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12 Weeks to Better Chess

Our new logo. Photo by Lu Mu

I have updated the blog with detailed information about the training program that FM/FT Carsten Hansen and I are running together.

You can also visit the homepage directly here. Notice that the 2nd round of the program starts on June 4th, with a discount available for early bird registration (before May 15th).

 

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Author silasPosted on April 30, 2017Categories UncategorizedTags 12 Weeks to Better Chess, Carsten Hansen, Lu Mu

10 Exercise Questions to The Scotch Endgame

I have added further exercises to my blog – 10 questions to The Scotch Endgame can be found on this page.

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Author silasPosted on April 3, 2017April 3, 2017Categories Early Middlegame, Endgames, Exercises, Middlegame, Opening, Rook vs. Two Minor PiecesTags 12 Weeks to Better Chess, Carsten Hansen

10 Exercises on 12 Weeks to Better Chess

I have posted 10 Exercises on the blog of our training program. Check it here. Solutions will be posted on Sunday.

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Author silasPosted on March 16, 2017March 16, 2017Categories UncategorizedTags 12 Weeks to Better Chess, Carsten Hansen

Page Updates

Recently I have updated many of the pages on my blog.

Chess Links: I have put in some interesting ones. Let me know if you find a link interesting that qualify for my list!

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Author silasPosted on February 26, 2017Categories UncategorizedTags 12 Weeks to Better Chess, Carsten Hansen

2017 World Amateur Team in New Jersey

This year’s World Amateur Team Championship saw excellent playing conditions in hotel Hilton in Parsippany, New Jersey. In the end, the team “Summer Academy Talented Youth” was victorious.

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Author silasPosted on February 21, 2017February 21, 2017Categories The Secret Life of Bad BishopsTags 12 Weeks to Better Chess, Carsten Hansen

12 Weeks to Better Chess

3 weeks after my arrival in New York, I met with Danish-American FM/FT Carsten Hansen a sunny Saturday morning in Brooklyn. After a few cups of coffee we decided to start an ambitious work concept called “12 Weeks to Better Chess”.

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Author silasPosted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017Categories The Secret Life of Bad BishopsTags 12 Weeks to Better Chess, Carsten Hansen, Improve Your Positional Chess

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    • Get a Signed Copy
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    • Sharp Endgames Reviews
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    • Rook versus Two Minor Pieces
    • Cooperation with Jacob Aagaard
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    • 10 Exercise Questions – Scotch Endgame
    • 10 Tactical Exercises
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    • 5 Exercises From Opening Simulator: King’s Indian
    • 1 Exercise From Sharp Endgames
    • 3 Sharp Endgame exercises from Giri-Rapport 2017
    • 1 Exercise From The Secret Life of Bad Bishops
    • 1 Exercise From Rook versus Two Minor Pieces
  • Miscellaneous
    • Interview with IM Andreas Skytte Hagen
    • Deliberate Practice
    • 16 Parameters
    • Sharp Endgames Figure
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