chapter II - play in the centre
1 • Zher0 •- The Benefits of controlling the center
- The better center pawn
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Chapter I - weaknesses and strong points
2 • Zher0 •- Pawns and weak squares
- Two weaknesses in the end
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Sham Sacrifices
6 • Zher0 •- Active and passive sacrifices
- 3 groups of sham sacrifices
- Positional sacrifice
- Positional sacrifice II
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Real sacrifices
1 • Zher0 •- The Sacrifice for development
- Sacrifices for development
- Sacrifices for development II
- The Obstructive Sac
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Endgames De La villa Part II
1 • Zher0 •- Lateral control POS 3.2
- Knight vs 7th-rank pawn POS 3.1
- The knights pawn 3.3
- The barrier 3.5
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De La Villa: Rooks
3 • Zher0 •- Kings do not Push. Just counting Pos 5.1
- Kings do not Push. Just counting Pos 5.1a (Black to move)
- Kings push ... a bit
- Defending king on the 3rd rank cut off along a rank
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Rook endgames
2 • Zher0 •- R vs lone pawn
- R vs lone pawn II
- The lucena position
- philidor with a passive rook
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Knights in Endgames
2 • Zher0 •- Knights hate Rook pawns
- Knights hate Rook pawns II
- Knights hate Rook pawns III
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King and pawn Endgames II
1 • Zher0 •- Defying Euclid
- Defying Euclid again
- The Gentlemanly Art of Shoulder-Charging
- Another typical example
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The phases of the attack on the castled King
2 • Zher0 •- Assessment of preconditions and commitment
- partially fulfilled precon's
- fulfilled preconditions
- creation of preconditions
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Defending against the attack on the castled King
6 • Zher0 •- Defence by over-protection
- Defence by blockade
- Defence by elimination
- The King's Self-Defence
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