The Complete Guide to Chess Strategies

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The Complete Guide To Chess Strategies
Published 4/2023
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Create effective game strategies based on the elements of the position to help guide your overall game plans



What you'll learn
Ability to use strategies and styles of past world chess champions.
Ability to assess circumstances such as time control and opponent and use those details to influence strategies used.
Ability to see how important it is for strategy to evolve according to changing circumstances on the board.
Ability to balance exploiting opponent's weaknesses with improving one's own position and countering opponent's threats.
Ability to apply prophylactic thinking to anticipate and counter opponents' plans and threats.
Ability to recognize and utilize imbalances in piece activity, coordination, and space control.
Ability to have effective strategies against much stronger or much weaker opponents.
Ability to have effective strategies against stronger tactical players or stronger positional players.
Ability to use strategies that emphasize your strengths and weaknesses and the opponent's strengths and weaknesses.
Ability to effectively transition between opening, middlegame, and endgame phases while maintaining a cohesive strategy.
Ability to use strategies based on pawn structure.
Ability to understand and exploit specific piece imbalances, such as an unopposed bishop or a superior knight.
Ability to identify and capitalize on tactical downsides in the opponent's position.
Ability to adapt to various pawn structures, including isolated queen's pawns, backward pawns, and hanging pawns.
Ability to navigate and exploit various center patterns to control the board.
Ability to learn from classic games and understand the instructive value of analyzing them.
Ability to apply principles from different eras of chess strategy, such as the Romantic, Scientific, and Hypermodern eras.
Ability to utilize and maintain the bishop pair advantage and understand its strategic implications.
Ability to recognize and create passed pawns or thorn pawns and understand their strategic value.
Ability to identify and make use of positional pawn sacrifices for long-term strategic gains.
Ability to exploit weak pawn structures, such as doubled pawns or isolated pawns.
Ability to implement tempo strategy patterns to maximize piece efficiency.
Ability to use strategies that focus on controlling key squares and minimizing counterplay.
Ability to recognize and exploit weaknesses in the opponent's king safety.
Ability to understand and apply concepts of piece coordination and harmony.
Ability to master attacking strategy patterns, including breakthroughs, sacrifices, and undermining opponent's defenses.
Ability to make use of space advantages in various positions.
Ability to understand and apply endgame patterns for strategic advantage.
Ability to harmonize pieces and pawns for optimal coordination and interaction.
Ability to identify key patterns in pawn breaks and exploit them effectively.
Ability to make use of the concept of "exploitability" and "useful exceptions" in your game.
Ability to understand the evolution of chess strategies throughout history.
Ability to adapt to the influence of neural networks on chess strategy.
Ability to recognize the significance of pawn weaknesses and make opponent's pieces passive.
Ability to identify patterns in piece imbalances, such as a bishop without a counterpart.
Ability to learn from influential chess strategy writers and their contributions.
Ability to analyze and understand the playing styles of uncrowned kings and world chess champions.
Ability to gain a competitive advantage through a deeper understanding of strategic chess.
Ability to incorporate the strategies of key players like Akiba Rubinstein and Vladimir Kramnik.
Ability to appreciate the importance of being well-rounded in knowing various chess strategies.

