Powerful Pawns Weekly Lessons

Here are all the lessons which were posted this week. On the bottom is next week's lesson scedual. To quick updates subscribe to Powerful Pawns Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPHLeOXRBZYc-o5DyrSQvPw?view_as=public

Powerful Lesson #6: Radical Rooks:

Rooks, Rooks, Rooks... Each side has two of them. Usually in chess lessons you only hear about their power on the 7th and 8th rank, however, they do a lot more than people think they do! 

Watch to see how powerful a rook can really be... In interesting ways.

Chess Tricks: Pillsbury's Mate Pattern 

Common mating pattern that could win you a game!

Chess Tricks: Thornton Castling Trap

Simple trap which involves castling with a threat to win a rook!

Petroff Defense Trap:

Common opening trap that you have to learn to stop especially against lower rated players.

Game Of The Week: Rubinstein vs. Salwe

Opening Study: King's Gambit:

Look ahead to next week:

21st Monday: Evan's Gambit Study. (Video)

22nd Tuesday: The Immortal Overprotection Game and Its Lesson

23rd wednesday: Logic Puzzles to Make You Think!

24th Thursday: N/A

25th Friday: N/A