Strategy
Instructive positions for beginners & intermediates
5 • AACtrl •- Threat and reaction (quiz)
- Threat and reaction (analysis)
- Same again (quiz)
- Same again (analysis)
- AACtrl
The Amateurs Mind
4 • TheKingRAJ •- Introduction
- Imbalances: D1
- Bishops & Knights: D2
- Bishops & Knights: D10
- TheKingRAJ
¿Que son los planes?
12 • JeremyDuran •- Introducción
- ¿Que es plan en ajedrez?
- Ejemplo 1: Planificación en la apertura
- JeremyDuran
Openings and gambits
2 • Prekshkshah •- Stone wall 1
- Stone wall 2
- Stone wall 3
- Italian Opening
- Prekshkshah
Pawn Structures
1 • comkoroco •- --- The Isolani
- Vadim Zvjaginsev - Rodrigo Rafael Vasquez Schroeder
- Alexander Huzman - Levon Aronian
- Radoslaw Wojtaszek - Laurent Fressinet
- comkoroco
Understanding Middlegames (Strategy) by John Nunn
1 • TheRealBort •- Creating a plan - 1
- Creating a plan - 2
- TheRealBort
How to Sacrifice!
353 • Kyle-and-Jess •- Introduction: General Ideas and Rules of Sacrificing
- How to Sacrifice: Carsten Hoi - Boris Gulko
- How to Sacrifice: Vlastimil Hort - Lev Alburt
- Unsound Brilliancies: Carl Hartlaub - Fleischer
- Kyle-and-Jess
- jessieu726
- kyle11878
King and Pawn Endgames: A Beginner’s Guide
28 • Kyle-and-Jess •- Basics: Opposition
- Basics: Key Squares
- Basics: Rule of the Square
- Basics: Shouldering
- Kyle-and-Jess
- jessieu726
- kyle11878
Winning in the Middlegame: Lead in Development
170 • Kyle-and-Jess •- What is a Lead in Development (and How to Win With it)?
- Open the Position: A Composed Position
- Open the Position: The Opera House Game
- Open the Position: Garry Kasparov - Ulf Anderssen
- Kyle-and-Jess
- jessieu726
- kyle11878
Understanding the Middlegame
202 • FireFlare •- Introduction
- Isolated Pawn Test
- Creative Puzzle #1
- Defend The King Test
- FireFlare
Knights | How to dominate your opponents!
2929 • NoseKnowsAll •- Introduction
- Bishop dominating a knight
- Pawns dominating a knight
- An uneasy knight post
- numky
- NoseKnowsAll
Talk to your pieces! Developing plans I
1683 • NoseKnowsAll •- Introduction
- What is a piece?
- Talk to your pieces
- Beginners talking to pawns
- NoseKnowsAll