11 Most Important Positional Chess Chapters

Preview by Angelo Kesaris:

I’m very happy to mention here that you’ll learn how to put your pieces in the best positions and at the same time you’ll learn how to avoid positional errors. These are most frequently seen compared to tactical errors.

People usually cannot recognize positional errors. I really love when my opponents wonder “when I committed a mistake?” Often, even computer analysis cannot help you with positional errors. Maybe the computer slightly increases the evaluation advantage for your opponent’s position, but it will not highlight that this particular move could give you high possibilities to lose the game after 10 – 20 moves…

Inside the course, you can study a separate chapter for them. First of all, you need to learn what they are, and then how to avoid them in your games. On the other hand, you’ll be able to recognize instantly your opponent’s bad moves and you’ll be able to punish them.

Here is what you are going to learn:

• Understand Chess Like a Strong Player
• Develop Your Chess Thinking System
• Understand the openings in a better way
• You’ll learn how to evaluate the position property
• Advanced Positional Ideas and Motives
• Dramatically Increase Your Pattern Recognition
• Develop Rock-Solid Confidence
• Unleash your potential and become the chess player you are meant to be

Outline:

Chapter 01 – Introduction – General Ideas

1. The True Value of the Pieces (5 Elements)
2. Your Winning Thinking System
3. The Most Important Opening Principles

Chapter 02 – How To Avoid The Most Common Positional Mistakes

1. General Positional Mistakes
2. Inappropriate Exchanges
3. Bad Positional Decisions
4. Unnecessary Pawn Moves

Chapter 03 – How To Play With The King

1. The 5 Specific Situations that Castling Is Bad (Typical Mistakes)
2. The Pawn Storm Against Enemy King (Petrosian’s King)
3. The King is in a Great Danger
4. How to Activate YOUR King Decisively (Endgame Strategy)

Chapter 04 – Comprehensive Positional Guide For Knights

1. Active vs Passive Knight (The Knight on the rim is dim)
2. How To Attack Knights on b6 – g6
3. How To Use Knight Outposts Like An Expert
4. The USELESS Knight In The Center Of The Board
5. Everything You Need To Know About Competitive Knights
6. Make The Breakthrough With Octopus Knight Technique

Chapter 05 – Winning Positional Techniques With The Bishops

1. Discover The Active Bishops
2. How To Avoid Bad Bishops and How To Activate Them
3. Shall I Hunt The Bishop With h6 And g5 or Not?
4. Understand Clearly The Capablanca Rule For Bishops
5. Never Worry About The Most Common Plan Against Fianchetto Bishop Again

Chapter 06 – How To Use Your Rooks Effectively

1. Rook Basic Strategy
2. Rook Advance Strategy (Winning Techniques)
3. Pivot Square – Technique To Double Your Rooks
4. The Alekhine Gun
5. How To Use Rooks In The Open File (Advance Techniques)
6. The Outpost In The Open File (Advance Technique)
7. Ways To Master Your Understanding In The Semi-Open Files
8. The Perfect Placement For The Rooks – 7th Rank
9. Tactics In The Open File
10. One Brilliant Chess Game That Summaries Rook Strategy

Chapter 07 – The Best Ever Positional Techniques With The Powerful Queen

1. The Ideal Placement For Your Queen
2. Practical Tips To Understand How To Use The Queen Decisively In The Opening Stage
3. Tips to Skyrocket Your Tactics By Using The Queen
4. When Experts Exchange Queens And When Avoid It

Chapter 08 – Successful Chess Strategies With Pawns For Massive Growth

1. How To Completely Change Your Play By Having Active Pawns
2. How to Create the Perfect Pawn Mobile Center
3. Maximize Pawn Activity With The Breakthrough Opportunity
4. The Most Common Functionality That Increase The pawn Value
5. How To Create And Use The Protected Passed Pawns
6. Life-Changing Ways To successfully Exchange Pawns

Chapter 09 – All Positional Principles – Advance Practical Play

1. Principle of Power Play
2. How To Make Pawn Grabbers Regret Their Choices…
3. How To Transform Active Pieces Into Successful Attack (Material vs Activity)
4. Passive Defense Decrease The Activity Of Your Pieces – Avoid It

Chapter 10 – Positional Sacrifices (Advanced Lessons)

1. Rook Positional Exchange Sacrifice
2. A Good Knight Against Rook-s
3. A Good Bishop Against Rook-s
4. Dramatically Improve Your Defensive Technique With Exchange Sacrifice
5. The Most Typical Sacrifice On e6-Square With Huge Practical Value (Separate Enemy Army)

Chapter 11 – Advanced Positional Understanding

1. How To Isolate An Enemy Piece
2. How Top Chess Players Use The Space Advantage
3. Identify And Use The Opponent’s Weak Squares

About the Authors:

IM Mat Kolosowski [FIDE 2451]

is an International Master from Poland. He is a multiple Polish youth championship medalist. In 2010 he took 5th place in European U-18 Championship. During the course of his chess career Mat won many international tournaments. Apart from being a player, he is also a chess coach who has experience working with students from more than 20 countries. So far he has helped a few of them in obtaining their own international titles. Mat has also performed live commentary of the Polish and European Rapid and Blitz Championships.

IM Valeri Lilov [FIDE 2438]

better known as Tiger Lilov is a professional chess coach and lecturer renowned for his personalized approach to training students and professional players from all over the world. Having been an active tournament player all his life, he has won many international open tournaments and championships including the European Individual School Chess Championship U10 (Moscow, 2000) and the Kulaga Memorial International Open (Minsk, 2007).

Angelo Kesaris [FIDE 1928]

is a professional chess coach and FIDE National Instructor with 20 years of experience. He started teaching chess in primary schools, organizing lessons in chess clubs, private classes, and online teaching. Kesaris quickly made a name for himself by publishing practical strategies that new players can use to improve their chess.