The Complete Guide to Attacking Chess

Name: The Complete Guide to Attacking Chess
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Master the Art of Attacking Chess: Learn Aggressive Strategies, Middlegame Tactics, Openings and Pattern Recognition

Created byTryfon Gavriel

Last updated 8/2023

English

What you'll learn

Ability to appreciate what makes attacking chess effective and how to get great attacking positions for combinations to become possible
Ability to appreciate the elements in positions relating to attacking potential
Ability to see how certain openings can lead to attacking positions
Appreciate the greatest attacking players in Chess history
Ability to become a more concrete player by basing play around concrete mating combinations that end the chess war
Ability to reverse engineer how beautiful mating combinations are made possible and see the mistakes made, and elements made use of
Ability to appreciate some of the most iconic and instructive attacking chess games in history
Ability to appreciate the attacking perks of various pawn structures
Ability to appreciate that sometimes winning endgame simplification is the reward for attack
Ability to appreciate Alexander Alekhine as a "sensei" for Kasparov and learn from Alekhine's attacking foundation examples
Ability to appreciate Alexander Tolush as a "sensei" for Spassky and learn from Tolush's foundational examples
Ability to appreciate the power of piece teamwork when the opponent's King is weakened for example controlling escape squares, supporting pieces, and checking
Ability to appreciate saying "No!" to opponent's threats and need to auto-recapture and instead becoming more downside centric e.g. mating instead
Ability to appreciate the accumulation of advantages model set out by the first World chess champion Steinitz and how this relates to groundwork for attacks
Ability to appreciate the power of opening preparation when preparing for specific opponents
Ability to appreciate grounded attacking chess as a kind of "delayed gratification" in terms of accumulating advantages first and then a justified attack

Course content

48 sections • 170 lectures • 35h 35m total length

Why focus on Attacking the Opponent's King?14:46
Alexander Alekhine Quotation Selection11:12
Alekhine as combinational attacking player role model7:31
Text version:Alekhine as combinational attacking player role model0:45
Garry Kasparov Quotation Selection10:05
Interesting Chess Quotations on Attacks, Sacrifices and Combinations20:15
Text version - Interesting Chess Quotes on Attack, Sacrifices and Combinations1:55
Great attacking players and their roots10:28
Course index and conventions11:46
Importance of detailed and thematic game analysis10:06
Four Quadrant model - Attack Style vs Accuracy7:05
Four Quadrant model - Attacking Style vs Beauty7:57
Four Quadrant model - Accuracy vs Beauty10:24
Some sources and positive influences for attacking chess6:04
Course Layering considerations7:11
Accumulation of Advantages theory applied to King Attacking Chess14:24
Delayed Gratification concept e.g. not playing Qh5 in opening as extreme!7:03
Elements of position and how they trade-off against each other9:42
Kingscrusher's passion and drivers for attacking chess13:18
Bouncy roads of attack concept5:26
Amplification and Attacking Chess9:19
Teamwork and Attacking Chess8:30
The power of saying "No!" to opponent's threats and Attacking Chess9:25
Pawn Structure and Attacking Chess16:41
Central control and Attacking chess16:24
Stability and Balance and their impact for Attacking Chess13:13
Power of complementary resources and Attacking Chess7:45
Success in the combinational phase of attack8:24
What attacking players dream about and benefits of detailed analysis12:19
Preparing attacking opening variations for particular opponents18:50
Bias crushing - in search of objectivity21:17
Game selection criteria10:43

850+ Cs - "The Immortal game" - Material vs. King Safety and/or Position22:29
675+ Cs- "The Evergreen game" -Exploiting King in center - Anderssen vs Dufresne19:12
540+ C's - e1-h4 diagonal exploited using sacrifices- Larsen vs Spassky14:01
1060+ Cs- "Game of the Century" - moving piece twice punished - Byrne vs Fischer16:38
650+ Cs- Slow move punished with square vacate tactic - Steinitz vs Bardeleben20:40
930 Cs- The classic Opera game reminds us of key ingredients - Morphy vs Allies7:54
230 Cs - Bishop without counterpart leads to early disaster - Alekhine vs Vasic5:25
204+ Cs- Dangerous Qa5 check creates huge K safety issues - Potemkin vs Alekhine12:50
187+ Cs - Queen in Siberia and weak light squares - Rodzynski vs Alekhine11:57
75+ Cs- Winning material via a skewer using square weaknesses - Euwe vs Alekhine11:06
120+ C's - b4 move while King in center leads to difficulties - Alekhine vs Book13:44
55+ C's- Opening up e-file with piece sacrifice - Alekhine vs Euwe (Blitz 1921)9:16
50+ C's - The question of how to pressure d5 - e4 or Nc3 - Alekhine vs Kaufmann9:09
170+ C's - Both King's in the center rich complex battle - Tal vs Botvinnik18:09

