ACTIVITY Strategy Patterns
Lecture 96 14 Cs- Structural weakness on e6 to increase piece activity - Polgar vs Kramnik
Section 23: PIECE COORDINATION Patterns
Lecture 97 5 Cs- Beautiful coordination, cooperation of White's N's, B's - Kramnik vs Gulko
Lecture 98 59 Cs-Queen sacrifice preparation to get piece coordination- Ivanchuk vs Kramnik
Section 24: POSITIONAL EXCHANGE SACRIFICE Patterns
Lecture 99 96 Cs-Hole on c4 provides used for positional exchange sac- St Amant vs Staunton
Lecture 100 172 Cs- Positional exchange sac wins pawns and weakens K- Alekhine vs Rubinstein
Lecture 101 42 Cs- Powerful positional exchange sac for just one pawn- Kramnik vs Morozevich
Lecture 102 21 Cs- Positional exchange sac creates unbearable pressure - Topalov vs Kramnik
Section 25: POSITIONAL PAWN SACRIFICE Strategy Pattern
Lecture 103 Powerful positional pawn sac for dark square pressure - Kramnik vs Vaganian
Lecture 104 10 Cs- Positional pawn sacrifice for extra d-file pressure - Kramnik vs Kamsky
Section 26: PIECE QUALITY Patterns
Lecture 105 3 Cs- Slightly endangered knight causes issues throughout - Johner vs Rubinstein
Section 27: TACTICAL DOWNSIDE patterns
Lecture 106 18 C's - Unprotected pieces can create a disaster - Rubinstein vs Freymann
Lecture 107 9 Cs- Underprotected d6, h7 points lead to material loss- Rubinstein vs Janowski
Lecture 108 2 Cs- King technically exploitable with precise tactics- Spielmann vs Rubinstein
Lecture 109 24 Cs- Downsides of own position act as bait - Rubinstein vs Alekhine
Section 28: CONTROL Strategy Patterns - PROPHYLAXIS
Lecture 110 11 Cs-Locking up Q-side before opening up K-side with g4- Rubinstein vs Hromadka
Lecture 111 30 Cs- Prophylaxis vs e5 leads to tactical combination - Rubinstein vs Treybal
Section 29: PIN Strategy Patterns
Lecture 112 377 Cs- Intense pinning pressure via "Alekhine's gun" - Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch
Lecture 113 49 Cs- Amazing pin resources behind the scenes - Rubinstein vs Nimzovich
Section 30: ATTACKING Strategy Patterns
Lecture 114 19 Cs- Small inaccuracies lead to tactical disaster - Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov
Lecture 115 4 Cs- Unprotected piece liability in opening exploited - Rubinstein vs Tukacs
Lecture 116 73 C's - Opposite side castling rook perks and diagonal - Rubinstein vs Borovsky
Lecture 117 2 Cs- Aggressive Knight on f4/f5 changes advantage balance - Rubinstein vs Salwe
Lecture 118 13 Cs- Tactical undermining with K kept in center - Rubinstein vs Khotimirsky
Lecture 119 3 Cs- Ne5 means that Rd3-h3 rook attack made possible - Rubinstein vs Sterk
Lecture 120 6 Cs- Weakened K-side and mistakes provides counterplay- Rubinstein vs Duras
Lecture 121 7 Cs- Open center and no Knight on f6 amplify soft-spots - Rubinstein vs Duras
Lecture 122 8 Cs- Powerful treble battery on b-file pressure - Rubinstein vs Leonhardt
Lecture 123 0 Cs- Knight sacrifice to further expose King - Rubinstein vs Barasz
Lecture 124 5 Cs- Opening up the opponent's king by pawn sacrifice - Rubinstein vs Breyer
Lecture 125 13 Cs-Keeping K in the center creates amazing resources - Rubinstein vs Levitsky
Lecture 126 6 Cs- Slow, powerful build up behind pawns, Alekhine's Gun - Carls vs Rubinstein
Lecture 127 4 Cs- Pawn sacrifice to expose K and other issues - Rubinstein vs Levitsky