Requirements
Knows how the chess pieces move

Description
Dive into the fascinating world of chess strategies with this comprehensive course designed for players seeking to elevate their understanding and mastery of the game. Our extensive curriculum covers a wide range of strategic patterns, concepts, and historical developments in chess, providing you with an in-depth understanding of what it takes to excel on the chessboard.The course is divided into multiple sections, each focusing on specific aspects of chess strategies. Beginning with an introduction to chess strategy, we explore the differences between chess strategy and tactics, the evolution of chess strategies throughout history, and the contributions of influential chess players and thinkers.As we delve deeper into the course, you'll learn about various structural patterns, including pawn weaknesses, isolated queen's pawns, and backward pawns. We'll also discuss control patterns, center patterns, tempo strategy patterns, and the importance of piece coordination, activity, and imbalances.With a strong focus on understanding different strategic elements, the course covers positional pawn sacrifices, attacking patterns, bishop pair strategies, passed pawn patterns, and thorn pawn strategies, among others. To provide a well-rounded learning experience, we also examine space patterns, endgame patterns, and the tactical downsides of certain positions.By studying the games of legendary players such as Akiba Rubinstein and Vladimir Kramnik, you'll gain valuable insights into their strategic thinking and learn how to apply these principles to your own games. Through our carefully curated lectures and examples, you'll develop a deeper appreciation for the intricacies of chess strategies and learn how to effectively employ them in your own games.Embark on a journey to strategic mastery with our Mastering Chess Strategies course and unlock your true potential as a formidable chess player.

Overview
Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 What is Chess Strategy?

Lecture 2 Can Strategies be at different levels of detail?

Lecture 3 How do "Art of War" strategies apply to chess strategies?

Lecture 4 What do "Strategically crushing" games often look like?

Lecture 5 What are the differences between Chess Strategy and Chess Tactics?

Lecture 6 Why is a balance needed between Strategy and Tactics?

Lecture 7 How is Strategic chess different from Attacking Chess Strategies?

Lecture 8 Why are pawns often the foundation of "deep" strategy?

Lecture 9 How factoring in unique circumstances makes super-effective Strategies?

Lecture 10 How is Strategic Chess different from Positional chess?

Lecture 11 How to justify having a "bigger plan" rather than positional chess like Karpov?

Lecture 12 How is "Strategy" different from a "Plan"?

Lecture 13 Can little plans be strung together to form an overall strategy?

Lecture 14 How are chess strategists different from "Universal players"?

Lecture 15 Why is it important to be well rounded in knowing chess strategies?

Lecture 16 Matching your mood and strengths to your opening choices like Kramnik seems to

Lecture 17 Why Akiba Rubinstein as a key player in this course?

Lecture 18 Why Vladimir Kramnik as a key player in this course?

Lecture 19 Why is their great instructive value of learning from classic games

Lecture 20 How do lessons from Strategic players often endure more than tactical players?

Lecture 21 Course example priorities and identification of Patterns

Section 2: The Evolution of Chess Strategies throughout history

Lecture 22 Who are some of the most Influential Chess Strategy writers

Lecture 23 The Uncrowned Kings and their Strategy Contributions

Lecture 24 The World chess champions and their overall playing styles

Lecture 25 Romantic Era Chess Strategies

Lecture 26 Howard Staunton - a true pioneer ahead of his time!

Lecture 27 Steinitz periodic table of elements- major contribution to Modern Chess Strategy

Lecture 28 Major Strategy Differences between Romantic Era and Scientific Era of Chess

Lecture 29 Emanuel Lasker's Strategy contributions through his games

Lecture 30 Siegbert Tarrasch - Strategy Contributions to Modern Chess Strategy

Lecture 31 The Hypermodernist Strategy Contributions - useful exceptions found

Lecture 32 Mikhail Botvinnik Style Game Preparation Strategies

Lecture 33 Opening Theory is only part of the Evolution of Chess Strategy

Lecture 34 Do experiments in chess strategy often fail and should we be concerned?

Lecture 35 The concepts of "exploitability" and "useful exceptions"

Lecture 36 The concept of "Imbalances" and an intuitive way of making use of the concept

Lecture 37 How has chess evolved in summary?

Lecture 38 What do Neural Networks bring to the Strategy table?