430+C's -"The Polish Immortal"-Pieces around King dangers- Glucksberg vs Najdorf10:41
450+C's - Logically, physically, resources around King - Levitsky vs Marshall9:46
"The Harem" Five Queens flight of fancy Alekhine combination utilising pins18:33
220+ Cs - Knight on Rim left as bait for strong attack - Kasparov vs Karpov 198616:34
340+ C's - Numerical superiority of attack forces - Kasparov vs Karpov 199017:27

350+ Cs- A classic rook sacrifice to pile pressure on King - Bird vs Morphy11:55
330 Cs- Double rook sac on same square for speedier attack - Pillsbury vs Lasker26:08
100+ C's -Queen sac made use of for dynamic attacking play- Mieses vs Alekhine12:49
69 C's - Black prevented from castling K-side - Alekhine vs Winter12:22
128Cs- Fishing pole creates beautiful mate possibilities -Alekhine vs Hoelscher11:59
340Cs -Bishop sacrifice creates huge complexity and key blunder - Tal vs Smyslov20:39

305 C+ Cs' - Counter-Gambit perks against Gambit - Schulten vs Morphy8:45
In 200 C's - Smooth as silk Blumenfeld Gambit - Tarrasch vs Alekhine15:39
160+ C's - Alekhine-Chatard Gambit has great compensation - Alekhine vs Fahrni13:15
605+ C's-Gambit creates a powerful central "octopus knight" - Karpov vs Kasparov15:31
530+ C's - Remarkable liberation of f-file and a2-g8 - Spassky vs Bronstein17:12
200+ C's - Central authority created in King's Gambit - Spassky vs Fischer10:42
19+ C's - Smith-Morra Gambit shows King stuck in center - Esserman vs Van Wely12:34
160+ Cs - Surprise value of gambit leads to bad improvisation - Alekhine vs Euwe11:00

Requirements

Know how the chess pieces move and ideally has interest in attacking chess

Description

Unlock your attacking prowess with 'The Complete Guide to Attacking Chess.' This course is designed not just to emphasize on checkmating patterns and combinations, but also to explore and illuminate the keys to successful attacking chess: the opening moves and middlegame strategies that give life to thrilling endgames and combinations. We dive deep into understanding the essence of attacks from legendary players who excelled at tactical and combinational play, including the likes of Alexander Alekhine, Rudolf Spielmann, and many more.

Throughout this course, you will have the opportunity to learn and practice real games, reinforcing your skills and building a robust understanding of the critical components of an attack. We will look at the 'ingredients' that make an attacking position possible, and the patterns that are frequently followed in successful assaults. We will go beyond the surface to grasp the magic of Alekhine’s combinations and appreciate the games of the masters of the attack.

This course serves as the perfect complement to other courses, such as "Art of Checkmate" and "Complete Guide to Chess Tactics," to enhance your understanding and performance in attacking chess. Here, our primary focus is on the art of creating attacking positions in the opening and middlegame phases.

We will study the games of chess immortals, identifying the keys to their attacking brilliance. We will also incorporate modern insights from Neural Network patterns, which have shown their ability to outmaneuver even the most accurate traditional engines. Featuring great attacking players like Paul Morphy, Adolf Anderssen, Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Alexander Alekhine, Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, Mikhail Tal, Garry Kasparov, and many more, this course brings together the best of attacking chess across generations.

This course is ever-evolving, reflecting my passion for attacking chess and continuous learning. I strive to provide updated content that improves clarity and enriches understanding. By the end of this course, you will gain significant insight into key attacking ingredients and patterns. These critical pieces of the puzzle will enable you to execute potent attacks right from the opening, leading to exhilarating middlegames and often, beautifully concluded combinations.

Who this course is for:

Beginner to Intermediate level players

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Course content

Introduction32 lectures • 5hr 40min

Attacks based on keeping the King in the center4 lectures • 34min

Attacking when King in center14 lectures • 3hr 13min

Attacking the weakened Castled King position3 lectures • 40min

Attacking based on play on both sides of board2 lectures • 30min

Attacks based on "use best resources on squares around the Opponent's King"5 lectures • 1hr 13min

Attacking when opposite side castling6 lectures • 1hr 36min

Attacking using positional Queen sacrifice (more common than you might think!)2 lectures • 36min

Attacking making use of Opening Gambit perks - material offered for King safety8 lectures • 1hr 45min

Sacrificing pawns in the middlegame for attacking ingredients4 lectures • 1hr

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