Find the right plans to play in the middlegame
Reduce by half your mistakes in the middlegame
Improve your strategic understanding
Identify the middlegame stage of the game
Know what to play when there seems to be nothing to play for
Decide when to go (or not) for an ending
Achieve better endings in your games
Learn how to defend when having a worse position
Are you frustrated trying to find good moves in your games? This course will teach you how to play middlegames.
This course was designed for anyone who, in addition to loving the game of chess, wants to bring his/her understanding to a higher level.
Clearly knowing the chess rules is needed to do the course. For your convenience the squares of the board are marked to help you if you're not familiar with chess notation.
What will you learn in this Chess Middlegames Essentials course?
The Most Important Thing about Middlegames
How to Attack
How to Create and Exploit your Opponent's Weaknesses
What to Do in Quiet Positions
When to Transition to an Ending
How to Defend
đŞ Practice makes perfect
Throughout the course you will be testing your skills with practical activities. Everything that you need
to do them is provided here.
Enroll now, can't wait to see you inside!
Players who cannot find good moves in advantageous middlegame positions
Anyone who does not know how to attack
Players unable to come up with a single plan in most of their middlegame positions
Players who play opening moves quickly and do not know what to play when an unfamiliar position arises
Players making regular blunders
Anyone needing more creative ideas to win games
Players who do not know how to defend
Anyone wanting to improve his/her strategic understanding
Players who do not know if they should go for or avoid an ending
Anyone who does not know how to play in quiet positions
3 hours of Video Lessons
7 Activities
12 Downloadable Resources
9 Quizzes
4 Free Bonuses
Instructor Q&A
âžď¸ Lifetime Access
As opposed to the opening, middlegame positions are normally brand new on each game. Here weâll learn the guiding principle to quickly find good moves in many positions.
If we can't checkmate or attack the king, what shall we do? In this section, we'll study other ways to try to win your games.
What shall we do when we can't follow any of our main goals in the middlegame?
In this section we'll study a more advanced idea, which is to know when you should aim (or not) for an ending position.
In addition to attacking, knowing how to defend is a critical skill that you need for your overall improvement.
In this final activity we'll analyze popular positions and use the tools learnt in the course to master them.
How should your chess path continue?
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Get a List of Model Games đ to study after doing the course
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I analyze some of my Favorite Games âď¸ using the ideas that we learned in the course
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Join a Private Group âď¸ with other students of "Chess Middlegames - Essentials Training Course" to interact with them
I have been studying chess for 25+ years and I've spent over 10 years in the online teaching world, refining how I work and trying to understand the changing needs of this place, which I see as the future of education.
We want the investment in this course to be an absolute no-brainer for you - if youâre actually going to do the work đ
âDo the workâ technically involves completing the sections (including the activities). If youâve done that and for whatever reason arenât 100% happy with your experience, drop us an email (within 30 days of purchasing the course) and weâll happily refund your entire payment.
However, please note that the money-back guarantee only applies if youâve completed the entire course and included your reason for the cancellation in the email.
If you donât know how to plan in unfamiliar middlegame positions or how to attack or defend, you are already an excellent candidate to take this course.
This course will also teach you more advanced ideas like how to improve your strategic understanding, knowing when you should avoid or go for an ending and how to play in quiet positions.
All you need to do the course is access to the internet and motivation to learn!
Furthermore, Iâll provide all the resources on the course page itself, so you donât need to download anything or go to another page to take the course. Optionally, I provide additional resources to download in PDF format.
The course can be accessed using any device (such as laptop, mobile and tablet).
Youâll be able to access the course online, where youâll get lifetime access.
Simply open the course page (after buying it), select the lesson you want to watch and click on the play button to start the lesson (see example below).
After watching a lesson, select the next one or click on âĄď¸ below the lesson.
If you want to download the additional resources, simply click on them (see example below).
Buying the course is a simple process.
