Beginners Improving Chess Tactics

Lesson Outline:

Lesson 01 Checkmate with K+Q v K

Lesson 02 The back-rank checkmate
Lesson 03 Checkmating with the Rook
Lesson 04 Checkmating with a Pawn
Lesson 05 Checkmate with Rook and Bishop
Lesson 06 Important checkmate patterns
Lesson 07 The weakness of the back-rank
Lesson 08 Chess combinations
Lesson 09 Forks and double-attacks
Lesson 10 Not all forks work
Lesson 11 The pin (part 1)
Lesson 12 How to get out of pins
Lesson 13 Discovered checks
Lesson 14 Discovered attacks
Lesson 15 Double-check
Lesson 16 The skewer (part 1)
Lesson 17 Over-loaded pieces
Lesson 18 Removing the guard
Lesson 19 Epaulette mate (part 1)
Lesson 20 Trapping pieces
Lesson 21 Calculating tactics
Lesson 22 The Knight fork
Lesson 23 The pin (part 2)
Lesson 24 The pin (part 3)
Lesson 25 Discovered check and attacks
Lesson 26 The skewer (part 2)
Lesson 27 Epaulette mate (part 2)
Lesson 28 The pin (part 4)
Lesson 29 Discovered check and attacks (part 2)
Lesson 30 Important tactical patterns
Lesson 31 Trapping pieces (part 2)
Lesson 32 Double-check (part 2)
Lesson 33 Smothered mate
Lesson 34 The pin (part 5)
Lesson 35 Important tactics to know
Lesson 36 Advanced forks

Beginners Positional Play and Chess Strategy

Lesson Outline:

Lesson 01 The Rook and its role

Lesson 02 The power of the Bishops
Lesson 03 The Queen, the most powerful piece
Lesson 04 The Knight, its strength and weaknesses
Lesson 05 The relative value of the pieces and using the King
Lesson 06 En passant
Lesson 07 Opening principles
Lesson 08 Opening traps
Lesson 09 Queen v pawn on 7th rank
Lesson 10 Targeting weaknesses
Lesson 11 Decision-making
Lesson 12 Decision-making (part 2)
Lesson 13 To check or not to check
Lesson 14 Blocking a rank, file or diagonal
Lesson 15 When to open a rank, file or diagonal
Lesson 16 Opening traps in the French Defense
Lesson 17 Opening traps in the Sicilian Defense
Lesson 18- How to win a won game
Lesson 19 How to prioritize
Lesson 20 Learning from mistakes
Lesson 21 Natural looking moves
Lesson 22 Choosing between captures
Lesson 23 Blunders and how to avoid them
Lesson 24 Opening traps in the Caro-Kann Defense
Lesson 25 How to develop a plan
Lesson 26 How to win material
Lesson 27 More opening traps
Lesson 28 To check or not to check (part 2)
Lesson 29 Learning from other peoples mistakes
Lesson 30 Choosing between captures (part 2)
Lesson 31 Getting critical decisions right
Lesson 32 Planning and strategy, game analysis
Lesson 33 Chess openings, the Philidor Defense
Lesson 34 Kasparov vs Deep Blue, how to improve your position
Lesson 35 Working out your opponents plan
Lesson 36 The importance of controlling the center

Beginners Attack, Defense and Chess Endgames

Lesson Outline:

Lesson 01 Finding the opponents threats

Lesson 02 Intermediate moves
Lesson 03 How to save the game with stalemate
Lesson 04 Avoiding stalemate
Lesson 05 Attack and Defense
Lesson 06 Attack and Defense (part 2)
Lesson 07 Attacking with 2 Bishops
Lesson 08 Attacks from the side
Lesson 09 Dont just copy your opponent
Lesson 10 How to Defend
Lesson 11 How to Defend (part 2)
Lesson 12 Defending against threats
Lesson 13 Sacrifices against the King
Lesson 14 Attacking the King in the center
Lesson 15 Dominating the center, game analysis
Lesson 16 Winning with pins, game analysis
Lesson 17 Mating the King, Chigorin vs Alapin
Lesson 18 Winning with a pawn advantage, game analysis
Lesson 19 Attacking the finachettoed King position, game analysis
Lesson 20 Attacking the center, game analysis
Lesson 21 Winning with discovered attacks, game analysis
Lesson 22 Attacking the King, game analysis
Lesson 23 Rapid development and attack, game analysis
Lesson 24 The opposition in pawn endgames
Lesson 25 Basic pawn endgames
Lesson 26 Essential pawn endings
Lesson 27 Winning with pawns in the endgame
Lesson 28 Passed pawns
Lesson 29 Pins and passed pawns
Lesson 30 Interesting ideas in pawn endgames
Lesson 31 How to win in the endgame
Lesson 32 Strategy in the endgame
Lesson 33 Rook endgames
Lesson 34 Rook vs minor piece in the endgame

Intermediate Chess tactics and endgames

Lesson Outline:

Lesson 01 Exceptions to opening principles + K + P endgames

Lesson 02 Space advantage and the opposition in K+P endgames
Lesson 03 Winning with open files + K+P endgames
Lesson 04 Essential R+P v R endgames
Lesson 05 Protected passed pawns + the wrong corner Bishop
Lesson 06 Exploiting loose pieces
Lesson 07 King chases + checkmating the exposed King
Lesson 08 Exploiting the weakness of the f7 square
Lesson 09 Mastering the Bh7 sacrifice
Lesson 10 Winning with attacks on g7
Lesson 11 Sacrificing on h6
Lesson 12 The power of the pin
Lesson 13 Theoretically drawn endgames
Lesson 14 Winning endgame tactics
Lesson 15 Key ideas in pawn endgames
Lesson 16 Winning with in-between moves
Lesson 17 Understanding Bishop vs Knight in the endgame
Lesson 18 Early f7 sacrifices
Lesson 19 Exploiting the weakness of the back-rank
Lesson 20 Troitskys chess studies
Lesson 21 Doubled pawns and outside passed pawns in the endgame
Lesson 22 Blunders and how to avoid them
Lesson 23 Winning with in-between moves
Lesson 24 Winning with the Kings Indian Defense
Lesson 25 Instructive endgame studies
Lesson 26 Mikhail Tals magic endgames
Lesson 27 Deflection and removal of the guard
Lesson 28 Important tactical patterns
Lesson 29 Forks
Lesson 30 Tactical ideas in endgames
Lesson 31 Trapping pieces
Lesson 32 Sacrifices on g7
Lesson 33 Learning from GM blunders
Lesson 34 Instructive tactics and technical endgames
Lesson 35 Important examples of in-between moves
Lesson 36 The Nd5 sacrifice in the Sicilian

Intermediate Positional play and chess strategy

Lesson Outline:

Lesson 01 The importance of the 7th rank

Lesson 02 Weak squares, outposts and King activity
Lesson 03 The power of the Bishop pair
Lesson 04 Doubled pawns
Lesson 05 Winning with the long diagonal
Lesson 06 Understanding exchanges
Lesson 07 Gaining time in chess
Lesson 08 How to play in closed positions + pawn breakthroughs
Lesson 09 Understanding zugzwang
Lesson 10 Saving the game with perpetual check
Lesson 11 Converting your advantage into a win
Lesson 12 Recognizing critical moments
Lesson 13 The Kings Indian Attack
Lesson 14 Winning against doubled pawns
Lesson 15 Dominating with the 7th rank
Lesson 16 The King is a strong piece
Lesson 17 Finding hidden resources
Lesson 18 In-between moves and chess technique
Lesson 19 Backward pawns
Lesson 20 Pawn breakthroughs
Lesson 21 Choosing when to check
Lesson 22 Attention to detail + the weakness of the back-rank
Lesson 23 Tempi and material
Lesson 24 Good Knight vs bad Bishop
Lesson 25 Surprising early Queen moves
Lesson 26 Opening traps you must know
Lesson 27 Questions on the openings
Lesson 28 Effective prophylaxis
Lesson 29 The initiative vs material
Lesson 30 Typical ideas in the Queens Gambit Declined
Lesson 31 Unexpected in-between moves
Lesson 32 Strategy the isolated pawn
Lesson 33 Strategy dominance of Rooks on 7th rank
Lesson 34 Ideas in the Queen pawn openings
Lesson 35 Paying attention to the opponents resources