Lecture 39 Gaining a competitive advantage in Strategic Chess Understanding

Section 3: STRUCTURE Pattern: Pawn breaks

Lecture 40 d5 pawn break prepared with Q exerting great pressure - Rubinstein vs Schlecter

Lecture 41 12 Cs- Undermining early without Knight target on c3 - Rubinstein vs Tartakower

Lecture 42 12 Cs- Concentrating on a central pawn but K-side risk - Duras vs Rubinstein

Lecture 43 9 Cs- Big strategic mistake f5 leads to dark square grip- Rubinstein vs Olland

Lecture 44 19 Cs- Backward d-pawn from bad English Opening variation - Rubinstein vs Duras

Lecture 45 8 Cs- e4 pawn break creates many targets in Black's camp - Kramnik vs Lobron

Lecture 46 30 Cs- Isolated Queens pawn leads to dangerous d5 pawn break - Kramnik vs Timman

Section 4: STRUCTURE Pattern: Pawn weaknesses to torture and make pieces passive

Lecture 47 255 Cs- Exploiting a backward pawn not giving counterplay - Rubinstein vs Salwe

Lecture 48 13 Cs- Backward pawn torture then passed pawns - Marshall vs Rubinstein

Lecture 49 2 Cs- Backward c-pawn accelerates the win of White - Rubinstein vs Cohn

Lecture 50 5 Cs- Isolated Queens Pawn an easy endgame target - Rubinstein vs Balla

Lecture 51 5 Cs- Doubled pawns and isolated a pawn become targets - Polgar vs Kramnik

Lecture 52 13 Cs- Center file and Weak Queenside pawns from Nimzo-Indian- Shaked vs Kramnik

Section 5: STRUCTURE Pattern - WITH Isolated Queen's pawn

Lecture 53 13 Cs- "Adjacent Diagonal of death" d5 to g2/h1 dangers - Jaffe vs Rubinstein

Lecture 54 134 Cs- Amazing resources created by Isolated Pawn d5 push - Kramnik vs Anand

Section 6: STRUCTURE Pattern - WITH Backward Pawn

Lecture 55 10 C's - Sicilian Sveshnikov welcomes backward pawn - Ljubojevic vs Kramnik

Section 7: STRUCTURE Pattern - Against Hanging Pawns

Lecture 56 18 Cs- Light square liabilities include K and centralised N - Kramnik vs Yusupov

Section 8: STRUCTURE Pattern: Undermining pawn structures

Lecture 57 3 Cs- London system undermining Central pawns with c4 - Rubinstein vs Johner

Section 9: STRUCTURE pattern - Healing structure for other perks

Lecture 58 19 Cs- Repair opponent backward pawn but gains entry point - Salwe vs Rubinstein

Section 10: CONTROL Patterns - Minimising counterplay and ability to make threats etc

Lecture 59 502 Cs- Amazing piece sacrifice to shut down counterplay- Saemich vs Nimzowitsch

Lecture 60 51 Cs- Navigating piece sac in opening to R+P ending - Rubinstein vs Spielmann

Lecture 61 17 Cs- Defensive Knight retreats help Black's defence- Reti vs Rubinstein

Lecture 62 2 Cs- Making sure Black's pressure is pointless on a-file - Kramnik vs Alaan

Lecture 63 11 C's- Minimising counterplay after early B sac - Kramnik vs Shirov (1996)

Lecture 64 11 Cs- Minimising counterplay after early piece sac Pt 2 - Kramnik vs Shirov

Lecture 65 16 C's- Minimising counterplay by overwhelming opponent - Kramnik vs Tiviakov

Lecture 66 11 Cs- Minimising counterplay by simplification to endgame - Beliavsky vs Kramni

Lecture 67 8 Cs- Minimise counterplay by giving back pawn, simplifying - Kramnik vs Gelfand

Section 11: CONTROL Patterns - Binds

Lecture 68 2 Cs- Pillsbury bind with Knight on e5 sets some problems - Rubinstein vs Yates

Section 12: CONTROL Patterns - Controlling Files and Diagonals

Lecture 69 6 Cs- Controlling the d-file leads to different advantages - Kramnik vs Yusupov

Section 13: OPENING Patterns: Opening theory contributions demonstrated

Lecture 70 15 Cs- Rubinstein Opening - Colle-Zukertort b2 bishop - Rubinstein vs Berger

