Supercharge Your Chess Tactics By Punishing Mistakes

Unlock Alekhine's Secrets: Master Advanced Chess Tactics and Mistake Exploitation with a World Champion’s Strategies

What you'll learn

Ability to exploit unsound gambits by understanding their inherent flaws.

Ability to leverage the risks opponents take when they accept dangerous gambits.

Ability to punish complacency in the opening, capitalizing on premature relaxation.

Ability to seize the initiative when opponents release central tension too early.

Ability to recognize and take advantage of opening inaccuracies.

Ability to counter overprovocative openings with solid, principled responses.

Ability to capitalize on the positional weaknesses caused by unfortunate pins.

Ability to punish unnecessary queen exchanges, maintaining dynamic potential.

Ability to punish opponents for allowing or encouraging risky queen infiltrations.

Ability to exploit the underestimation of semi-open file pressure.

Ability to take advantage when opponents close the position but need to attack.

Ability to capitalize on missed counterplay and check possibilities.

Ability to use the king aggressively while maintaining its safety.

Ability to exploit opponents' developmental delays and inactive pieces.

Ability to take advantage of artificial moves that do not improve the opponent's position.

Ability to convert central tension into decisive tactical advantages.

Ability to punish back row weaknesses and underestimations in piece activity.

Ability to take advantage of incorrect or delayed castling.

Ability to exploit the vulnerabilities of an inadequately safeguarded king.

Ability to capitalize on the weakening of pawn structures and overextended pawns.

Ability to punish the trapping of major pieces like queens, bishops, or knights.

Ability to capitalize on the opponent's misuse of bishop pairs or unbalanced exchanges.

Ability to exploit the positional and tactical drawbacks of relative and absolute pins.

Ability to take advantage of ill-conceived sacrifices by opponents.

Ability to recognize and exploit moments when material should be taken or not.

Ability to capitalize on opponents' premature resignations or psychological errors.

Ability to exploit mistakes arising from the opponent's complacency.

Ability to punish greedy decisions by the opponent that compromise their position.

Ability to exploit the lack of preventative moves in the opponent's strategy.

Ability to take advantage of minor inaccuracies and tempo losses by the opponent.

Ability to exploit the structural weaknesses and killer squares left by opponents.

Ability to recognize and capitalize on soft spot sacrifices and overlooked discoveries.

Ability to punish the opponent's underestimation of dynamic tactical elements like rook lifts.

Ability to exploit positional mistakes related to pawn structure and key squares.

Ability to take advantage of control over significant squares or diagonals the opponent gives up.

Ability to exploit passive play and the failure to develop all pieces effectively.

Ability to capitalize on the nuances of the Greek Gift and other tactical themes.

Ability to exploit opponents' misunderstanding of pawn loss versus square control.

Ability to punish the mishandling of threats and the overlooking of defensive resources.

Ability to exploit opponents' creative but unsound recaptures or tactical decisions.

Requirements

Know how the chess pieces move

Description

Welcome to "Supercharge Your Chess Tactics by Punishing Mistakes," where you will embark on a journey to transform your chess game by mastering the art of capitalizing on your opponent's errors. This course is designed to enhance your understanding of chess tactics, enabling you to not only spot but also exploit mistakes, turning them into winning advantages.Unlock Your Tactical Potential in ChessIn this comprehensive course, you will:Learn to recognize and exploit common mistakes in chess games.Understand the conceptual framework behind tactical opportunities.Develop the skill to categorize and analyze different types of chess errors.Train with practical examples to sharpen your tactical vision.Dive Into the World of Advanced Chess TacticsWe will explore the intricate world of chess through the eyes of Alexander Alekhine, a grandmaster known for his aggressive tactical style and ability to punish mistakes ruthlessly. This course covers:The philosophy and tactics of Alexander Alekhine, with real-world game scenarios.Methods to improve your tactical awareness and avoid common pitfalls.Strategies to maintain pressure on your opponent and force errors.What Sets This Course Apart?Hands-on learning with real chess game analyses.Step-by-step guidance to understand and apply advanced tactical concepts.Insight into the psychological aspects of chess, helping you stay one step ahead of your opponent.By the end of this course, you will have a solid understanding of how to turn the tide in your favor by capitalizing on errors. You'll walk away with not just improved tactical skills, but also a deeper appreciation for the strategic depth of chess.Whether you're looking to improve your chess game for competitive play or simply wish to enjoy more decisive victories against friends and opponents, "Supercharge Your Chess Tactics by Punishing Mistakes" offers the knowledge and tools to elevate your tactical game.Enroll now and take the first step towards becoming a more formidable chess tactician!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Why Alexander Alekhine Games as examples

