Supercharge Your Chess Tactics With Winning Combinations

Master Chess Tactics and Combinations by Leveraging stuff to your advantage e.g. King in the Center and other patterns

What you'll learn

Ability to understand Steinitz's perspective on combinations.

Ability to appreciate Lasker's approach to combinative play.

Ability to explore Alekhine's creativity in combination play.

Ability to study Botvinnik's logical combination techniques.

Ability to identify Karpov's strategic combination themes.

Ability to grasp Tal's flair for imaginative combinations.

Ability to identify Karpov's strategic combination themes.

Ability to define chess combinations as sequences with clear goals.

Ability to recognize King safety weaknesses around f7/f2.

Ability to leverage bishop without a counterpart to attack f7.

Ability to initiate King hunts starting from f7/f2 sacrifices.

Ability to weaken dark squares for combination potential.

Ability to exploit the g2 weakness before defensive moves are possible.

Ability to execute Greek Gift sacrifices for decisive attacks.

Ability to creatively follow up on bishop sacrifices.

Ability to bring the opponent’s King down the board tactically.

Ability to utilize the "Diagonal of Death" in combinations.

Ability to manage sacrifices to lure the King into mating nets.

Ability to build pressure on a castled King.

Ability to combine pawn storms with open files for attacks.

Ability to use semi-open files for tactical breakthroughs.

Ability to handle endgame pressure with precision.

Ability to overwhelm the opponent with more attacking pieces.

Ability to coordinate attackers against insufficient defenses.

Ability to exploit pins for quick tactical wins.

Ability to utilize "Alekhine’s Gun" for maximum pin pressure.

Ability to rebel against relative pins for tactical advantage.

Ability to force open attacking files for combinations.

Ability to close defensive diagonals to limit opponent resources.

Ability to forcibly open critical squares for attackers.

Ability to remove key defenders around the opponent’s King.

Ability to use sacrifices to eliminate defensive pawns.

Ability to reverse-engineer common mating patterns.

Ability to execute windmill tactics effectively.

Ability to restrict the King’s escape squares for decisive attacks.

Ability to coordinate pieces effectively on key squares.

Ability to exploit an exposed King in the center.

Ability to create combinations that punish poor King safety.

Ability to capitalize on back-rank weaknesses.

Ability to use centralized pieces for combinative strength.

Ability to leverage passed pawns in combination play.

Ability to sacrifice material to advance passed pawns.

Ability to exploit pieces away from King-side defenses.

Ability to liberate key pieces for attacking roles.

Ability to exploit long diagonals for tactical strikes.

Ability to create and utilize knight outposts for attacks.

Ability to exploit common squares for mating threats.

Ability to use thorn pawns to disrupt the opponent’s defense.

Ability to create outposts as a basis for combinations.

Ability to position rooks on the 7th rank for maximum pressure.

Ability to secure draws with perpetual checks.

Ability to use combinations to enable King infiltration in the endgame.

Ability to assess the risks of unsound combinations.

Ability to prepare specific combinations at home.

Ability to analyze and learn from disaster combinations.

Ability to craft defensive combinations to avoid checkmate.

Ability to exploit structural weaknesses created by the opponent.

Ability to create winning chances in opposite-colored bishop endgames.

Ability to provoke and exploit irreversible pawn weaknesses.

Ability to execute combinations aimed at winning material.

Ability to drive the opponent’s King into vulnerable positions.

Ability to maximize the power of an uncontested bishop.

Ability to sustain threats to improve positional advantages.

Requirements

Familiarity with how chess pieces move and the basic rules of the game (e.g., castling, en passant).