Intermediate Attack, defense and instructive chess games

Lesson Outline:

Lesson 01 How to trap the King in the center

Lesson 02 Attacking the King in the Center
Lesson 03 Attack and Defense (part 1)
Lesson 04 Defensive skills you must know
Lesson 05 Winning against unjustfied attacks
Lesson 06 Spielmann vs Wahle and Saavedra endgame
Lesson 07 Targeting your opponents weak point
Lesson 08 Fischer vs Robatsch, attacking the fianchettoed position
Lesson 09 The best way to use your Queen in attack
Lesson 10 Lessons from Bobby Fischers games
Lesson 11 How to play with opposite side castling
Lesson 12 Instructive Queens Gambit game
Lesson 13 Winning with forcing moves
Lesson 14 Learning from Smyslov
Lesson 15 In-between moves and defense
Lesson 16 Steinitz vs Mongredien 1862
Lesson 17 Uhlmann vs Donner 1964, the Carlsbad structure
Lesson 18 Learning from the romantic era of chess
Lesson 19 Lessons from Susan Polgars games
Lesson 20 Kasparov Khalifman, opposite-side castling
Lesson 21 Attack and Defense (part 2)
Lesson 22 The art of attack
Lesson 23 Alexander Alekhine, checkmating tactics
Lesson 24 Illescas vs Short 1995
Lesson 25 Instructive Alekhine game
Lesson 26 Bobby Fischers attacking games
Lesson 27 Learning from Bobby Fischer
Lesson 28 Classic attacking ideas
Lesson 29 Attack and counter-attack
Lesson 30 Opposite side castling
Lesson 31 Critical positions from the SPICE Invitational
Lesson 32 Michael Adams vs Magnus Carlsen 2010
Lesson 33 A tribute to Bent Larsen
Lesson 34 Bacrot vs Kempinski 2005
Lesson 35 Susan Polgar game, winning with space advantage

Advanced Tactics and advanced chess endgames

Lesson Outline:

Lesson 01 Unexpected opportunities and tricky pawn endings

Lesson 02 The Bishop pair and double Bishop sacrifice
Lesson 03 Connected passed pawns
Lesson 04 Deflection and removal of the guard
Lesson 05 Clearance tactics
Lesson 06 The Bxh7 sacrifice
Lesson 07 The power of the Rook and Knight combined
Lesson 08 Important endgame ideas
Lesson 09 Magic on the chessboard
Lesson 10 How to use the Knight in the endgame
Lesson 11 In-between moves
Lesson 12 Advanced endgame technique
Lesson 13 Akopian vs Almasi 1997, GM tactics
Lesson 14 Bishop vs Knight endgames
Lesson 15 Tactics and endgames from the Spice International GM Tournament
Lesson 16 Rook vs pawn endgames
Lesson 17 Instructive endgame examples from recent GM play
Lesson 18 Tactical ideas from recent GM play
Lesson 19 Instructive endgames
Lesson 20 Mikhail Tals Magic Endgames
Lesson 21 Pawn breakthroughs in the endgame
Lesson 22 Defending in the endgame
Lesson 23 Humans and computers
Lesson 24 Exploiting the weakness of the f7 square
Lesson 25 How to attack in the Sicilian Defense
Lesson 26 Bobby Fischer and how to find a plan
Lesson 27 Attacking the King
Lesson 28 Practical tactics
Lesson 29 Complicated tactics, Hammer vs Anand
Lesson 30 Tactics and endgames from the Spice Invitational Tournament
Lesson 31 Tactics and endgames from recent GM tournaments
Lesson 32 Endgame brilliance
Lesson 33 Winning with tactical brilliance, examples from Shirov and Kramnik
Lesson 34 Karpovs endgame magic

Advanced Positional chess and strategy

Lesson Outline:

Lesson 01 How to use the space advantage + S. Polgar vs Xie Jun

Lesson 02 Winning with open files and passed pawns
Lesson 03 The 7th rank and pawn races
Lesson 04 Weak squares, Knight outposts and King activity
Lesson 05 Smyslov vs Tal, doubled pawns
Lesson 06 The power of protected passed pawns
Lesson 07 Exploiting the long diagonal
Lesson 08 How to recognize critical moments
Lesson 09 When to simplify (part 1)
Lesson 10 Understanding Bishops and Knights
Lesson 11 The Stonewall Dutch
Lesson 12 How to play closed positions
Lesson 13 How to create weaknesses for your opponent
Lesson 14 When to simplify (part 2)
Lesson 15 Bobby Fischers games, when to trade
Lesson 16 Critical moments in chess (part 1)
Lesson 17 Critical moments in chess (part 2)
Lesson 18 Opening files
Lesson 19 More thoughts on open files
Lesson 20 Open files and space advantage
Lesson 21 Understanding the Ruy Lopez Jaenisch Gambit
Lesson 22 Good vs Bad Bishop
Lesson 23 Creating winning plans + improving calculation
Lesson 24 Capablancas Outposts
Lesson 25 Winning with the Sicilian Accelerated Dragon
Lesson 26 Capablanca vs Scott 1919, space advantage and creating plans
Lesson 27 Pawn structures, isolated and doubled pawns
Lesson 28 Positional exchange sacrifice
Lesson 29 Further examples of position exchange sacrifices
Lesson 30 How to limit your opponents piece activity
Lesson 31 How to convert a better position into a win
Lesson 32 How to win with a space advantage
Lesson 33 Strategy Karpov vs Yusupov
Lesson 34 Finding a plan in symmetrical positions
Lesson 35 Evans Gambit attacking and defensive ideas
Lesson 36 Attacking ideas in the Italian Game Rombaldoni vs Garcia Palermo

Advanced Attack, defense and instructive chess games

Lesson Outline:

Lesson 01 Winning with the initiative

Lesson 02 Attack and defense with Steinitz
Lesson 03 Steinitz von Bardeleben 1895
Lesson 04 Petrosian vs Smyslov 1961
Lesson 05 Botvinnik Ragozin 1940, the power of passed pawns
Lesson 06 Benko vs Reshevsky 1968, the blockade
Lesson 07 Attack and defense (part 1)
Lesson 08 Pillsbury vs Marco 1900, the Pillsbury attack
Lesson 09 Bobby Fischer, instructive moments from his games
Lesson 10 Kasparov vs Chiburdanidze 1980, playing against the Kings Indian Defense
Lesson 11 Important decisions in attack
Lesson 12 Fischer vs Cardoso 1957
Lesson 13 Instructive Susan Polgar game
Lesson 14 King in the center, Susan Polgar game
Lesson 15 Attack and defense in classic games
Lesson 16 Susan Polgar vs Ralf Lau 1991, attacking the King
Lesson 17 Euwe vs Alekhine 1935
Lesson 18 Tribute to Vassily Smyslov
Lesson 19 Spassky vs Petrosian 1966
Lesson 20 Colle vs Grunfeld 1926
Lesson 21 Christansen vs Flear 1987
Lesson 22 Kramnik vs Krasenkow 2003
Lesson 23 Winawer vs Anderssen 1878
Lesson 24 Sokolov vs Karpov 1987
Lesson 25 King in the center, a Susan Polgar game
Lesson 26 Reshevsky vs Najdorf 1957 connected passed pawns
Lesson 27 Attack and defense (part 2)
Lesson 28 Taimanov vs Kaidanov 1988
Lesson 29 When to strike in an attack
Lesson 30 Preventing unsound attacks
Lesson 31 Instructive moments from students games
Lesson 32 Carlsen vs Bacrot 2010
Lesson 33 Mieses Capablanca 1913, an exchange advantage
Lesson 34 Judgment in attack + hidden resources
Lesson 35 Ivanchuk vs Kamsky 2006
Lesson 36 Instructive game Isolated pawns, prophylaxis and an amazing attack