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How to ATTACK!

204 • Kyle-and-Jess •
  1. Introduction
  2. Patience in Attacking
  3. Urgency in Attacking
  4. Identifying Weaknesses
  1. Kyle-and-Jess
  2. jessieu726
  3. kyle11878

Mastering Defense!

260 • Kyle-and-Jess •
  1. Introduction
  2. Active vs Passive Defense
  3. Prophylaxis
  4. Simplifying to Defend
  1. Kyle-and-Jess
  2. jessieu726
  3. kyle11878

All Bishop and Knight checkmate theory

73 • Persona_L •
  1. Introduction
  2. About this checkmate
  3. Pushing back the enemy king
  4. The "W" maneuver
  1. Persona_L

Endgame mates you MUST KNOW!

3 • chinhrock •
  1. Welcome!
  2. Opposition
  3. Understanding opposition
  4. Distance opposition
  1. chinhrock

Guess the move! Grandmaster games to improve your chess skills

13 • JayMitros •
  1. GM Lintchevski_Daniil (3112) - TimQuaker (2913)
  2. GM charmgame (2820) - GM GMVallejo (2915)
  3. GM Robert James Fischer (2666) - GM Samuel Reshevsky (2686)
  4. GM Magnus Carlsen (2484) - GM Garry Kasparov (2831)
  1. JayMitros

Seirawan - Winning Chess Strategies - 4 (2 of 2): Understanding Where the Pieces Go

1 • ReleaseTheBats •
  1. Test 11
  2. Test 11: Answer Key
  1. ReleaseTheBats

Easygoing and easy openings!

5 • Timofeylikes •
  1. D4,d6(for white)...
  2. f4, d6...
  3. d4,c5...
  4. d4,e5...
  1. LikeB
  2. Milayan
  3. mar6
  4. ArturoSMate

Seirawan - Winning Chess Strategies - 4 (1 of 2): Understanding Where the Pieces Go

1 • ReleaseTheBats •
  1. Intro
  2. The Knight (1)
  3. The Knight (2): Creating support points
  4. The Knight (3): Knight on the 1st rank
  1. ReleaseTheBats

Seirawan - Winning Chess Strategies - 3: Stopping Enemy Counterplay

4 • ReleaseTheBats •
  1. Stopping Enemy Counterplay: Botvinnik-Kan (1)
  2. Stopping Enemy Counterplay: Botvinnik-Kan (2)
  3. Stopping Enemy Counterplay: Botvinnik-Kan (3)
  4. Spotting Tactical Threats: Makagonov-Botvinnik
  1. ReleaseTheBats

Defensa Holandesa

87 • JeremyDuran •
  1. Introducción
  2. Comienza
  3. Recomendada para Jugadores
  4. Ideas Principales
  1. JeremyDuran

Don't trust the engine!

2 • superplayer7472 •
  1. Introduction
  2. An extreme anti-engine position
  3. An attempt to break through - Fail
  4. Hikaru wins against the computer!
  1. superplayer7472
  2. Trazan_Apansson

¿Que son los planes?

32 • JeremyDuran •
  1. Introducción
  2. ¿Que es plan en ajedrez?
  3. Ejemplo 1: Planificación en la apertura
  4. Ejemplo 2: Planificación en la apertura
  1. JeremyDuran

How to Sacrifice!

368 • Kyle-and-Jess •
  1. Introduction: General Ideas and Rules of Sacrificing
  2. How to Sacrifice: Carsten Hoi - Boris Gulko
  3. How to Sacrifice: Vlastimil Hort - Lev Alburt
  4. Unsound Brilliancies: Carl Hartlaub - Fleischer
  1. Kyle-and-Jess
  2. jessieu726
  3. kyle11878

Pawn Structures

6 • comkoroco •
  1. --- The Isolani
  2. Vadim Zvjaginsev - Rodrigo Rafael Vasquez Schroeder
  3. Alexander Huzman - Levon Aronian
  4. Radoslaw Wojtaszek - Laurent Fressinet
  1. comkoroco

Talk to your pieces! Developing plans I

1912 • NoseKnowsAll •
  1. Introduction
  2. What is a piece?
  3. Talk to your pieces
  4. Beginners talking to pawns
  1. NoseKnowsAll

Winning in the Middlegame: Lead in Development

193 • Kyle-and-Jess •
  1. What is a Lead in Development (and How to Win With it)?
  2. Open the Position: A Composed Position
  3. Open the Position: The Opera House Game
  4. Open the Position: Garry Kasparov - Ulf Anderssen
  1. Kyle-and-Jess
  2. jessieu726
  3. kyle11878