Intermediate Chess Lessons with FM Mike Ivanov

Name: Intermediate Chess Lessons with FM Mike Ivanov
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How to find tactics with your pieces while mating his king

Created byMike Ivanov

Last updated 9/2018

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What you'll learn

Students will be able to use tactics like decoys, elimination of defender, and distraction of defender.

Course content

2 sections • 20 lectures • 3h 16m total length

Discovered Checks and Discovered Attacks5:22
Learn how discovered checks and discovered attacks unmask the queen or bishop to check the king while threatening a second piece, creating a two-target maneuver.
Distraction and Destruction of Defender5:35
Explore destruction of the defender and how distraction forces the opponent to concede material, illustrated through the royal Lopez opening and Berlin variation with tactical motifs and examples.
Decoy and Luring5:14
Learn how decoying lures the king to a chosen square, enabling discovered checks and decisive mating threats with bishops and rooks, including forks and decisive follow-ups.
Setting up Tactics in Chess9:48
Learn to set up tactics in chess by mastering forking distances and skewers, decoys, and sacrifices illustrated by the Petrosian–Spassky duel and other examples.
Common Mating Patterns13:13
Explore common mating patterns in chess, including Anastasia's mate, Canal's mate, and the classic bishop sacrifices, plus double bishop sacrifices to unlock the king's position for checkmate.
Attacking the Uncastled King11:11
Learn how to attack the uncastled king by opening central files, sacrificing pieces to remove defenses, and coordinating rooks and queens for a decisive checkmate.
Breaking the King's Roof9:55
Apply sacrifices to open files on the king's side, use the h-file and diagonals, and finish with a coordinated queen, bishop, and knight attack leading to checkmate.
H-File Attack and F-File Attack11:57
Learn how to open h-file and f-file attacks by pushing pawns, trading pieces, and coordinating queen and rook for decisive checkmates along open files.
Three Types of Threats12:35
Learn three threat types in chess: direct threats, hidden threats, and ghost threats, each forcing responses and shaping tactics through practical examples from Sicilian positions and traps.
Attacking Principles in Chess14:21
Explore attacking principles in chess by building a local piece majority, ensuring lines of communication, and gaining space to coordinate a rapid king-side assault with multiple attackers.

Bishop versus Knight: Who's Better When?8:21
The bishop pair outperforms the knight in open positions, seeing more squares and outposts. Knights excel in closed structures, while endgames favor two bishops against a knight.
Gambits and how to use them10:14
Explore how gambits use pawn sacrifices to gain compensation, rapid development, and center control, with examples of the kings gambit, queens gambit, and evans gambit, plus defense ideas.
The Policeman and the Hunter13:58
learn to use the policeman to safeguard every move and prevent blunders, then unleash the hunter to hunt pins, discoveries, skewers, decoys, and mating ideas, as shown in Fisher's game.
Three Types of Forcing Moves7:00
Explore the three types of forcing moves—checks, captures, and threats—and learn why checks are strongest, how to dictate play, and when not to force.
Five Types of Draws10:36
Learn the five draw types in chess, including stalemate, three-time repetition, insufficient material, the fifty-move rule, and draw offers, to save a half point when you're worse.
Alekhine's Gun and the Picnic Table9:42
Learn the power of open files in chess through Alekhine's gun, three major pieces creating pressure, then the picnic table with two rooks on seventh rank backed by the queen.
Outposts and Holes: Swiss Cheese!10:31
Discover how to turn holes into an outpost by placing knights on strong squares, while using tactics to remove defenders and exploit queen and bishop dynamics.
When is it Good to Trade?12:27
Assess which piece has better scope and job, trade off when your defender is weaker and space is limited, and keep the queens on the board to sustain an attack.
The Two Types of Endgames7:57
Explore the two endgame types: the Rubik's Cube endgame with no passed pawns, and the pawn race where pawns push to promotion with king support.
Pawn Islands in Endgames6:51
Endgames hinge on pawn islands, where unprotected, isolated pawns become decisive factors that captivate rook and king play to win.

Requirements

The student should know the basic rules of chess and the basic principles of how to use the pieces such as centralization.

Description

This course takes students who are already familiar with the pieces and how to use them, and teaches them how to use forcing moves and threats to win material and checkmate the king. The first section takes you through the tactical devices and the attacking themes that every good player should know, while the second section takes you through the factors that make up a position so the student has an understanding of which factors to aim for and which to avoid.

Who this course is for:

Those interested in learning about chess tactics and strategy.

Intermediate Chess Lessons with FM Mike Ivanov

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Tactics and Attacking Principles10 lectures • 1hr 39min

Positional Tools10 lectures • 1hr 38min

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