1) Go to the course page https://www.panda-chess.com/chess-middlegames-essentials-training-course and click on "Buy now". Youâll be asked to enter your email to login or create an account.
If this is the first time that you log in, youâll receive a verification code at the email address used to sign up.
Use this code to sign up for the first time.
If you already have an account associated with the email address that you entered, you will be asked to enter your password.
2) Once you logged in, if you have a discount code that has not been already applied, you can add it on the right side and click on "Apply":
3) It is now time to pay. You can pay using a card (debit o credit) or PayPal.
Depending on your location, you might have additional options such as Google Pay, Apple Pay, iDEAL and Stripe Link.
Enter your payment details, click on "I accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy" and click on "Pay Now".
After the payment is correctly processed, you can now access the course!
If your account is a new one, your last step will be to simply create your permanent password and click on "Continue".
If you have any problems, do not hesitate to reach out to us at support@panda-chess.com.
You can pay using a card (debit o credit) or PayPal.
Depending on your location, you might have additional options such as Google Pay, Apple Pay, iDEAL and Stripe Link.
Payments with cards are processed by Stripe (https://stripe.com/) which is a worldwide leading payment processor.
If you want to pay using PayPal and you donât have an account, you can easily create one here: https://www.paypal.com/signup
Join a Private Group with other students of "Chess Middlegames - Essentials Training Course" to interact with them by following these simple steps:
1) Go to https://www.panda-chess.com/community and click on âJoin Nowâ to join the open Panda Chess Community. You need to be logged in with your account used for purchase.
2) After you joined the Panda Chess Community, you will be added to the private group "Chess Middlegames - Essentials Training Course" within 24 hours.
To confirm this, simply go to https://www.panda-chess.com/community/topics where youâll see the private group.
If you still have any doubts, do not hesitate to contact us at support@panda-chess.com
If you're still doubting
"I am an USCF rated 1800+ player and this is a very good refresher. Stuff I know but I do not think about and have not mastered."
"Nice course so far"
"As always Manuel's lessons are easy to follow and understand. He communicates his ideas clearly. I find his lessons entertaining as well as extremely educational. My knowledge of chess middle game is at a whole new level."
"Although I have learned some standard openings, I never knew what move to play next. This course is teaching me how to move from a solid opening and enabling me to get to the end game with an advantage."
"I have always considered the middle game to be the most challenging part of chess. For this reason, I was eager to complete this course and I am very happy that I did! I now feel as though I have so many more ideas that help me to analyse middle game positions. In particular, I really like the focus this course puts on âweak squaresâ, âisolatedâ and âdoubled pawnsâ. Manuel gives clear illustrations of what these concepts mean by showing middlegame positions in which these motifs exist. He makes it clear how to take advantage of these features in order to dictate the middle game. Whatâs more, all the positions have been taken from grandmaster games. I appreciated this a lot because it shows that these positions are authentic â I am more likely to come across positions like these in my own games. Another feature that I appreciated about this course is the range of activities it provides to the course participant. I was provided with many opportunities to study middle game positions and decide on the best moves. I found this helped me a lot in applying the course concepts and in consolidating what I have learned about middle games. Also, I loved the chapter âWhat to do when you donât know what to doâ. I have found myself in this situation many times and Manuel gives some very good practical tips on how to deal with these situations. Even though this course is about the middle game, it pays attention to the endgame too i.e. how to transition to an ending. I thought this was a very interesting part of the course because it shows how inextricably linked the middlegame is to the endgame. When deciding which pieces to exchange, you always need to have an idea of what type of endgame you want to achieve. All in all, I would say this was a whopping good course, with many eye-opening concepts about the middle game. I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for an introduction to the middle game, or who is looking for a video course to cover all the essential ideas."
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3 hours of Video Lessons
7 Activities
12 Downloadable Resources
9 Quizzes
4 Free Bonuses
Instructor Q&A
âžď¸ Lifetime Access