Getting Started (What You Need to Do the Course)

Getting Started (What You Need to Do the Course)

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Chess Middlegames - Essentials Training Course

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Introduction to the Course

  • Introduction
  • Getting Started (What You Need to Do the Course)

The Most Important Idea in the Middlegame

  • The Most Important Idea - Attacking the King2
  • Quiz: The Most Important Idea in the Middlegame
  • Tips to Improve Your Course Taking Experience
  • The Most Important Idea - Other Targets2
  • Activity
  • Solution6
  • Outro

What Is the Middlegame and Its Main Goals

  • Intro
  • What is the Middlegame?
  • Main goals of the Middlegame
  • Quiz: What Is the Middlegame and Its Main Goals

Attacking the King

  • Intro1
  • Attacks Going the Wrong Way2
  • The Most Important Principle in the Attack
  • Quiz: The Most Important Principle in the Attack
  • Opposite Side Castling
  • Quiz: Opposite Side Castling
  • Activity
  • Solution2
  • Summary

Strategic Weapons

  • Intro
  • Weak Squares3
  • Quiz: Weak Squares
  • Isolated Pawns
  • Doubled and Backward Pawns
  • Pawn Majority2
  • Quiz: Pawn Structure
  • Sacrifices
  • Activity
  • Solution1
  • Summary

What to Do, When You Don't Know What to Do

  • Intro
  • Finding New Ideas1
  • Quiz: Finding New Ideas
  • Activity
  • Solution 3
  • Outro

Transitioning to an Ending

  • Intro
  • Equal Material
  • Material Advantage
  • Quiz: Transitioning to an Ending
  • Activity
  • Solution3
  • Outro

Defense

  • Intro
  • The Best Way to Defend
  • Quiz: Defense
  • Other Common Ideas2
  • Activity
  • Solution2

Bring It All Together

  • Intro
  • Activity
  • Solution2

Next Steps

  • Next Steps
  • Bonus 1: Middlegames Checklist
  • Bonus 2: Games for You to Study
  • Bonus 3 - Masterpiece 1: Kasparov's Immortal game1
  • Bonus 3 - Masterpiece 2: A Beautiful Queen Sacrifice
  • Bonus 3 - Masterpiece 3: A Monument of Magnificent Precision
  • Bonus 4: Join Our Private Group2