Lecture 128 15 Cs- Dark squares opening up against opponent K - Rubinstein vs Levenfish
Lecture 129 245 Cs- Romantic King's Gambit with great Q move later - Rubinstein vs Hromadka
Lecture 130 215 Cs- Active operation b5 whilst K in center backfires - Rubinstein vs Duras
Lecture 131 18 Cs- Bxh7 sacrifice opens up King for direct attack - Rubinstein vs Kostic
Lecture 132 15 Cs- Very strong g-file attack after Nf5 and gxf5 - Rubinstein vs Salwe
Lecture 133 18 Cs- Castling Queenside does in theory create risk - Rubinstein vs Chajes
Lecture 134 50 Cs- Delayed gratification for attacking move preparation- Kramnik vs Short
Lecture 135 11 Cs- Q on a4-Strong attack without much counterplay given - Huebner vs Kramnik
Lecture 136 170 Cs- Exchange sacrifice for bishop pair pointed at King - Ivanchuk vs Kramnik
Lecture 137 4 Cs- Semi-open g-file creates dangerous pin and resources - Adams vs Kramnik
Section 31: ATTACKING Strategy Patterns - King not castled
Lecture 138 77 Cs- Opening center when opponents K in center crushing - Kramnik vs Beliavsky
Section 32: ATTACKING Strategy Patterns - King Hunts
Lecture 139 244 Cs- King Hunt involving surprise light square bishop - Kasparov vs Kramnik
Lecture 140 18 C's - King Hunt with many forcing moves and resources - Topalov vs Kramnik
Section 33: ATTACKING Strategy - Dangerous Bishop Patterns
Lecture 141 39 Cs-Making sure you have the dangerous bishop, not opponent- Costas vs Kramnik
Section 34: ATTACKING Strategy - Light Square or Dark Square based attacking strategies
Lecture 142 18 Cs- Amazing resources triggered by Dark square weaknesses - Kramnik vs Piket
Lecture 143 17 Cs- Nimzo-Indian Light Square grip strategy chosen - Lautier vs Kramnik
Section 35: ATTACKING Strategy - Soft Spot targeting
Lecture 144 163 Cs- f7 soft spot hit but defensive resources missed - Kramnik vs Kasparov
Section 36: WEAKNESS PROVOCATION Strategy
Lecture 145 80 Cs-Provocative opening- leads to destroying center - Spielmann vs Nimzowitsch
Lecture 146 64 Cs- Ra3 move helps prepare to exploit weaknesses - Kramnik vs Kasparov
Section 37: BISHOP PAIR strategy patterns
Lecture 147 6 Cs- B pair vs Knight pair reveals related 7th rank issues - Piket vs Kramnik
Lecture 148 14 Cs- Bishop pair opening imbalance creates constant pressure- Kramnik vs Adams
Lecture 149 4 Cs- Bishop pair in endgame restricts opponents King - Sadvakasov vs Kramnik
Lecture 150 60 C's-c5 increases bishop effectiveness more than it should - Kramnik vs Karpov
Section 38: BAD BISHOP Strategy Patterns
Lecture 151 18 Cs- Bad light square bishop prisoner within pawn chain - Kramnik vs Polgar
Section 39: STRONG SQUARE Strategy Patterns
Lecture 152 7 Cs- Making use of strong e5 square for a central knight - Fahrni vs Rubinstein
Section 40: Strategy of Playing in the direction of pawn chain - d5,e4 pawn chain as White
Lecture 153 20 Cs- Q-side effective for infiltration later - Rubinstein vs Duras (1911)
Section 41: "Restrain then Blockade then Destroy Strategy" Pattern
Lecture 154 18 Cs- Restrain,Blockade then Destroy, then R+P ending - Rubinstein vs Nimzovich
Section 42: EXCHANGING off Patterns to increase advantage
Lecture 155 9 Cs- Exchanging off dark square Bs leads to Ne5 outpost - Rubinstein vs Kmoch