Lecture 71 17 Cs-Rubinstein Attack with Qc2 powerful waiting move - Rubinstein vs Teichmann

Lecture 72 8 Cs- French Defence Rubinstein variation very solid - Teichmann vs Rubinstein

Lecture 73 204 Cs- Powerful positional Anti-Tarrasch fianchetto - Rubinstein vs Capablanca

Lecture 74 16 Cs- Rubinstein variation- Four Knights Game: Spanish- Spielmann vs Rubinstein

Lecture 75 19Cs- Relative of Rubinstein Variation of the 4 Knights - Tarrasch vs Rubinstein

Lecture 76 16 Cs-A very exciting dramatic chaotic Berlin Defence game - Ivanchuk vs Kramnik

Section 14: TEMPO Strategy Patterns

Lecture 77 820 C's - Rubinstein's Immortal game - showing value of Tempo

Section 15: INTEGRATION/ TRANSITION Patterns - Opening linked to middlegame and to endgame

Lecture 78 20 Cs- Little plans Knight maneuver, Q maneuver connect - Janowsky vs Rubinstein

Lecture 79 18 Cs- Giving up both bishops to have a better endgame - Rubinstein vs Marshall

Lecture 80 19 Cs-Preparing K walk through weakening light squares - Levenfish vs Rubinstein

Section 16: CENTER Patterns

Lecture 81 10 Cs- Occupation of center without opponent pressure - Rubinstein vs Breyer

Lecture 82 142 Cs- Authority of d-file makes attack effective - Rubinstein vs Maroczy

Lecture 83 89 Cs- Flank attack not effective vs central control - Rubinstein vs Levenfish

Lecture 84 71 Cs- Dangerous pawn center gives access to key squares - Kramnik vs Svidler

Section 17: CENTER Strategy Pattern - Occupation vs Control of key central squares

Lecture 85 188 C's - e5 Overprotection and occupation vs control theme - Nimzovich vs Salwe

Section 18: CENTER Strategy Patterns - Overprotection

Lecture 86 18 Cs- Gambit for overprotecting central strong point e5 - Nimzovich vs Menchik

Section 19: FILE Domination Patterns

Lecture 87 3 Cs- Preparing to dominate a-file causes immediate mistake - Burn vs Rubinstein

Section 20: PIECE IMBALANCE Patterns - Opposite colored bishops

Lecture 88 15 Cs- Opposite colored Bishops -give up pawns for passer - Johner vs Rubinstein

Lecture 89 1 C- Changing imbalance away from opposite colored Bishops- Koenig vs Rubinstein

Lecture 90 1 C- Passive pieces mean opposite colored bishops don't draw- Wolf vs Rubinstein

Lecture 91 4 Cs- Two Knights and Queen vs Rook and Queen imbalance - Kramnik vs Short

Lecture 92 105 Cs- Pressure in opposite colored bishop endgame - Kramnik vs Kasparov

Section 21: PIECE IMBALANCE Patterns - Bishop without a counterpart

Lecture 93 66 Cs-Dark square bishop without counterpart -g5 painful - Forgacs vs Rubinstein

Lecture 94 21 Cs- Dark square bishop without counterpart dangerous - Alapin vs Rubinstein

Lecture 95 19 Cs- Pawn sac concept of B without counterpart centralised- Kramnik vs Svidler

Section 22: PIECE ACTIVITY Strategy Patterns

Lecture 96 14 Cs- Structural weakness on e6 to increase piece activity - Polgar vs Kramnik

Section 23: PIECE COORDINATION Patterns

Lecture 97 5 Cs- Beautiful coordination, cooperation of White's N's, B's - Kramnik vs Gulko

Lecture 98 59 Cs-Queen sacrifice preparation to get piece coordination- Ivanchuk vs Kramnik

