Webinar 14. Lock a Piece Out
Dear Chess Friends!
Our last webinar was devoted to Semi-Slav Defense sidelines. And, of course, openings are important and sometimes home preparation plays the most significant role in the game. But your ability to think and play strategically is also important!
That’s why I decided to conduct the next webinar about Positional Play. And our topic is “Lock a piece out”! What does it mean? It’s a situation in the game when you trap an enemy piece, but can’t capture it. You can only prevent this piece from participation in the game. I can also say that this piece is stuck and it can’t help other pieces to defend the position. However, the material on the board is equal.
On this webinar I’m going to show you a few typical ideas how to lock enemy piece out of the game and also how to exploit it: what to do and which side to play on after you locked the piece.
I’m glad to welcome you to my 14th webinar “Lock a Piece Out”.
What are we going to do on the webinar?
I’m going to show you three classical game fragments where this strategical motif was applied:
- William Winter – Jose Raul Capablanca
- Lev Polugaevsky – Efim Geller
- Andor Lilienthal – Mikhail Botvinnik
And I also prepared 2 exercises for you to complete! I’m sure after you solve them, you’ll notice such situations when you can lock enemy pieces in your games more often.
The webinar starts on Sunday (8th of December) at 10 a.m. (EDT), 3 p.m. (GMT), 6 p.m. (Moscow time). This webinar is free.
Please, register for the webinar with this link:
https://tricksofchess.clickmeeting.com/webinar-14-lock-a-piece-out/register
Please, don’t forget to register in advance and reserve your spot in case of high number of attendees. 5 participants who register for the webinar first will be able to use a microphone.
If you attend such webinar for the first time – please, read the information below:
What to expect from the webinar?
I’m going to conduct this webinar as a group and interactive chess lesson. I prepared questions and exercises for you and I want you to suggest the moves, plans and share your ideas on the webinar.
Why group lessons are important?
I’m studying and teaching chess for many years and I’m absolutely sure that the key to success in chess depends on proper training methods. That’s why I have no doubts that a training program for almost any student should consist of:
- Individual lessons (where the coach tries to explain and correct mistakes that the student makes)
- Puzzles solving (can be part of the lesson or a homework)
- Group lessons (where students may learn openings and typical plans that can be applied in certain types of positions. Group lessons also help to analyze common mistakes that many students make. And of course, group lessons increase competition between students and stimulate them to get ahead of each other!)
- Tournament games (why not online games? Because, only tournament games keep you concentrated from the beginning to the very end of the game. This is where you can improve)
See you on the webinar!
FM Victor Neustroev