Lecture 2 Why a focus on punishing mistakes is made in this course

Lecture 3 How did Alekhine make inaccuracies and mistakes and still win?

Lecture 4 Detailed analysis of games contribute to supercharging one's tactics

Lecture 5 The relationship between mistakes, trust areas and downsides of position

Lecture 6 The evolving art of analysis reveals inaccuracies, mistakes and trust areas

Lecture 7 Accuracy of Punishments or even completely missing punishments

Lecture 8 Course Conventions, mistake theme bias reduction and example preferences

Section 2: Queens: Allowing and/or incentivising dangerous Queen infiltration

Lecture 9 4 Cs- Even though Q-side infiltration, White's K-side also eak - Opocensky vs A.

Section 3: Queens: Not exploiting fully the issues around a trapped Queen

Lecture 10 Alekhine pursues material at the expense of risky Queen placement - Raush vs A.

Section 4: Queens: Having the Queen trapped

Lecture 11 11 Cs- Queen becomes dangerously short of squares - Alekhine vs Manko

Lecture 12 86 Cs-Lack of Queen escape squares makes losing pawn irrelevan - A. vs Nenarokov

Section 5: Positional mistake: Weaknesses in pawn structure - pawns don't go backwards

Lecture 13 105 Cs- Too many dark square weaknesses from slow early g6 move- A. vs Chajes

Lecture 14 10 Cs- c6 move weakening d6 on White's semi-open file not helpful - A. vs Ledr

Lecture 15 18 Cs- Black's pawn moves risky but relative pin decides later - A. vs Maroczy

Lecture 16 3Cs- Sicilian d6 structural weakness potentially double edged - A. vs Starr

Lecture 17 14 Cs- Sicilian Wing Gambit leads to bad pawn move improvisation - A. vs Groupe

Lecture 18 11 Cs- e5 outpost enhanced by keeping pawn on e6 with d6 tactic - A. vs Wahltuch

Lecture 19 f6 creates many weaknesses including e6 useful for rook invasion - A. vs Howe

Section 6: Positional mistake: giving opponent a dangerous bishop pair

Lecture 20 9 Cs- Black gets dangerous bishop pair that help drive attack - Zamudio vs A.

Section 7: Positional mistake: a short lived bishop pair

Lecture 21 2 Cs- Black's inaccurate blockading Bd6 not so great as Bf6 - A. vs Winfrey

Lecture 22 1 C-Accuracy needed vs Alekhine's pet exchange Ruy Lopez with Nc3 - A. vs Count

Section 8: Positional mistake: Giving Bishop without counterpart

Lecture 23 1 C- Black greedily wins a pawn at expense of giving bishop- A. vs Gadjukevich

Lecture 24 1 C-Black starts to go wrong with root cause of giving up Bishop - A. vs Krauz

Lecture 25 8 Cs- Dark square bishop given up in the opening gives advantage - Mieses vs A.