Section 24: POSITIONAL EXCHANGE SACRIFICE Patterns

Lecture 99 96 Cs-Hole on c4 provides used for positional exchange sac- St Amant vs Staunton

Lecture 100 172 Cs- Positional exchange sac wins pawns and weakens K- Alekhine vs Rubinstein

Lecture 101 42 Cs- Powerful positional exchange sac for just one pawn- Kramnik vs Morozevich

Lecture 102 21 Cs- Positional exchange sac creates unbearable pressure - Topalov vs Kramnik

Section 25: POSITIONAL PAWN SACRIFICE Strategy Pattern

Lecture 103 Powerful positional pawn sac for dark square pressure - Kramnik vs Vaganian

Lecture 104 10 Cs- Positional pawn sacrifice for extra d-file pressure - Kramnik vs Kamsky

Section 26: PIECE QUALITY Patterns

Lecture 105 3 Cs- Slightly endangered knight causes issues throughout - Johner vs Rubinstein

Section 27: TACTICAL DOWNSIDE patterns

Lecture 106 18 C's - Unprotected pieces can create a disaster - Rubinstein vs Freymann

Lecture 107 9 Cs- Underprotected d6, h7 points lead to material loss- Rubinstein vs Janowski

Lecture 108 2 Cs- King technically exploitable with precise tactics- Spielmann vs Rubinstein

Lecture 109 24 Cs- Downsides of own position act as bait - Rubinstein vs Alekhine

Section 28: CONTROL Strategy Patterns - PROPHYLAXIS

Lecture 110 11 Cs-Locking up Q-side before opening up K-side with g4- Rubinstein vs Hromadka

Lecture 111 30 Cs- Prophylaxis vs e5 leads to tactical combination - Rubinstein vs Treybal

Section 29: PIN Strategy Patterns

Lecture 112 377 Cs- Intense pinning pressure via "Alekhine's gun" - Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch

Lecture 113 49 Cs- Amazing pin resources behind the scenes - Rubinstein vs Nimzovich

Section 30: ATTACKING Strategy Patterns

Lecture 114 19 Cs- Small inaccuracies lead to tactical disaster - Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov

Lecture 115 4 Cs- Unprotected piece liability in opening exploited - Rubinstein vs Tukacs

Lecture 116 73 C's - Opposite side castling rook perks and diagonal - Rubinstein vs Borovsky

Lecture 117 2 Cs- Aggressive Knight on f4/f5 changes advantage balance - Rubinstein vs Salwe

Lecture 118 13 Cs- Tactical undermining with K kept in center - Rubinstein vs Khotimirsky

Lecture 119 3 Cs- Ne5 means that Rd3-h3 rook attack made possible - Rubinstein vs Sterk

Lecture 120 6 Cs- Weakened K-side and mistakes provides counterplay- Rubinstein vs Duras

Lecture 121 7 Cs- Open center and no Knight on f6 amplify soft-spots - Rubinstein vs Duras

Lecture 122 8 Cs- Powerful treble battery on b-file pressure - Rubinstein vs Leonhardt

Lecture 123 0 Cs- Knight sacrifice to further expose King - Rubinstein vs Barasz

Lecture 124 5 Cs- Opening up the opponent's king by pawn sacrifice - Rubinstein vs Breyer

Lecture 125 13 Cs-Keeping K in the center creates amazing resources - Rubinstein vs Levitsky

Lecture 126 6 Cs- Slow, powerful build up behind pawns, Alekhine's Gun - Carls vs Rubinstein

Lecture 127 4 Cs- Pawn sacrifice to expose K and other issues - Rubinstein vs Levitsky

Lecture 128 15 Cs- Dark squares opening up against opponent K - Rubinstein vs Levenfish

Lecture 129 245 Cs- Romantic King's Gambit with great Q move later - Rubinstein vs Hromadka

Lecture 130 215 Cs- Active operation b5 whilst K in center backfires - Rubinstein vs Duras

