Chess, Puzzles and Other Games
Endgame Studies 13-16 starts/continues tomorrow 7/26 at 7-9pm with class no. 13. It runs for 4 weeks, 8 hours of chess training for only $75!
If you are already a participant in one of my other programs, the discount price is $65. Sign up here.
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I have finalized all material for the 2021 Chess Calendar – 365 chess positions taken from FIDE world championship matches in the period 1993-2005 when the title was split and there was both a FIDE and a classical world champion. In 2006, the title was unified with the infamous match Kramnik – Topalov.
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The online program Endgame Studies continues on Sunday!
Sign up by going to the shop.
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The first 4 classes of Endgame Studies ended today, the next 4-week cycle of new classes 5-8 will start next Sunday, May 31.
Complex Middlegames 5-8: Starts tomorrow! Class 5 will be about Nimzowitsch and his treatment of the Nimzo-Indian in his famous book My System.
Interesting Endgames 9-12: Starts on Thursday, June 4.
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I have added the option of following one specific of my online classes only.
You can find a complete list of my online classes so far, the planned ones included.
You can also check out the Event Calendar.
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I participated in a FIDE online seminar earlier this month (German language), and will become FIDE Trainer next month.
The seminar was great with presentations from the GM’s Thomas Luther, Uwe Boensch and Artur Jussupow.
Check out all the details here, as well as the approved participants.
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I have updated the Event Calendar with all online programs and promotion classes.
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Detailed descriptions of my new online classes are out – download the PDF brochures below.
The new 4-week cycle of Complex Middlegames deals with Nimzowitsch and how he played his opening in My System, the Ragozin and how to compensate for the absence of the dark-squared bishop, AlphaZero and its winning strategies against Stockfish in their 2018 match, and also long-term queen sacrifices.
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This online program is run in cooperation with the Marshall Chess Club.
Class 5 on Thursday will deal with the bishop pair and we will try to get an understanding of why it is strong. I had a brief chapter in The Secret Life of bad Bishops, but will elaborate on this important theme in this class.
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Currently, I have 3 ongoing online chess programs, and Interesting Endgames is about to continue with classes 5-8, starting on this Thursday, May 7.
However, for the classes 1 & 2 in this program, I did not yet record them. Therefore, I will do these classes again with a big discount. These are the dates:
Continue reading “Promotion: Online Class For $5”
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