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OBJECTIVES:
One-Click Don't give away any free pieces.
Searches Try to develop your pieces and control
Video
Rating: 0 - 600 the center in the opening.
Categories
All Videos COMPETENCIES:
The Openings Rules of the Game
The Master checkmating your opponent with
Middlegame a Queen
The Endgame
Strategy VIDEOS:
Tactics
Annotated The Chesslecture Training Guide: from 0
Games - 600
Opening Traps How the Pieces Move
Coffee Break
The Basics What is Check and Checkmate
What is Castling and When Can I Do It?
Video Skill
Level The En Passant Capturing Rule
Novice Basic Checkmates Q + K vs. K, R + R vs.
Beginner
K
Intermediate
Advanced
HOMEWORK: Problems 1-50; Mate in
Video Master Ones from Chess by Laszlo Polgar
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Team
GM Roman
Dzindzichashvili
GM Jesse Kraai OBJECTIVES:
GM Leonid Kritz
Be a Materialist; no free stuff!
GM Eugene
Perelshteyn Improve your ability to develop your
GM Bryan Rating: 600 - 800 pieces quickly and control the center in the
Smith opening.
GM Nadezhda Learn to take your time
Kosintseva
GM Robert
Hungaski COMPETENCIES:
GM Josh Learn the basic chess terms
Friedel Learn to checkmate with a rook
IM Bill Paschall Master the mate in one
IM David
Vigorito
VIDEOS:
IM Valeri Lilov
IM Attila Turzo The Chesslecture Training Guide: from
IM John P. 600 - 800
Wallace
Mating Basics K+R vs. K
IM John Watson
IM Mark Diesen Mate on f7
FM Dennis Basic Tactics: Pinned Pieces
Monokroussos
LM Dana Introduction to the most basic terms
Mackenzie The Principles of Opening Play
Chess Study
Step-by-Step HOMEWORK: Problems 50-306; from
Training Guide Chess by Laszlo Polgar
Opening
Professor
Tactics
Professor
Mates Professor OBJECTIVES:
ECO Codes Perfect your dogmatic existence as a
strict materialist
Interact Rating: 800 - 1000
Suggestion Box COMPETENCIES:
Email Support Master K+P vs K
Other Services Learn the names of the openings
USCF Sales Do all of the Mates in One again!

VIDEOS:
The Chesslecture Training Guide: from
800 - 1000
K+P vs K
The Gang Fight
What is a Tempo in Chess

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Openings Overview 1.e4

Openings Overview 1.d4
Openings Overview 1.c4/Nf3
Openings Overview a4,b4,g4,h4

HOMEWORK: Problems Mates in One, 1-

306 from beginning to end again from
Chess by Laszlo Polgar

OBJECTIVES:
Try to understand how time, material and
quality of position are interrelated
Rating: 1000 - 1200
COMPETENCIES:
Learn an opening against 1.e4
Master the B+B vs K checkmate
Memorize the game Morphy vs The Duke
Develop your mating patterns with Mates
in Two

VIDEOS:
The Chesslecture Training Guide: from
1000 - 1200
Why Shaq Plays Center
Bishop & Bishop vs King Checkmate
Balance of Time, Material and Quality of
Position: Part I
Tactical Motifs: 101: Forks Part I
Strategic Decisions 104: Where Should I
Put My Rooks?
Tactical Motifs: 102: Forks Part II
Tactical Motifs: 103: Skewers and X-Ray
Attacks
Tactical Motifs: 104: Discovered Attacks
and Armageddon
Tactical Motifs: 105: In-Between Moves
(Zwischenzugs)
Tactical Motifs: 201: Trapped Pieces
Eight-Dimensional Chess
Strategic Decisions: 101: When Should I
Chase the Bishop?

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Strategic Decisions: 102: When Should I

Trade Queens?
Exploiting a Lead in Development
Endgame Strategies: Critical Rules You
Should Know
The ABC's of Pawn Breaks

HOMEWORK: Problems 307-400; Mates in

Two from Chess by Laszlo Polgar.
Difficult!