Lecture 131 18 Cs- Bxh7 sacrifice opens up King for direct attack - Rubinstein vs Kostic

Lecture 132 15 Cs- Very strong g-file attack after Nf5 and gxf5 - Rubinstein vs Salwe

Lecture 133 18 Cs- Castling Queenside does in theory create risk - Rubinstein vs Chajes

Lecture 134 50 Cs- Delayed gratification for attacking move preparation- Kramnik vs Short

Lecture 135 11 Cs- Q on a4-Strong attack without much counterplay given - Huebner vs Kramnik

Lecture 136 170 Cs- Exchange sacrifice for bishop pair pointed at King - Ivanchuk vs Kramnik

Lecture 137 4 Cs- Semi-open g-file creates dangerous pin and resources - Adams vs Kramnik

Section 31: ATTACKING Strategy Patterns - King not castled

Lecture 138 77 Cs- Opening center when opponents K in center crushing - Kramnik vs Beliavsky

Section 32: ATTACKING Strategy Patterns - King Hunts

Lecture 139 244 Cs- King Hunt involving surprise light square bishop - Kasparov vs Kramnik

Lecture 140 18 C's - King Hunt with many forcing moves and resources - Topalov vs Kramnik

Section 33: ATTACKING Strategy - Dangerous Bishop Patterns

Lecture 141 39 Cs-Making sure you have the dangerous bishop, not opponent- Costas vs Kramnik

Section 34: ATTACKING Strategy - Light Square or Dark Square based attacking strategies

Lecture 142 18 Cs- Amazing resources triggered by Dark square weaknesses - Kramnik vs Piket

Lecture 143 17 Cs- Nimzo-Indian Light Square grip strategy chosen - Lautier vs Kramnik

Section 35: ATTACKING Strategy - Soft Spot targeting

Lecture 144 163 Cs- f7 soft spot hit but defensive resources missed - Kramnik vs Kasparov

Section 36: WEAKNESS PROVOCATION Strategy

Lecture 145 80 Cs-Provocative opening- leads to destroying center - Spielmann vs Nimzowitsch

Lecture 146 64 Cs- Ra3 move helps prepare to exploit weaknesses - Kramnik vs Kasparov

Section 37: BISHOP PAIR strategy patterns

Lecture 147 6 Cs- B pair vs Knight pair reveals related 7th rank issues - Piket vs Kramnik

Lecture 148 14 Cs- Bishop pair opening imbalance creates constant pressure- Kramnik vs Adams

Lecture 149 4 Cs- Bishop pair in endgame restricts opponents King - Sadvakasov vs Kramnik

Lecture 150 60 C's-c5 increases bishop effectiveness more than it should - Kramnik vs Karpov

Section 38: BAD BISHOP Strategy Patterns

Lecture 151 18 Cs- Bad light square bishop prisoner within pawn chain - Kramnik vs Polgar

Section 39: STRONG SQUARE Strategy Patterns

Lecture 152 7 Cs- Making use of strong e5 square for a central knight - Fahrni vs Rubinstein

Section 40: Strategy of Playing in the direction of pawn chain - d5,e4 pawn chain as White

Lecture 153 20 Cs- Q-side effective for infiltration later - Rubinstein vs Duras (1911)

Section 41: "Restrain then Blockade then Destroy Strategy" Pattern

Lecture 154 18 Cs- Restrain,Blockade then Destroy, then R+P ending - Rubinstein vs Nimzovich

Section 42: EXCHANGING off Patterns to increase advantage

Lecture 155 9 Cs- Exchanging off dark square Bs leads to Ne5 outpost - Rubinstein vs Kmoch

Lecture 156 6 Cs- Exchanging off into a winning R+P endgame - Seirawan vs Kramnik

Section 43: Queenside Pressure Strategy

Lecture 157 16 Cs- Catalan pressure wins a Queenside Pawn - Kramnik vs Gelfand

Section 44: COMPLEXITY Strategy Patterns

Lecture 158 16 Cs- Unsound sac paid off as opponent trusts it is sound - Salwe vs Rubinstein