Lecture 156 6 Cs- Exchanging off into a winning R+P endgame - Seirawan vs Kramnik
Section 43: Queenside Pressure Strategy
Lecture 157 16 Cs- Catalan pressure wins a Queenside Pawn - Kramnik vs Gelfand
Section 44: COMPLEXITY Strategy Patterns
Lecture 158 16 Cs- Unsound sac paid off as opponent trusts it is sound - Salwe vs Rubinstein
Lecture 159 18 Cs- Double pawn sac gambit Opening doesn't bode well - Rubinstein vs Marshall
Section 45: MAINTAINING TENSION Strategy Pattern vs clarification or winning material
Lecture 160 15 Cs- Keeping the tension instead of winning a pawn Nimzovich vs Rubinstein
Section 46: PASSED PAWN patterns
Lecture 161 5 Cs- Passed pawns need to be kept under lock and key - Leonhardt vs Rubinstein
Lecture 162 20 Cs- Taking out c7 creates 2 connected passed pawns - Rubinstein vs Tarrasch
Lecture 163 20 Cs- Installing a protected passed pawn on d6 - Rubinstein vs Cohn
Lecture 164 7 Cs- Winning passed pawn opportunity in endgame - Rubinstein vs Vukovic
Lecture 165 18 Cs- Sacrificing two minor pieces for R+2P - Kramnik vs Ivanchuk
Lecture 166 12 Cs-Kingside passed pawn potential realised on inaccuracy - Kramnik vs Lautier
Lecture 167 82 Cs- 'd' pawn Passed pawn potential right out of opening - Kramnik vs Svidler
Lecture 168 33 Cs- Passed 'd' pawn potential combines with R liability- Kramnik vs Van Wely
Lecture 169 15 Cs- Passed 'c' pawn potential demonstrated with B pair - Kramnik vs Topalov
Section 47: THORN PAWN Strategy Patterns
Lecture 170 51 Cs- Threat of thorn pawn prompts h6 allowing g5 later - Kramnik vs Karpov
Lecture 171 38 Cs- Thorn pawn creates great resources and back-row issues- Shirov vs Kramnik
Section 48: SPACE Patterns - Downsides of Overstretching
Lecture 172 40 Cs- Exploiting overstretched position with weaknesses - Vidmar vs Rubinstein
Section 49: SPACE Patterns - Upsides of having more space
Lecture 173 15 Cs- Ensuring minimal counterplay and creating passed pawns - Kramnik vs Lanka
Lecture 174 12 Cs- Space advantage turned into three connected passed pawns- Kramnik vs Nunn
Lecture 175 18 Cs- The dreaded "Bayonet Attack" vs the Kings Indian - Kramnik vs Polgar
Lecture 176 3 Cs- Pawn sacrifice for e5 pawn wedge causes weaknesses - Kramnik vs Beliavsky
Lecture 177 39 Cs- "Bayonet Attack" vs KID - exploitable d6 pawn base - Kramnik vs Shirov
Section 50: INITIATIVE AND CONSTANT PRESSURE Strategy Patterns
Lecture 178 15 Cs- c5 with e4 break giving a N on d5 but R to 7th later- Kramnik vs Dreev
Section 51: Simplification and Consolidation Strategy Patterns
Lecture 179 Simplifying to a winning Q+R vs Q+R Endgame - Leonhardt vs Rubinstein
Section 52: DEFENCE Patterns
Lecture 180 15 Cs- Resourceful defence relying on key forcing moves- Spielmann vs Rubinstein
Lecture 181 5 Cs- Neutralising K-side pawn storm using key forcing moves - Lobron vs Kramnik
Lecture 182 13 Cs- Defence making use of Center file and entry points - Khalifman vs Kramnik
Section 53: DISOBEDIENCE Strategy Patterns
Lecture 183 19 Cs- Refusing to move an attacked Queen as it has 7th rank- Topalov vs Kramnik
Section 54: DEFEND Strategy Patterns - maximising useful pins, blockades
Lecture 184 14 Cs- Calm defence using pins and counterattack - Ivanchuk vs Kramnik
Section 55: COUNTERATTACK Strategy Patterns