OBJECTIVES:
Become comfortable in sacrificing
material for tempi and quality of position
Rating: 1200 - 1400
COMPETENCIES:
Master the B+N vs. K checkmate
Continue developing your mating
patterns
Learn to critique your own play
Learn an opening against d4

VIDEOS:
The Chesslecture Training Guide: from
1200 - 1400
A Universal Training Program
B+N vs. K
Sending Your Kids Off to College
Tesuji of the Knight
Tactical Motifs 202: Reversing the Move
Order
Tactical Motifs 203: Mating Nets
Tactical Motifs 204: Berserker Pawns
The Greek Gift
Double Bishop Sacrifice
Pawn Endgames: Zugzwang Opposition
and Triangulation
Rubinstein Endgames: King in the
Center
Rubinstein Endgames: King in the
Center: Part II

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Capablanca Endgames: Part I

Capablanca Endgames: Part II
Capablanca Endgames: Part III
Master Endgames: Two Bishops vs Two
Knights
Active Defense in the Endgame
Value of King Position in the Endgame
A Pawn is Worth Three Tempi: Part I
A Pawn is Worth Three Tempi: Part II
When Doubled Pawns Are Good
Two Minors vs. a Rook: Part I

Do twenty annotated games of your choice

HOMEWORK: Problems 400-1000; from
Chess by Laszlo Polgar

OBJECTIVES:
Learn to talk to your pieces

Rating: 1400 - 1600 COMPETENCIES:

Master the Lucena and Philidor positions
Develop your white opening repertoire
Master Q vs. Rook

VIDEOS:
The Chesslecture Training Guide: from
1400-1600
Lucena Position: Rook Endgames Part I
Philidor Position: Rook Endgames Part
II
Endgame Tactics: Queen vs. Rook
The Greek Gift
Shifting Gears Between Strategy and
Tactics
Master Endgames: Good Knight vs. Bad
Bishop
Learn From Your Fellow Amateurs,
Episode I
Learn From Your Fellow Amateurs,
Episode III

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The Pin as an Element of Positional

Play; Part I Nimzovich
Petrosian's Classic Xchange Sacrifice
The Advantage of the Bishop Pair
The Advantage of the Bishop Pair: Part
II
Fundamentals of Isolated Queen Pawn
Positions: Part I
Fundamentals of Isolated Queen Pawn
Positions: Part II
Fundamentals of Isolated Queen Pawn
Positions: Part III
The Hook and Ladder Trick
Sending Your Kids Off to College

Do 40 annotated games of your choice

HOMEWORK: Problems 1000-2000; from
Chess by Laszlo Polgar

OBJECTIVES:
Develop your calculation abilities

Rating: 1600 - 1800 COMPETENCIES:

Deep calculation in pawn endgames
Develop a system against Nf3/c4

VIDEOS:
The Chesslecture Training Guide: from
1600-1800
Pawn Endgames 101
Pawn Endgames 102
Stategic Decisions 105: Using Your
Rooks Together
Pawn Endgames 103: Triangulation and
Shouldering
Pawn Endgames 104: GM Blunders
Pawn Endgames 105: Queen versus
Pawn and Other Studies
The Color Complex
Learn From Your Fellow Amateurs,
Episode II
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Balance of Time, Material and Quality of

Position: Part II
The Queenside Majority
The Minority Attack in the Queen's
Gambit Declined
The Advantage of a Central Pawn
Majority
Move Orders in the Opening
The Calculation of Variations
The Novotny Theme (Interference) in
Study and Practice

Do 100 annotated games of your choice

HOMEWORK: Problems 2000-4462; from
Chess by Laszlo Polgar Problems 1-354;
from Encyclopedia of Chess Endings by
Kalinichenko (Note that the first 76 are very
challenging) If you can't find Kalinichenko
then Problems 1-403 from Encyclopedia
of Chess Endgames (Vol. I; Pawn)

OBJECTIVES:
Become confidant and strong in the rook
endgame
Rating: 1800 - 2000
COMPETENCIES:
Rook Endgames
Review and reconstruct your black
opening repertoire