Lecture 26 4 Cs- Light squares vulnerable in Black's position after early Bxf3 - A. vs Amar

Lecture 27 Timing of Bxc3 not right - White gets big advantage in 4 Knights - A. vs Rosset

Lecture 28 Dark square weakening comes before bishop without counterpart - A. vs Pita

Section 9: Positional mistake: Providing an easy undermining target

Lecture 29 13 Cs-Black plays f5 instead of g6 that allows later g4 undermine-A. vs Levitsky

Lecture 30 19 Cs- g6 move created underminable target and weak dark squares - A. vs Zubarev

Lecture 31 Black's b5 contributes to Q away from King thus K safety issues - A. vs Paquin

Lecture 32 18 Cs- Inaccuracies create unprotected B that helps undermine g5 - A. vs Ibanez

Section 10: Positional mistake: Releasing central tension giving free hand to attack

Lecture 33 18 Cs- c5 means that Black has free hand on K-side for pawn moves - Kmoch vs A.

Section 11: Positional mistake: giving black the f5 square

Lecture 34 3 Cs- e5 push gives Black the advantage with risky Bird defence - Andreev vs A.

Section 12: Positional mistake: doubling opponent's pawns at too much cost

Lecture 35 4 Cs- Fianchetto bishops carry responsibility for K-safety squares - A. vs Wap

Section 13: King Safety: Not castling at all - K In Center-not putting oneself beyond defeat

Lecture 36 237 Cs-King forced to f2 after Qa5+ and is not particularly safe- Potemkin vs A.

Lecture 37 4 Cs- King left in the center instead of saccing pawn to castle- A. vs Levenfish

Lecture 38 212 Cs-Nifty Kd7 move means White's Queen is out of the picture- Rodzynski vs A.

Lecture 39 15 Cs-Multiple reasons for backfire- K in center, unprotected rooks- A. vs Balla

Lecture 40 15 Cs- Cute finish occurs with King trapped in the Center - A. vs Forrester

Lecture 41 17 Cs- King caught in center leads to tactics forcing checkmate- A. vs Kussman

Lecture 42 2 Cs- Lots of light square weaknesses along with King in center - A. vs Mugridge

Lecture 43 15 Cs- Alekhine defence causes improvisation- K on f1 not great - Maroczy vs A.

Lecture 44 7 Cs- Expanding ideal pawn center with King not able to castle - A. vs Isoles

Lecture 45 4 Cs- Kf7 instead of castling means dangerous theoretical checks- A. vs Germain

Lecture 46 7 Cs- Greed winning c3 pawn with King in center punished - A. vs Elbeuvien

Lecture 47 Interesting possibilities missed like g5 and King never castles - A. vs Moffat

Lecture 48 93 Cs- World Championship Match 1929 Round 1 - Black didn't castle - A. vs Bogo.

Section 14: King Safety: Castled King not safe enough

Lecture 49 16 Cs- Bad Knight move meant black's King castled safety low - A. vs Kuprianov

Lecture 50 51 Cs- Castling Queenside was forced and not giving K safety- Gonsiorovsky vs A.

Lecture 51 28 Cs- Black plays a hypermodern opening but routinely castles - A. vs Koenig

Lecture 52 4 Cs-Major inaccuracy Ng4 and Black's Q-side Castled K very unsafe- A. vs Howell

Lecture 53 8 Cs-Gradual erosion of King safety around the Black King- A. vs Znosko-Borovsky

Lecture 54 Battering Ram possibility allowed and perhaps resigned too early - A. vs Rascon

Section 15: King Safety: Closing the position unnecessarily when need to attack

Lecture 55 9 Cs- Dangerous Vienna gambit closed after e5 allowing K safety- Zhukovsky vs A.

Section 16: Calculation: Tempo Gainers that change course of game

Lecture 56 Na5 tempo gain on B on c4 let's black equalise comfortably - E.Lasker vs A.

Lecture 57 2 Cs- Bc5 Trap variation in the Vienna Game - Stanley variation - A. vs Bliss

Lecture 58 47 Cs- Scandinavian defence inaccuracy puts black in difficulty- A. vs Schroeder

Lecture 59 17 Cs-Knight manoeuvre g4-e5 not timed well gives tempo gains- A. vs Steiner

Section 17: Calculation: Weakness of the last move

Lecture 60 15 Cs- Exchange French, Opposite side castling -bad pawn move- Elyashiv vs A.

