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Evan's Guide To Forcing Moves In Chess
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Evan's Guide To Forcing Moves In Chess

Improve Your Tactical Skills!
Created byChess University
Last updated 8/2021
English
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What you'll learn

  • Guide To Forcing Moves
  • Common Tactics
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Calculation and Visualization

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Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 1h 29m total length

  • Introduction3:06

    Master the mechanics of forcing moves—checks, captures, and threats. Apply a practical decision process for beginners to find winning tactics and prevent opponents' threats.

  • checks21:48

    Learn to prioritize checks, then captures, and recognize pins and deflections in chess tactics; the lecture uses practical examples to show how forcing moves shape your plan.

  • Captures21:48

    Explore how captures rank after checks in chess, learn to spot forcing captures, avoid missed opportunities like horizontal queen captures, and use pins and deflections to gain material.

  • Threats21:33

    Master the forcing-move tactics method by analyzing checks, captures, and threats to solve chess puzzles and apply a clear, step-by-step thought process in games.

  • Thought Process21:33

    Apply Evan's forcing moves method by focusing on checks, captures, and threats to cultivate a clear thought process for solving tactical positions and delivering checkmate.

Requirements

  • You must know the rules and basics of chess.

Description

Evan's Guide To Forcing Moves In Chess - Course Overview

This Chess University video course by Evan Mathura offers free instruction to beginner level players near 900 Elo level who want to get better. This course provides a thorough introduction to forcing moves and how to use them to improve your play.

Forcing moves help spot tactics, employing them against opponents, and preventing opponents from using tactics themselves. Understanding forcing moves also prevents blunders and will instantly improve the game of anyone who learns them.


The course has been broken up into four video lessons:


Checks: 20 minutes of instruction

Captures: 21 minutes of instruction

Threats: 20 minutes of instruction

Thought Process: 21 minutes of instruction


In addition to the videos, this course also includes an article on finding forcing moves and a worksheet to help solidify understanding.

By studying in this course, beginner players can improve their tactical skill, calculation skill, and improve the chances of finding game-changing forcing moves to win more games. The instruction from this course will also help students improve at defending and counterattacking.


Always remember: “One doesn’t have to play well, it’s enough to play better than your opponent.” – Siegbert Tarrasch


With that said, go ahead and start learning for FREE today!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is aimed at beginner level players around the 900 Elo level

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