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Every Opening Trap To Crush Your Opponent

Do you want to crush your opponents early in the game? GM Ben Finegold will teach you the ideas behind every opening trap you'll want to know on both sides of the board.

GM

Ben Finegold

16 lectii

Măestrie

Every Sacrifice To Destroy Your Opponent

WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili wraps up her course on every sacrifice you'll ever need!

Candidate Moves

How do you decide what moves to play? IM Kostya Kavutskiy demonstrates several key techniques in evaluating candidate moves.

IM

Kostya Kavutskiy

5 lectii

Intermediar - Măestrie

The Top Ten Games Of The 2000s

NM Sam Copeland has picked the 10 best games of recent decades. Take a look at his picks for the 2000s and learn from the greatest games of recent years!

Play Like Boris Spassky

Boris Spassky was the 10th World Champion, and one of the few players in history to successfully qualify for a title match more than once. Spassky played two title matches with Tigran Petrosian, winning the 2nd in 1969. He held the title until he lost a dramatic match to Bobby Fischer in 1972. Follow along find the moves in five of Spassky's greatest games.

Play Like Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal was a World Champion, but is more well known as the greatest attacking wizard that the chess world has ever seen. Tal took the chess world by storm and played amazing attacking games in a style the world had never seen. See if you can keep up with this chess magician in five of his best games.

Play Like Vishy Anand

Former World Champion Vishy Anand is one of the strongest chess players in history and still going strong. Follow along for five of Vishy's greatest games, including wins against his fellow champions, Kasparov, Kramnik and Carlsen.

Secrets of the English Attack

The English Attack is one of the most popular ways to take on the Najdorf and many other Sicilian variations. White castled queenside and launches pawns at the White king, but that's not the only strategy you need to know. Join WGM Tatev Abrahamyan as she demonstrates one of her favorite lines with her games and those of top Grandmasters.

Old School Cool

They don't make chess players like they used to! Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates some of his favorite romantic attacking games from the 1800s. This course features brilliant and risky play, including games by Paul Morphy and Wilhelm Steinitz.

Spicy Openings: The Max Lange Attack

Join GM Simon Williams on his overview of the dangerous Max Lange Attack. It's a great way to sharpen your play and find sparkling tactics in the Open games. Buckle up and get ready for a wild ride with this romantic opening!

Positional Sacrifices

Join GM Victor Mikhalevski as he demonstrates long term positional sacrifices in some of his best games. Watch how he targets the opponent's king with sacrifices. Even when they don't lead to a quick mate, the attack can tie up the opponent and there's no escape from the positional squeeze!

The Classical Dutch

Join GM Simon Williams as he demonstrates one of his favorite openings, the rare and deadly Classical Dutch. Simon teaches by demonstrating his own games against top Grandmasters Follow along and learn how Simon scored upsets against the world's best.

Attacking Pawn Chains

Join Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn as he introduces several essential pawn structures from both e4 and d4 openings and shows how to use them to attack. Openings as diverse as the Sicilian and King's Indian Defense all feature pawn structures that can help you play brilliant mating attacks. Follow along and good luck!

GM

Eugene Perelshteyn

4 lectii

Intermediar - Măestrie

Crush with the King's Gambit

Join GM Simon Williams on a tour of the most romantic opening in chess, the King's Gambit. Learn critical lines including some of Simon's own novelties. Enjoy the course and good luck with your attacking play!

Essential Attacking Plans

Learn how to attack in many different types of positions with Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov. Sharpen your attacking skills against the uncastled king, when kings are both castled on the same or opposite sides, how to attack with an open center and even how to attack the queenside when the kings are safe. Follow along and get ready for some amazing attacks in your own games!

Spicy Openings: The Evans Gambit

Learn about the romantic and dangerous Evans Gambit from GM Simon Williams. He covers the ideas and theory, along with games from the masters of the past like Captain Evans and Adolph Anderssen, through modern starts like Garry Kasparov and Hikaru Nakamura.

Immortal Games

Study some of the most amazing games in chess history with GM Simon Williams. See if you can find some of the most brilliant combinations ever played.