High-Power Chess Tactics

Once you've thoroughly learned the fundamental rules of chess, how do you hone your skills - especially your ability to win material and attack and then checkmate your opponent's king? In this course - just like in my "Winning Chess Tactics and Patterns of Attack" class on Outschool - we'll explore ways of a making your pieces work together effectively.
     To help you master these ideas, we'll go through lots of actual situations that illustrate them. I'll set up a club at Chess.com where, if you wish, you can play games against opponents at your own level - games that we can go through as a group and learn from. If you want to launch more successful attacks - and defend yourself better against your opponent's threats - this is a course for you.
     In each session I'll introduce you to a new concept and then play through some games with you so that you can see how these things work in actual practice. 
     Here's an overview of the topics we'll cover:

     First Session: discovered attack
     Second Session: double check
     Third Session: the overworked piece
     Fourth Session: no retreat in sight
     Fifth Session: removing the guard
     Sixth Session: breaking lines of communication
     Seventh Session: supporting the passed pawn
     Eighth Session: review of topics

     In every lesson I'll ask you to think through a number of positions and situations with me. This will improve you own ability to understand positions in your own games and determine the best moves to make.
     
     I look forward to working with you to improve your chess performance!