A step-by-step guide to help you improve with confidence your positional Chess

General Information

You play chess for some time and know by hard all the tactical motives and how to attack but still, you are not 100% happy with your game. You might wonder why you are not able to perform similar tactics and attacks against any opponent or any position. The answer to your question is simple. First, you need to improve the position of your pieces and only then perform tactics or attacks.

The great player Paul Morphy stated it very accurately: “Help your pieces so they can help you.”

The next logical conclusion is how can you improve the position of your pieces successfully. To reply to this question we need to know what is a positional move. Positional chess is characterized by the moves that make your position more active. You need to place your pieces in the best possible positions (Positional Chess) and then the time for tactics or attack will come!

Activity will give you the right to create tactics and attacks.

Strong players can "read" any position and find the best moves for their pieces instantly. Then the tactics or the final winning attack will come very naturally. In general, there are 3 different categories of how to improve your position:

• Improve the position of your King
• Improve the position of your pawn structure
• Place or regroup your pieces in better places.

How To Play With Rook-s

Why This Course Created?

I decided to create this course to help you grow your chess understanding. It took me more than 10 years to collect all of these useful pieces of information and you can learn them through a single chess course.

In the first chapters, you'll be able to learn how to identify the best placement for each chess piece separately and how to archive it in your practical games. There are many chess rules, principles, and ideas but I simplify the processes for you. You can follow a simple but effective chess thinking system that will help you to find the best moves all the time. Please also notice that the thinking system by itself is good but you need a lot of examples! You are welcome to check the curriculum below and you can discover easily that I selected highly illustrative examples for each separate chess lesson. Therefore, you'll be able to understand clearly the theoretical lesson and be able to apply the knowledge directly to your games right after studying this chess course.

How This Course Will Help Me?

I'm very happy to mention here that you'll learn how to put your pieces in the best positions and at the same time you'll learn how to avoid positional errors. These are most frequently seen compared to tactical errors.

People usually CANNOT recognize the positional errors. I love when my opponents wonder “when I committed a mistake?” Often, even computer analysis cannot help you with positional errors. Maybe the computer slightly increases the evaluation advantage for your opponent's position, but it will NOT HIGHLIGHT that this particular move could give you high possibilities to lose the game after 10 – 20 moves...

Inside the course, you can study a separate chapter for them. First of all, you need to learn what they are, and then how to avoid them in your games. In the other hand, you'll be able to recognize instantly your opponent's bad moves and you'll be able to punish them.

12 Ways To Use Your Knights Effectively - Practical Tips

Here's What You Are Going to Learn

• Understand Chess Like a Strong Player
• Develop Your Chess Thinking System
• Understand the openings in a better way
• You'll learn how to evaluate the position property; most players cannot do it
• Advanced Positional Ideas and Motives
• Dramatically Increase Your Pattern Recognition
• Develop Rock-Solid Confidence
• Unleash your potential and become the chess player you are meant to be!

Are there any course requirements or prerequisites?

• Knowing the movements of the chess pieces
• Studied my previous (free of charge) course “The Easiest Way To Learn Chess”
• Your thinking cap!

Who are your target students?

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advance

Outline – Curriculum

Chapter 01 – Introduction - General Ideas | 75'

1. The True Value of the Pieces (5 Elements) | 25',10'' // Examples 12
2. Your Winning Thinking System | 26',55'' // Examples 07
3. The Most Important Opening Principles | 23',24'' // Examples 03

Chapter 02 – How To Avoid The Most Common Positional Mistakes | 75'

1. General Positional Mistakes | 21',08'' // Examples 01
2. Inappropriate Exchanges | 19',14'' // Examples 02
3. Bad Positional Decisions | 20',14'' // Examples 03
4. Unnecessary Pawn Moves | 14',08'' // Examples 04

Chapter 03 - How To Play With The King | 80'

1. The 5 Specific Situations that Castling Is Bad (Typical Mistakes) | 24',33'' // Examples 09
2. The Pawn Storm Against Enemy King (Petrosian's King) | 28',40'' // Examples 06
3. The King is in a Great Danger! | 10',38'' // Examples 02
4. How to Activate YOUR King Decisively (Endgame Strategy) 16',53'' // Examples 06

Chapter 04 - Comprehensive Positional Guide For Knights | 94'

1. Active vs Passive Knight (The Knight on the rim is dim) | 22',53'' // Examples 08
2. How To Attack Knights on b6 – g6 | 06',39'' // Examples 02
3. How To Use Knight Outposts Like An Expert | 24',32'' // Examples 06
4. The USELESS Knight In The Center Of The Board | 09',31'' // Examples 02
5. Everything You Need To Know About Competitive Knights | 07',35'' // Examples 01
6. Make The Breakthrough With Octopus Knight Technique | 22',47'' // Examples 05

