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Course Duration:
4h 18m
About the Course
Welcome to “Mastering the Attack in Chess”, a comprehensive course designed to transform your attacking play. Whether you are looking to sharpen your offensive strategies or learn how to effectively launch devastating attacks, this course will provide you with the advanced techniques and insights needed to dominate your opponents.
What You’ll Learn
- Foundations of Attacking Play: Understand the key principles and fundamental concepts that underpin successful attacks in chess.
- Initiative and Tempo: Learn how to seize the initiative and maintain tempo, putting relentless pressure on your opponent.
- Attacking Motifs: Explore various attacking motifs, including sacrifices, pawn storms, and piece coordination to break through defenses.
- King Safety: Discover the importance of king safety and how to exploit weaknesses around your opponent’s king.
- Model Attacking Games: Study annotated model games that demonstrate powerful attacking techniques and strategies used by top players.
- Calculation Skills: Enhance your calculation skills to accurately execute complex attacking combinations and foresee defensive resources.
- Psychological Aspects: Gain insights into the psychological aspects of attacking play, including maintaining aggression and dealing with counterattacks.
- Tactical Patterns: Familiarize yourself with common tactical patterns that frequently arise during aggressive play.
Course Content
The Opponent’s Bare King
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Overview
00:34 -
Fundamental Rule
03:36 -
Powerful Attacker
02:40 -
Bring the Pieces
06:30
King in the Center
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Opponent Ignoring King Safety
03:28 -
Concept #1
04:19 -
Concept #2
02:27 -
Concept #3
04:08 -
Concept #4
01:42 -
Concept #5
04:57 -
Integrating the Concepts
02:48 -
Concept #6
03:58 -
Concept #7
03:28
When to Sacrifice
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Overview
00:44 -
When to Sacrifice #1
01:58 -
When to Sacrifice #2
02:10 -
Let’s Practice!
01:57 -
About Using Intuition
07:23 -
When to Sacrifice (or not) #3
05:50
Creating Attack with Open Lines
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Overview
00:25 -
Concept #1
05:03 -
Concept #2
00:00 -
Let’s Practice
05:54 -
Concept #3
03:51
Breaking Up the King’s Position
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Overview
00:25 -
Concept #1
04:55 -
Concept #2
04:05 -
Example
05:14
Lay Bare the Weak King
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Example #1
01:14 -
Example #2
03:46 -
Concept #1
05:40 -
Using Breaking Up Techniques
04:03 -
Back to Example #1
04:11
Same Side Castle: Part I
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Overview
00:33 -
Concept #1
03:02 -
Concept #2
06:24 -
Concept #3
07:33 -
Concept #4
05:59
Same Side Castle: Part II
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Overview
00:35 -
To Pawn Storm or not To Pawn Storm?
00:57 -
When to Attack?
04:21 -
Example
03:37 -
Back to Pawn Storms
02:04
Opposite Side Castling
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Overview
02:28 -
How is it Different?
01:41 -
The Important of Speed
00:00 -
The Importance of Space
03:54 -
Example #1
05:55 -
Example #2
05:23 -
Example #3
06:58