Lecture 185 14 Cs- Very dynamic resources employed for counterplay - Van Wely vs Kramnik
Lecture 186 9 Cs- Allowing sac on h6 but then dominating center - Dizdarevic vs Kramnik
Section 56: ENDGAME Patterns
Lecture 187 360 Cs - Precision, Rook and King dominate counterparts- Rubinstein vs Lasker
Lecture 188 53 Cs- "Monumental mastery"-Lasker - Nice endgame play - Rubinstein vs Mieses
Lecture 189 19 Cs- File control then lateral pressure, fractured pawns - Duras vs Rubinstein
Lecture 190 135 Cs- King and Pawn endgame is won through doubled pawns - Cohn vs Rubinstein
Lecture 191 134 Cs- Rook and pawn endgame finesses important - Spielmann vs Rubinstein
Lecture 192 14 Cs- Making passed pawn effective by driving K away - Speijer vs Rubinstein
Lecture 193 19 Cs- R and P endgame - probing Q-side gets advantage - Rubinstein vs Cohn
Lecture 194 17 Cs- Refusing a draw with a weakening pawn move - Chigorin vs Rubinstein
Lecture 195 3 Cs- Aggressive King march to win isolated 'h' pawn - Leonhardt vs Rubinstein
Lecture 196 10 Cs- Rook and pawn ending reached in Black's favour - Lowcki vs Rubinstein
Lecture 197 4 Cs-Dark square bishop without counterpart finds targets - Barasz vs Rubinstein
Lecture 198 19 Cs- Fractured pawns leads to lost R+P endgames - Schlecter vs Rubinstein
Lecture 199 189 Cs- Rook on the 7th and beautiful King march - Rubinstein vs Schlecter
Lecture 200 43 Cs- The case of an awkward stranded rook on c5 - Burn vs Rubinstein
Lecture 201 141 Cs- King infiltration in rook and pawn endgame - Rubinstein vs Alekhine
Lecture 202 18 Cs- Black loses a key pawn which loses R+P ending - Rubinstein vs Selezniev
Lecture 203 81 Cs- B shows superiority to N even after all rooks gone - Reti vs Rubinstein
Lecture 204 1 C- Bishop and extra pawn vs Knight endgame - Giorgadze vs Kramnik
Lecture 205 43 Cs- Endgame precision in Knight endgame needed - Topalov vs Kramnik
Lecture 206 19 Cs- Queenside pawn majority turned into passed pawn - Kramnik vs Adams
Lecture 207 12 Cs- Rook and Bishop coordination in endgame - Kramnik vs Short
Lecture 208 25 Cs- A King march to h6 which could have been stopped - Kramnik vs Cordoba
Lecture 209 6 Cs- King walk into opponents position very double edged - Shirov vs Kramnik
Lecture 210 11 C's - A pawn being on a3 draws whilst being on a2 wins - Kramnik vs Lautier
Section 57: GRINDING DOWN Strategies when material up
Lecture 211 20 Cs- Very long grinding game when exchange up for a pawn - Kramnik vs Anand
Section 58: PIN related Strategies
Lecture 212 9 Cs- Rescuing a pinned piece with a funny counter-pin - Kramnik vs Ivanchuk
Lecture 213 6 Cs- Lots of painful pins arise in simplified position - Kramnik vs Van Wely
Section 59: CROWNING Combinations for Strategy
Lecture 214 17 Cs- Pieces optimally placed, forcing moves effective - Morozevich vs Kramnik
Lecture 215 19 Cs - Weakening light squares leads to great sacrifice - Kramnik vs Sadvakasov
Section 60: CONTEXTUAL Strategies - circumstances around the game
Lecture 216 Must win with Black - Kings Indian Defence chosen - Piket vs Kramnik
Section 61: PGN Downloads
Lecture 217 PGN file of annotated games in this course
Section 62: Conclusions and Philosophical points
Lecture 218 Conclusions and Philosophical points
Lecture 219 Bonus Lecture
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