Lecture 159 18 Cs- Double pawn sac gambit Opening doesn't bode well - Rubinstein vs Marshall

Section 45: MAINTAINING TENSION Strategy Pattern vs clarification or winning material

Lecture 160 15 Cs- Keeping the tension instead of winning a pawn Nimzovich vs Rubinstein

Section 46: PASSED PAWN patterns

Lecture 161 5 Cs- Passed pawns need to be kept under lock and key - Leonhardt vs Rubinstein

Lecture 162 20 Cs- Taking out c7 creates 2 connected passed pawns - Rubinstein vs Tarrasch

Lecture 163 20 Cs- Installing a protected passed pawn on d6 - Rubinstein vs Cohn

Lecture 164 7 Cs- Winning passed pawn opportunity in endgame - Rubinstein vs Vukovic

Lecture 165 18 Cs- Sacrificing two minor pieces for R+2P - Kramnik vs Ivanchuk

Lecture 166 12 Cs-Kingside passed pawn potential realised on inaccuracy - Kramnik vs Lautier

Lecture 167 82 Cs- 'd' pawn Passed pawn potential right out of opening - Kramnik vs Svidler

Lecture 168 33 Cs- Passed 'd' pawn potential combines with R liability- Kramnik vs Van Wely

Lecture 169 15 Cs- Passed 'c' pawn potential demonstrated with B pair - Kramnik vs Topalov

Section 47: THORN PAWN Strategy Patterns

Lecture 170 51 Cs- Threat of thorn pawn prompts h6 allowing g5 later - Kramnik vs Karpov

Lecture 171 38 Cs- Thorn pawn creates great resources and back-row issues- Shirov vs Kramnik

Section 48: SPACE Patterns - Downsides of Overstretching

Lecture 172 40 Cs- Exploiting overstretched position with weaknesses - Vidmar vs Rubinstein

Section 49: SPACE Patterns - Upsides of having more space

Lecture 173 15 Cs- Ensuring minimal counterplay and creating passed pawns - Kramnik vs Lanka

Lecture 174 12 Cs- Space advantage turned into three connected passed pawns- Kramnik vs Nunn

Lecture 175 18 Cs- The dreaded "Bayonet Attack" vs the Kings Indian - Kramnik vs Polgar

Lecture 176 3 Cs- Pawn sacrifice for e5 pawn wedge causes weaknesses - Kramnik vs Beliavsky

Lecture 177 39 Cs- "Bayonet Attack" vs KID - exploitable d6 pawn base - Kramnik vs Shirov

Section 50: INITIATIVE AND CONSTANT PRESSURE Strategy Patterns

Lecture 178 15 Cs- c5 with e4 break giving a N on d5 but R to 7th later- Kramnik vs Dreev

Section 51: Simplification and Consolidation Strategy Patterns

Lecture 179 Simplifying to a winning Q+R vs Q+R Endgame - Leonhardt vs Rubinstein

Section 52: DEFENCE Patterns

Lecture 180 15 Cs- Resourceful defence relying on key forcing moves- Spielmann vs Rubinstein

Lecture 181 5 Cs- Neutralising K-side pawn storm using key forcing moves - Lobron vs Kramnik

Lecture 182 13 Cs- Defence making use of Center file and entry points - Khalifman vs Kramnik

Section 53: DISOBEDIENCE Strategy Patterns

Lecture 183 19 Cs- Refusing to move an attacked Queen as it has 7th rank- Topalov vs Kramnik

Section 54: DEFEND Strategy Patterns - maximising useful pins, blockades

Lecture 184 14 Cs- Calm defence using pins and counterattack - Ivanchuk vs Kramnik

Section 55: COUNTERATTACK Strategy Patterns

Lecture 185 14 Cs- Very dynamic resources employed for counterplay - Van Wely vs Kramnik