Lecture 61 Rook leaving f7 removes possibility of Ne4 pawn sac - Alekhine vs Ostrogsky

Section 18: Calculation: Having the Bishop trapped

Lecture 62 9 Cs- Perhaps negativity from having doubled pawns but equal - A. vs Palais

Section 19: Calculation: Overestimating the King being used as a protector

Lecture 63 2 Cs- Complacent after mass simplification but K not good protector - A. vs Gize

Section 20: Calculation: Having the Knight trapped

Lecture 64 1 C- Keep things covered while trying to win trapped knight - Norman vs A.

Lecture 65 3 Cs- Knight goes to the center instead of backwards and is trapped -Price vs A.

Section 21: Calculation: Being too keen to exchange Queens

Lecture 66 4 Cs- Black's Qa6 shows fear when in fact Qxd5 prevents 0-0-0 - A. vs Puharre

Section 22: Calculation: Missing Key Checks (especially if escape squares taken out)

Lecture 67 1 C- When winning material often a dependency is created - A. vs Tselikov

Lecture 68 Key check Qh5+ needed to be investigated properly by both sides! - Hawdon vs A.

Lecture 69 2 Cs- Black misses 3 alternate defenses that could have drawn - A. vs Gross

Lecture 70 270 Cs- Even in Simul, Alekhine detects red flags for beautiful check - A. vs Va

Section 23: Calculation: Missing Key Queen Attack forcing move possibility

Lecture 71 243 Cs- Tactical disaster after missing Queen attack possibility - A. vs Feldt

Lecture 72 4 Cs- Relying on a relative pin can be dangerous - Bb5 disaster - A. vs Desler

Section 24: Calculation: Missing Key Counterplay possibility

Lecture 73 Black misses counterplay move f5 to try and help undermine c5 - A. vs Calzada

Section 25: Calculation: Not handling a threat very well

Lecture 74 Parrying threats can sometimes be better than counter-threat - Vigdorchik vs A.

Section 26: Calculation: Unlocking pawn potential of opponent

Lecture 75 9 Cs- Wrong capture on d5 liberates pawn which wins tactically - Lyubimov vs A.

Section 27: Calculation: When to take material or not safely

Lecture 76 8 Cs-Black needs precise calculation when to take material or not- A. vs Reilly

Section 28: Calculation: Not the best forcing move

Lecture 77 Black misses forcing move which would cause structural damage - A. vs Brinkmann

Section 29: Calculation: not considering enough options early on in lines- sticks not trees

Lecture 78 5 Cs- Black misses Nh2 resource to at least get Queens off - A. vs Hruska - 1921

Lecture 79 6 Cs- Ba6 calculation mistake not factoring in powerful move response-A. vs Dake

Section 30: Calculation: Playing too forcefully for forcing moves - take is often a mistake

Lecture 80 1 C- Bishop sacrifice should have been accepted for draw - A. vs Bosscha

Lecture 81 4 Cs- Bg4 really helps White's dark square pressure campaign - A. vs Henneberger

Lecture 82 134 Cs- Black's forcing Rxe1+ gives White a boost - A. vs Frieman

Section 31: Calculation: Missing Central counter attack move

Lecture 83 66 Cs- Qe7 is a classic mistake in Vienna game - d5 was possible - A. vs Euwe

Lecture 84 16 Cs- Nc6 bad reaction to the Vienna game instead of d5 move - Alekhine vs NN

Section 32: Downside: Back row pieces asleep helps opponent's combinations

Lecture 85 11 Cs- Rook and bishop still in bed enable winning combination - Hallegua vs A.

