1.e4 e5 For instance, let's focus on one piece alone, this knight on b1. Right now we're not talking about a specific position of course, it's just the starting position of a chess game, but about the general strategy of attack. Let me share with you the strategy of attack and, after that, we will move on to the specific examples. Let's see how you can start an attack in any kind of game that you play.
Or they complain that they play some sort of a boring opening and they're not sure how to begin an attack in those kinds of closed positions. In the very first lesson, we'll talk about the very beginning of the subject: How to initiate an attack? Very often students tell me: "I can find brilliant attacking combinations while I'm solving tactical puzzles but, somehow, I never get to this kind of positions in my real games". It is designed to be a step by step tutorial which will convert you into a strong master of attack. It is my great pleasure to welcome you into this course. Pretty much everyone loves to attack, and the main question really is: How can you attack effectively? I'm Igor Smirnov, International Grandmaster and a chess coach from the Remote Chess Academy. Lesson 1 – Activity (initiative) Leads to Attack Example 1 Attack is the main way to win in chess. Of course, it is hard to remember a lot of information after a quick acquaintance.
Your brain needs to have some free time to digest new information. If you write them, you will remember and classify them better. Also, you will probably make your own conclusions. While studying the video lessons, you will find a lot of useful rules, principles and so on. Pay attention to the enhanced font –it will help you remember all the key ideas. After the study of one video lesson, please look through its text version. When you think about different ideas of the course, you will see them at the same time. Print the text versions of the video lessons. When you stop the video, you can THINK about an interesting idea and digest it better. Stop (pause) the video lesson sometimes. Turn off your mobile phone, music, TV, etc.
Instructions for the Video Course I would like to give you a few recommendations, which will make your study of the video lessons more effective. Also, they are awesome people! Thank you! Finally, all of my work is only possible due to the inspiration and support of my wife and family. They have made a valuable contribution to the creation of this course.
On top of that, let me thank the whole Remote Chess Academy team. I appreciate Olga Carreño’s effort in polishing the texts of the course. I would like to thank Angelos Kesaris for his help with the course development. This course was created based on your queries. 103Īcknowledgements First, I would like to thank all those students who sent me their chess questions via email, comments on my website, etc. 65 Lesson 8 – Have More Pieces in the Attack. 46 Lesson 6 – Strong Center, Central Thrust. 24 Lesson 4 – OPEN UP: Remove Pawns of a Castling. 3 Lesson 1 – Activity (initiative) Leads to Attack. Lesson 8 – Have More Pieces in the AttackĬontents Acknowledgements. Lesson 4 – OPEN UP: Remove Pawns of a Castling Lesson 1 – Activity (initiative) Leads to Attack