Lecture 186 9 Cs- Allowing sac on h6 but then dominating center - Dizdarevic vs Kramnik

Section 56: ENDGAME Patterns

Lecture 187 360 Cs - Precision, Rook and King dominate counterparts- Rubinstein vs Lasker

Lecture 188 53 Cs- "Monumental mastery"-Lasker - Nice endgame play - Rubinstein vs Mieses

Lecture 189 19 Cs- File control then lateral pressure, fractured pawns - Duras vs Rubinstein

Lecture 190 135 Cs- King and Pawn endgame is won through doubled pawns - Cohn vs Rubinstein

Lecture 191 134 Cs- Rook and pawn endgame finesses important - Spielmann vs Rubinstein

Lecture 192 14 Cs- Making passed pawn effective by driving K away - Speijer vs Rubinstein

Lecture 193 19 Cs- R and P endgame - probing Q-side gets advantage - Rubinstein vs Cohn

Lecture 194 17 Cs- Refusing a draw with a weakening pawn move - Chigorin vs Rubinstein

Lecture 195 3 Cs- Aggressive King march to win isolated 'h' pawn - Leonhardt vs Rubinstein

Lecture 196 10 Cs- Rook and pawn ending reached in Black's favour - Lowcki vs Rubinstein

Lecture 197 4 Cs-Dark square bishop without counterpart finds targets - Barasz vs Rubinstein

Lecture 198 19 Cs- Fractured pawns leads to lost R+P endgames - Schlecter vs Rubinstein

Lecture 199 189 Cs- Rook on the 7th and beautiful King march - Rubinstein vs Schlecter

Lecture 200 43 Cs- The case of an awkward stranded rook on c5 - Burn vs Rubinstein

Lecture 201 141 Cs- King infiltration in rook and pawn endgame - Rubinstein vs Alekhine

Lecture 202 18 Cs- Black loses a key pawn which loses R+P ending - Rubinstein vs Selezniev

Lecture 203 81 Cs- B shows superiority to N even after all rooks gone - Reti vs Rubinstein

Lecture 204 1 C- Bishop and extra pawn vs Knight endgame - Giorgadze vs Kramnik

Lecture 205 43 Cs- Endgame precision in Knight endgame needed - Topalov vs Kramnik

Lecture 206 19 Cs- Queenside pawn majority turned into passed pawn - Kramnik vs Adams

Lecture 207 12 Cs- Rook and Bishop coordination in endgame - Kramnik vs Short

Lecture 208 25 Cs- A King march to h6 which could have been stopped - Kramnik vs Cordoba

Lecture 209 6 Cs- King walk into opponents position very double edged - Shirov vs Kramnik

Lecture 210 11 C's - A pawn being on a3 draws whilst being on a2 wins - Kramnik vs Lautier

Section 57: GRINDING DOWN Strategies when material up

Lecture 211 20 Cs- Very long grinding game when exchange up for a pawn - Kramnik vs Anand

Section 58: PIN related Strategies

Lecture 212 9 Cs- Rescuing a pinned piece with a funny counter-pin - Kramnik vs Ivanchuk

Lecture 213 6 Cs- Lots of painful pins arise in simplified position - Kramnik vs Van Wely

Section 59: CROWNING Combinations for Strategy

Lecture 214 17 Cs- Pieces optimally placed, forcing moves effective - Morozevich vs Kramnik

Lecture 215 19 Cs - Weakening light squares leads to great sacrifice - Kramnik vs Sadvakasov

Section 60: CONTEXTUAL Strategies - circumstances around the game

Lecture 216 Must win with Black - Kings Indian Defence chosen - Piket vs Kramnik

Section 61: PGN Downloads

Lecture 217 PGN file of annotated games in this course

Section 62: Conclusions and Philosophical points

Lecture 218 Conclusions and Philosophical points

Lecture 219 Bonus Lecture

Beginner to intermediate players

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