VIDEOS:
Rook Endgames 101: A Review
Rook Endgames 102
Rook Endgames 103
Rook and Pawn Endings
Rook Endgames: A Real Life Example
Yugoslav with a Rook Ending
Rook Endgames by the Masters
Two Minors vs. a Rook: Part II
The Minority Attack in the Queen's
Gambit Declined

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A Paradigmatic Bind Position

Steinitzian School of Defense: Part I
Steinitzian School of Defense: Part II
Steinitzian School of Defense: Part III
A Practical Endgame Example from
Linares
Endgame of the Week: 3+1=3: Part I
Endgame of the Week: 3+1=3: Part II

Do 200 annotated games of your choice

HOMEWORK: Problems 1-4462; from
Chess by Laszlo Polgar Problems 355-
960; from Encyclopedia of Chess
Endings by Kalinichenko Problems 1-712 ;
from Encyclopedia of Chess Endgames
(Vol. II; Green Rook);

OBJECTIVES:
Become more sensitive to dynamic
imbalances
Rating: 2000 - 2200
COMPETENCIES:
Understand bishops of opposite color
Master the exchange sacrifice
Develop your ability to weigh the relative
value of the pieces

VIDEOS:
Opposite Bishop Endings; Not Always a
Draw
Bishops of Opposite Color
Fundamental Positions: Opposite
Colored Bishops
A Master’s Example: Why Bishops are
Better than Rooks
A Master’s Example: Why Rooks are
Better than Bishops
The Practicalities of an Exchange
Sacrifice
The Exchange Sacrifice: A Personal
Account

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The Exchange Sacrifice on c3 in the

Sicilian: pt I
The Exchange Sacrifice on c3 in the
Sicilian: pt II: The Dragon
Avoiding Queen Exchanges When the
Enemy King is Exposed
Balance of Time, Material and Quality of
Position: Part III
The Six Point Bishop

Do 400 annotated games of your choice

HOMEWORK: Encyclopedia of Chess
Combinations by Kalinichenko (Do the
whole book) If you can't find Kalinichenko
then do everything in Anthology of Chess
Combinations (Do the whole book)

OBJECTIVES:
Master the minor piece endgames
Become friendly with the endgame study
Rating: 2200 - 2400
COMPETENCIES:
Rework the openings in which you are
scoring poorly
2N+K vs K+P
R + rook pawn vs. Bishop
R+B vs R

VIDEOS:
The Chesslecture Training Guide 2200-
2400
2N+K vs K+P
Rook and Rook Pawn vs. Bishop
Introduction to Knight Endgames
A Practical Knight Endgame
Two Bs and a Rook Pawn vs a Rook
A Salov Bishop Endgame
An Instructive Bishop Endgame
Endgame of the Week: Knight and Pawn
vs. Bishop
Endgame Studies Pt I

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Endgame Studies Pt II
The Development of a Player’s Style

HOMEWORK: Problems 961-2991; from

Encyclopedia of Chess Endings by
Kalinichenko Work through Endgame
Virtuoso by Vassily Smyslov Work through
713-1727 from Vol II of Encyclopedia of
Chess Endgames and the whole of vol. III
(Orange Rook)

OBJECTIVES:
Improve!

Rating: 2400+ COMPETENCIES:

Now is the time to take the openings
seriously
Improve your accuracy and vision in
calculation

VIDEOS:
Players Point of View: IM Paschall vs.
WGM Radziewicz
Players Point of View: IM Kraai vs. GM
Yermolinsky
Kramnik Wins Dortmund 2006
Nuke the Sicilian! How to Sac Your
Queen on Move Six and Win
Think Like a Grandmaster: Part III
Ulf Andersson's Positional Mastery
Eye on Linares: Ivanchuk vs Topalov:
Round 2
Think Like a Grandmaster: Part IV
Karpov Swallows His Own Medicine
Kasparov/Karpov: A Bishop Entombed
Epic Battles: Part IV (The Second Half)
My Best Games from the Spice Cup
Invitational: Part I

HOMEWORK: Perfect your Chess by

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Volokitin, Grabinsky

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