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"This way! Follow your pawn-chains to victory" - Mythological Chess Player, a very long time ago... IM David Pruess follows up his first Pawn Structure 101 video with a "counterpoint", clearly displaying all of black's attacking resources in a race position based around the pawn chains. Learn to develop an assault based on the pawn structure of your position! | Watch video
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We're back! IM David Pruess "pinch-hits" for Daniel Rensch's "Pawn Structure 101" series this weekend -- and man does he "hit one out of the park"! There are a couple more videos to come, but today David kick starts our new "structure-discussion" by highlighting the attacking principles available to white in the "Chain and Wedge Formations". Whether you prefer sacrificing on h7, breaking through with f5, or slowly grinding the open files -- David is here to take you there! | Watch video
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To play with "tunnel vision" is to not consider all of your opponent's options, and by extension, many of your own opportunities for defense will go unnoticed. IM David Pruess highlights these points for us today in this great game of "queenside vs kingside" attacks. The "passive sacrifice" of the bishop of g5, and the mating pattern that follows on the h-file, are just two of the many patterns a beginner should take away from this great game. | Watch video
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Learn about a man named Fischer who used to fish and play a little chess in his spare time! Today we have a member's King's Gambit game that teaches us the principles of limiting the enemy pieces, keeping an edge in development, and how to nail down a king exposed in the center. Did white maintain his initiative and finish the job, or did his choice NOT to castle eventually come back to bite? Find out for yourself! | Watch video
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Our Amazing Games for Beginner's series continues with another gem from IM David Pruess! Here we see the legendary Alexander Alekhine, in the early stages of the later named "Alekhine-Chatard Attack" develop an assault based on the powerful coordination and cunning of ALL of his pieces. Take away these valuable lessons today: Give a sacrifice a try to gain experience, and don't let your opponent cheat you with 10 pawns! | Watch video
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The power of pressure on an open file...oh what a beautiful thing! IM David Pruess continues his video series describing the way in which tactics support strategy, strategy supports tactics, and so on and so on. White's execution of an "x-ray combination" and "pin exploitation" on the open c-file are nothing short of awesome.This game is perfectly suited for beginners to continue their growth and quest to chess knowledge! | Watch video
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"Tactics are the servants of Strategy" -- Some Chess "Nut-Job". Oh wait, that was former World Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik! This weekend our own IM David Pruess tells a similar story, as he literally paints a picture of cohesive development, structural planning, and tactical foresight. This incredibly instructive video displays the tactical power your pieces possess when they work together towards a common goal... Enjoy! | Watch video
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Today International Master David Pruess continues our new video series designed for beginners to learn tactical, instructive, and particularly creative ideas. Here the legendary Pillsbury executes his own attack to perfection! Putting his opponent's "mediocre" defensive play aside, try to focus on the harmony and power that white's pieces possess as the attack reaches its enlightening climax... | Watch video
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With this new "running-video-series", our authors plan to display some of the more beautiful and fundamentally vital ideas for a beginner's understanding and chess improvement. Today, IM Pruess covers an important "classic" sacrifice against the king. Strike while the iron is hot, have a plan, and try to have a follow up -- just in case your enemy king "runs for the hills" as David puts it... Have fun! | Watch video
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David's climax video on the King's Gambit truly "pushes the envelope" on what conventional wisdom says ANYONE should EVER do with their king. As he makes clear in this video, David isn't joking about his love for the this opening! There are some important "positional" concepts that come across: The importance of the d5-break in the center, for both white and black, to name one. You will have to check out the video to experience the rest... | Watch video