Chapter 05 – Winning Positional Techniques With The Bishops | 86'

1. Discover The Active Bishops | 25',00'' // Examples 06
2. How To Avoid Bad Bishops and How To Activate Them | 18',11'' // Examples 05
3. Shall I Hunt The Bishop With h6 And g5 or Not? | 11',18'' // Examples 05
4. Understand Clearly The Capablanca Rule For Bishops | 08',20'' // Examples 03
5. Never Worry About The Most Common Plan Against Fianchetto Bishop Again | 23',26'' // Examples 07

Chapter 06 - How To Use Your Rooks Effectively | 117'

1. Rook Basic Strategy | 14',56'' // Examples 11
2. Rook Advance Strategy (Winning Techniques) | 20',00'' // Examples 08
3. Pivot Square - Technique To Double Your Rooks | 05',51'' // Examples 03
4. The Alekhine Gun | 09',27'' // Examples 04
5. How To Use Rooks In The Open File (Advance Techniques) | 08',01'' // Examples 02
6. The Outpost In The Open File (Advance Technique) | 16',57'' // Examples 05
7. Ways To Master Your Understanding In The Semi-Open Files | 11',56'' // Examples 03
8. The Perfect Placement For The Rooks - 7th Rank | 12',56'' // Examples 09
9. Tactics In The Open File | 06',52'' // Examples 03
10. One Brilliant Chess Game That Summaries Rook Strategy | 09',48'' // Examples 01

Chapter 07 - The Best Ever Positional Techniques With The Powerful Queen | 40'

1. The Ideal Placement For Your Queen | 09',29'' // Examples 02
2. Practical Tips To Understand How To Use The Queen Decisively In The Opening Stage | 10',04'' // Examples 10
3. Tips to Skyrocket Your Tactics By Using The Queen | 07',42'' // Examples 03
4. When Experts Exchange Queens And When Avoid It | 12',46'' // Examples 04

Chapter 08 - Successful Chess Strategies With Pawns For Massive Growth | 43'

1. How To Completely Change Your Play By Having Active Pawns | 06',53'' // Examples 02
2. How to Create the Perfect Pawn Mobile Center | 04',58'' // Examples 02
3. Maximize Pawn Activity With The Breakthrough Opportunity | 04',58'' // Examples 02
4. The Most Common Functionality That Increase The pawn Value | 13',22'' // Examples 04
5. How To Create And Use The Protected Passed Pawns | 03',47'' // Examples 01
6. Life - Changing Ways To successfully Exchange Pawns | 08',41'' // Examples 02

Chapter 09 - All Positional Principles – Advance Practical Play | 48'

1. Principle of Power Play | 14',11'' // Examples 03
2. How To Make Pawn Grabbers Regret Their Choices... | 10',57'' // Examples 05
3. How To Transform Active Pieces To Successful Attack (Material vs Activity) | 09',27'' // Examples 03
4. Passive Defense Decrease The Activity Of Your Pieces – Avoid It ! | 13',49'' // Examples 03

Chapter 10 - Positional Sacrifices (Advanced Lessons) | 59'

1. Rook Positional Exchange Sacrifice | 18',28'' // Examples 04
2. A Good Knight Against Rook-s | 07',14'' // Examples 02
3. A Good Bishop Against Rook-s | 09',06'' // Examples 02
4. Dramatically Improve Your Defensive Technique With Exchange Sacrifice | 11',35'' // Examples 03
5. The Most Typical Sacrifice On e6-Square With Huge Practical Value (Separate Enemy Army) | 12',31'' // Examples 05

Chapter 11 - Advanced Positional Understanding | 74'

1. How To Isolate An Enemy Piece | 24',57'' // Examples 01
2. How Top Chess Players Use The Space Advantage | 26',36'' // Examples 01
3. Identify And Use The Opponent's Weak Squares | 23',18'' // Examples 02

Typical Chess-Attacking Mistakes & How To Avoid Them

Practice - Exercises

• Exercises 1000-1200 // 10 // 08 Pages
• Exercises 1200-1400 // 10 // 09 Pages
• Exercises 1400-1600 // 10 // 08 Pages
• Exercises 1600-1800 // 10 // 10 Pages
• Exercises 1800-2000 // 10 // 09 Pages

Additional information

• Total Minutes 791' = 13.2 Hours
• 211 Illustrative Theoretical Examples
• 50 Exercises For Practice