Lecture 86 73 Cs- Black's Q-side pieces still in bed justifies piece sac - A. vs Marshall

Lecture 87 12 Cs- Going into a self pin creates some back row issues - A. vs Verlinsky

Lecture 88 Black misses Bg4 opportunity to connect rooks and cover squares - A. vs Jaffe

Section 33: Downside: Unprotected pieces

Lecture 89 7 Cs- K left in the center has downside of unprotected h8 rook - A. vs Favorsky

Lecture 90 17 Cs- Unprotected pieces provide key resource to help equalise - Nyholm vs A.

Lecture 91 7 Cs- bishop becomes unproteced with e4 move that invites tactics - Ardid vs A.

Lecture 92 11 Cs- Early Na5 has potential to become unprotected piece - A. vs Scialom

Lecture 93 4 Cs-Black's queen is underdefended and allows neat combination - A. vs Casciato

Section 34: Downside: Diagonal of death related mistakes

Lecture 94 18 Cs-Instead of accepting backward pawn, key diagonal opened - A. vs Koehnlein

Lecture 95 5 Cs- Early f4 leads to Black's position springing to life - Alexandrov vs A.

Lecture 96 11 Cs- Early f5 instead of Bg4 ends up losing key central pawn - A. vs Kubbel

Lecture 97 15 Cs- Inaccurate defence leads to diagonal being exploited with Bc4- A. vs Euwe

Lecture 98 2 Cs- Black's f6 concession means castling K-side good - Alekhine vs De Pedro

Lecture 99 2 Cs- Strong focus on emphasising a2-g8 diagonal with f4-f5 plan - A. vs Anema

Lecture 100 4 Cs- Exploiting sensitive diagonal as well as f-file pressure - A. vs Michel

Lecture 101 15 Cs- White's play not too great but then black later plays f5 - A. vs Stephan

Lecture 102 14 Cs- Underestimation of e6 creating mini diagonal of death h5-e8- A. vs Kolste

Lecture 103 e5 pawn break amplifies light square weaknesses and diagonal - A. vs Spitz

Section 35: Downside: Pin pressure makes things too difficult to handle

Lecture 104 9 Cs- A series of opening inaccuracies lead to nasty pin pressure - A. vs Baasch

Lecture 105 13 Cs-Black's pin pressure severe when accepting Danish Gambit - A. vs Verlinsky

Lecture 106 13 Cs- Strong pin pressure on f3 that is tactically exploited - Fleissig vs A.

Section 36: Downside: Backrow weakness related mistakes

Lecture 107 13 Cs- White kept advantage up until a disaster mistake - Marshall vs A.

Lecture 108 8 Cs-Vienna Game Stanley Trap line Qf6 leads to back row issues - A. vs Goluvsky

Section 37: Prevention: Not playing a preventative move can be a major mistake

Lecture 109 15 Cs- Risk of bishop trapped would reduce with a6 precaution- A. vs Bornholz

Section 38: Prevention: A preventative move with good intent can be a major mistake

Lecture 110 47 Cs- Seemingly preventative a4 move to prevent b5 backfires - Freyman vs A.

Lecture 111 Solid Caro-Kann start to the game ruined by preventative move - A. vs Colmenares

Section 39: Openings: Accepting dangerous Gambits- that raise mistake punishment severity

Lecture 112 199 Cs-Accepting the Alekhine Chatard Gambit is asking for trouble- A. vs Fahrni

Lecture 113 13 Cs- Danish Gambit with Qf6 amplifies Gambit power- A. vs Rozanov and Sims

Lecture 114 6 Cs- King's gambit is followed with a piece sacrifice - A. vs Montmartre

Lecture 115 13 Cs- King's Gambit - black being absolutely pinned two ways - A. vs Mikulka

Lecture 116 11 Cs- Scandinavian Gambit handled badly giving black advantage - Varinsky vs A.

