Dec 11, 2009 IM Pruess |
NEW! Conquering Cochrane Concepts 3 
IM Pruess goes over the lessons learned from playing through several Cochrane games, highlighting all the important concepts. Then he presents his own Cochrane game from tournament play. If you don't feel ready to try the Cochrane in your own games after this, you're just a hopeless wimp ;-)
Length: 32 min | Views: 30 | Comments: 0
Category: Openings | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Dec 2, 2009IM Pruess |
Conquering Cochrane Concepts 2
IM David Pruess analyzes an instructive game of GM Sarunas Sulskis, the top Cochrane Gambit player, as well as a couple other game fragments showing key early ideas. We get to see both the struggle for central control and a surprise-filled sacrificial attack.
Length: 20 min | Views: 1583 | Comments: 4
Category: Openings | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Nov 25, 2009IM Pruess |
Conquering Cochrane Concepts
IM Pruess shares his own learning process with the viewers. In three parts he goes over how he studied the Cochrane, explaining the concepts and ideas he absorbed. You, too, may find this "complicated" opening crystal clear after hearing these lessons.
Length: 35 min | Views: 2198 | Comments: 14
Category: Openings | Level: Beginner-Advanced
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| Nov 17, 2009IM Pruess |
Play Against the Petroff? 2
IM Pruess shows another masterful recent GM game in the Petroff Defense. There are good lessons here about using a development advantage and creating and taking advantage of weaknesses with the help of the initiative. This game takes place in a very usual mainline, and the patterns seen are quite typical for the Petroff.
Length: 20 min | Views: 2081 | Comments: 11
Category: Openings | Level: Beginner-Advanced
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| Nov 4, 2009IM Pruess |
Play Against the Petroff?
IM David Pruess brings to video 2 recent games by top 10 GM’s featuring sharp, playable lines for white in the Petroff. New ideas in the Petroff, is it possible? But isn’t that the drawish, boring defense against 1.e4? Nay says Chess.com’s David Pruess showing us 2 beautiful games with great lines against 2…Nf6.
Length: 25 min | Views: 2824 | Comments: 19
Category: Openings | Level: Beginner-Advanced
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| Oct 22, 2009IM Pruess |
Development: Attack and Defense 5
IM David Pruess brings the pain, with punishing tactics and challenging positions for you to analyze as he continues part 5 of his lecture on Development: Attack and Defense. And just when you think it's over, David hits you with another line!
Length: 20 min | Views: 1391 | Comments: 14
Category: Strategy | Level: Advanced
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| Oct 15, 2009IM Pruess |
Development: Attack and Defense 4
Watch Dev: Att+Def 1-3 before you tackle this one. IM Pruess continues his investigation of proper thought process in situations where a more developed player launches a direct mating assault. More calculation exercises, more helpful hints on time usage, and the derivation of how flexibility is an important idea in this particular position.
Length: 28 min | Views: 1191 | Comments: 9
Category: Strategy | Level: Intermediate-Advanced
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| Oct 9, 2009IM Pruess |
Development: Attack and Defense 3
The third part of IM Pruess's Advanced module on Development focusing the thought process and necessary skills for both sides in direct mating attack situations. You'll learn about how to effectively organize your thoughts, practice some more calculation, and also get a sense of how creative you need to be in both attack and defense. (Development: Attack and Defense 1+2 are required previous viewing).
Length: 24 min | Views: 2608 | Comments: 6
Category: Strategy | Level: Advanced
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| Oct 2, 2009IM Pruess |
Development: Attack and Defense 2
The second of three videos examining the interplay of defense and attack in a complicated Danish Gambit. You need to watch the first one if you have not done so! This video continues to look at tactical patterns around white's kingside attack; principles will finally be extracted from this analysis in the third part.
Length: 22 min | Views: 6394 | Comments: 14
Category: Tactics | Level: Advanced
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| Sep 28, 2009IM Pruess |
Development: Attack and Defense
IM Pruess begins another advanced module on development. For any of these, it is sufficient to have watched Dev 1-6, or to be over 1800. In this video, we look at the problem of defending when behind in development, and talk about the proper lookout for both the defender and attacker. For a deep guiding principle, you will have to wait for the third part, but for now, practice your calculation and enjoy some fine def+att moves.
Length: 20 min | Views: 2347 | Comments: 14
Category: Strategy | Level: Advanced
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