Lecture 117 15 Cs- Danish Gambit stakes raised after Qxg2 - Accuracy needed - A. vs Cheron

Lecture 118 Evans Gambit requires great accuracy for pieces not on back row - A. vs Watson

Lecture 119 9 Cs- Dangerous Danish gambit - Qe7 early mistake - K in center - A. vs Kohn

Section 40: Openings: Playing an unsound gambit

Lecture 120 Black's improvised gambit not needed when f6 good - A. vs LeDain

Lecture 121 15 Cs- Bad version of the Budapest gambit with Bc5 punished - A. vs Rabinovich

Section 41: Openings: Not castling early enough

Lecture 122 16 Cs- Ponziani surprise opening causes black to delay castling - A. vs Isakov

Lecture 123 15 C's Black's french defence setup proves dangerous after Ng5 - A. vs Rozanov

Section 42: Openings: Getting severely behind in piece development

Lecture 124 1 C- Eccentric opening by White also creates development lage - Kade vs A.

Lecture 125 Too many pawn moves in the opening as well as giving up bishop - A. vs Arenillas

Section 43: Openings: Getting tricked into playing a bad version of the Pirc defence

Lecture 126 8 Cs- An early d5 from black could avoid dangers of Pirc defence - A. vs Maderna

Section 44: Openings: Opening inaccuracies do not help

Lecture 127 2 Cs- Unfamiliarity with Vienna game leads black to big trouble - A. vs Terminus

Lecture 128 3 Cs- Not playing h6 in Hippo defence leads to big problems - A. vs Montmartre

Lecture 129 94 Cs-Early opening mistake leads to blocked in bishop, K-safety issues-A. vs NN

Lecture 130 169 Cs- A beautiful demonstration of punishing King in Center - A. vs Levenfish

Lecture 131 11 Cs-White misses key Nxc6 at points to neutralise activity- Shaposhnikov vs A.

Lecture 132 2 Cs- Classic Ponziani opening met with very dynamic Gambit - Rabinovich vs A.

Section 45: Psychology: Being Greedy can backfire

Lecture 133 19 Cs- Greediness leaves potential weakness on light squares - Grigoriev vs A.

Section 46: Psychology: Resigning too early without fully evaluating position

Lecture 134 62 Cs-Deeper evaluation of the position would prompt continuing - A. vs Kaufmann

Section 47: Psychology: Playing too passively allowing attacking build up

Lecture 135 14 Cs-Black's Knight retreat lets White build attacking pressure-A. vs Gutkevich

Lecture 136 2 Cs-Black plays passively to Vienna Game allows K-side space with f5-A. vs Weld

Lecture 137 1 C-Not playing for c5 break to help c8 bishop increases issues - A. vs Michell

Section 48: Psychology: Mistakes arising from complacency

Lecture 138 12 Cs- Final move not accurate - complacency may have set in! - A. vs Eschecs

Section 49: Underestimating Opponent's semi-open file pressure

Lecture 139 4 Cs- Underestimating power of semi-open f-file in Kings Gambit-A. vs Ollisevich

Lecture 140 14 Cs-Semi-open f-file handed to opponent which is made use of- A. vs Bogoljubov

Lecture 141 5 Cs- Beautiful Bxh6 combo based on tempo gain and common squares - A. vs Lancel

Lecture 142 19 Cs- Torre Attack turns into Stonewall then f-file pressure -A. vs Bluemich

Section 50: Underestimating the Thorn Pawn around King

Lecture 143 53 Cs- Thorn pawn installation increases accuracy requirements- Opocensky vs A.

Section 51: Underestimating h-file attack

Lecture 144 9 Cs- Interesting h-file attack invites black to make mistake - A. vs Nenarokov

Lecture 145 17 Cs- e3 move prompts an h-file attack instead of castling - Brinckmann vs A.

Lecture 146 1 C- g3 makes things much worse for White with h-file attack - Jensen vs A.

Lecture 147 2 Cs- Knight on g5 taken giving White huge attacking potential - A. vs Cintron

Section 52: Underestimating Bishop given for Knight - longer-term impact analysis

Lecture 148 11 Cs- Sometimes huge advantages in giving up bishop for Knight - A. vs Rozanov

Lecture 149 13 Cs- Not in spirit of Dutch stonewall and leaves K in center- A. vs Viakhirev

Lecture 150 39 Cs- Immediate benefits on BxN for tempo gaining - Grigoriev vs A.

Section 53: Underestimating pawn loss for square control implications

Lecture 151 11 Cs- Bishop without counterpart and K softspot help - A. vs Kashdan&Steiner

Section 54: Underestimating the Greek Gift sacrifice

Lecture 152 6 Cs-White's f3 trying to discourage B sac, but later fxe4 and precision needed

Lecture 153 61 Cs-Risky Englund Gambit results in h7 targeted for Greek Gif - A. vs Lovewell

Section 55: Underestimating forcing moves

Lecture 154 191 Cs-Black misses key forcing moves and has to sacrifice Knight- A. vs Drewitt

Lecture 155 1 C- Both sides underestimate forcing moves which win material - Takacs vs A.

Lecture 156 1 C- Not blunting a bishop gives rise to dangerous forcing moves - A. vs Laruta

Section 56: Underestimating: Attacking Rook Lift

Lecture 157 4 Cs- Ra4 slight inaccuracy the stakes of opponent accuracy - A. vs Lancel

Lecture 158 15 Cs- Central e4 square pivotal for rook lift via e4 to h4 - A. vs Apel

Lecture 159 5 Cs-Rxd4 rook lift has implications for mating King but inaccuracy- A. vs Taube

Section 57: Overestimating relative pins

Lecture 160 212 Cs- Amazing demonstration for rebelling against a relative pin- A. vs Tenner

Lecture 161 A frequently occuring in online chess relative pin mistake - A. vs Ponc

Section 58: Underestimating relative pins

Lecture 162 Black's timing of c5 break leaves option of painful relative pin - A. vs Gilfer

Section 59: Underestimating absolute pins

Lecture 163 10 Cs-Absolute pin and undermining tactics lead to disaster move- A. vs Evtifeev

Section 60: Underestimating: Discovery/ Discovered/ Liberational Effects

Lecture 164 15 Cs- Discovered check tactic to win material but position worse - A. vs Seitz

Lecture 165 145 Cs- Castling Q-side Rook X-ray leads to discovery attack - A. vs Tartakower

Section 61: Underestimating: soft spot sacrifices - King only protector of key piece or pawn

Lecture 166 Tricky Bc4 is not met correctly and results in soft spot sacrifice- A. vs Franco

Lecture 167 7 Cs- f7 soft-Semi-open e-file and unprotected pieces help - A. vs Castiarena

Lecture 168 4 Cs- Even the great Alekhine underestimates h2 softspot - A. vs Lerner

Section 62: Underestimating: passed pawn potential

Lecture 169 73 Cs- White underestimates dangerous passed pawn potential - Carranza vs A.

Section 63: Underestimating: non obvious recaptures

Lecture 170 5 Cs- Creative recapture can make all the difference for big advantage- A. vs NN

Lecture 171 17 Cs- Black plays Bxc3 expecting obvious recapture - A. vs Saemich

Section 64: Underestimating: non obvious threat handle when Queen attacked

Lecture 172 19 Cs- magnificent combination of factors allows Queen sacrifice - A. vs Saemich

Section 65: Underestimating: Killer Common Squares

Lecture 173 50 Cs- Black severely underestimates d8 "killer common square" - A. vs Evenson

Section 66: Overestimating piece sacrifice

Lecture 174 13 Cs- Unsound piece sacrifice helped black after piece returned- Hovind vs A.

Section 67: PGN Downloads

Lecture 175 PGN Downloads

Section 68: Conclusions and Philosophical points

Lecture 176 Conclusions

Section 69: Bonus

Lecture 177 Bonus Lecture

Beginner to intermediate players who want to improve their chess in all phases of the game