Description

Supercharge Your Chess Tactics with Winning CombinationsAre you ready to transform your chess skills and unleash your inner tactician? Whether you’re a beginner looking to sharpen your game or an intermediate player aiming to outwit opponents, "Supercharge Your Chess Tactics with Winning Combinations" is your comprehensive guide to mastering the art of tactical brilliance.This course dives deep into the fascinating world of chess combinations, equipping you with the tools and strategies to dominate the board. Learn how to exploit tactical opportunities like exposed kings, weak back ranks, overloaded pieces, and pinned defenders. Understand how to leverage your positional strengths, such as active pieces, passed pawns, and king safety, to deliver crushing blows and gain a decisive advantage.What You’ll LearnThe Fundamentals of Chess Tactics: Develop a solid foundation by exploring core themes like forks, pins, skewers, and discovered attacks.Mastering Chess Combinations: Dive into advanced concepts like removing defenders, creating decoys, and exploiting overworked pieces to turn small advantages into decisive wins.Recognizing Tactical Patterns: Learn to identify common tactical motifs that appear in real games and how to set traps to capitalize on your opponent’s mistakes.Winning Endgame Tactics: Discover how to apply tactical combinations in endgames, leveraging passed pawns, opposition, and zugzwang to secure victories.Dynamic Piece Coordination: Understand how to harmonize your pieces for maximum impact, creating threats that overwhelm even the strongest defenses.Why Take This Course?Practical Examples: Study real-world games and scenarios to see how grandmasters and legendary players have applied winning combinations.Step-by-Step Instruction: Each lesson breaks down complex tactical ideas into simple, actionable steps that anyone can follow.Interactive Challenges: Test your skills with carefully selected puzzles that reinforce the concepts you’ve learned.Comprehensive Coverage: From beginner tactics like forks and discovered attacks to intermediate and advanced combinations, this course has it all.Who Is This Course For?Beginners: If you’re new to chess, this course will teach you the essential tactical skills to compete confidently.Intermediate Players: Take your game to the next level by mastering combinations that punish your opponent’s mistakes and maximize your strengths.Tournament Players: Gain a competitive edge with a deeper understanding of tactical motifs and patterns, helping you outplay opponents in critical positions.What Makes This Course Unique?Focus on Practical Play: This isn’t just theory—you’ll learn how to apply these tactics in your games, from casual online matches to serious over-the-board competitions.Learn From the Best: Explore the tactics of legendary players like Tal, Fischer, and Kasparov, as well as modern engines like Stockfish and Leela Chess Zero.Comprehensive Chess Strategy: Go beyond tactics to understand how combinations fit into the broader context of chess strategy.Transform Your GameBy the end of this course, you’ll have the confidence to spot winning combinations in any position, from the opening to the endgame. Whether it’s delivering a checkmate, winning material, or turning a difficult game in your favor, you’ll learn how to harness the full power of tactical chess.Don’t Miss Out!Enroll now and take the first step toward tactical mastery. With "Supercharge Your Chess Tactics with Winning Combinations," you’ll unlock the secrets of chess tactics, improve your calculation skills, and surprise your opponents with devastating moves.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Combination Quotes by World Chess Champions - Steinitz, Lasker

Lecture 2 Combination Quotes by World Chess Champions - Euwe, Alekhine

Lecture 3 Combination Quotes by World Champions - Botvinnik, Tal, Karpov

Lecture 4 Combination quotes by strong influential players - Spielmann, Reti

Lecture 5 Combination quotes by strong influential players - Tarrasch, Yates, Kotov, Fine

Lecture 6 Defining Chess Combinations: The focus of this course

Lecture 7 Combinations - learning from the juicy bits of notable games

Lecture 8 Do combinations need to be sound?

Lecture 9 Do combinations come out of thin air?

Lecture 10 Are classical world champions the best way to find instructive "Juicy Bits"?

Lecture 11 Why difference in player strengths cause "Juicy bit" combinations to occur?

Lecture 12 Forcing moves vs Setup moves in Combinations

Lecture 13 The power of multipurpose and tempo-gaining moves in Combinations

Lecture 14 Underprotection/ Overprotection of key squares often make or break Combinations

Lecture 15 Course Conventions and Structure

Section 2: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on f7 (if White) or f2 (if Black) King soft-spot

Lecture 16 523 Cs- Leveraging soft spot, and B without counterpart - Botvinnik vs Portisch

Lecture 17 359 Cs-f7 sacrifice creates nasty pin and cross-fire effect- Botvinnik vs Vidmar

Lecture 18 305 Cs- A King hunt emerges after two knight sacrifices - Botvinnik vs Chehover

Lecture 19 268 Cs- King brought out to play and quickly mated - Alekhine vs Feldt

Lecture 20 313 Cs- Dark square bishop given up to weaken dark squares - Spassky vs Tal

Lecture 21 178 Cs-f7 target with K in center fried-liver style attack- Polgar vs Mamedyarov

Lecture 22 19 Cs- Queen sacrifice on f2 helps bring the King out - Krasenkow vs Nakamura

Section 3: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on g2 soft spot

Lecture 23 18 Cs- g2 soft spot made use of before Bf1 possible - Gelfand vs Nakamura

Section 4: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on Greek Gift pattern

Lecture 24 97 Cs- Greek Gift sacrifice gives clear cut winning paths - Pillsbury vs NN

Lecture 25 19 Cs-Creative follow up for bishop sacrifices overwhelms - Shirov vs Reinderman

Section 5: LEVERAGE: Combinations which create King hunts down the board

Lecture 26 12 Cs-Diagonal of death made use of to bring King down board - Dupre vs Torre

Lecture 27 262 Cs- Bringing Dad's King down the board - Paul Morphy vs Alonzo Morphy

Lecture 28 570 Cs-Q sac for powerful double check K down board-Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov

Lecture 29 927 Cs- Rook sacrifice bringing the King down the board - Kasparov vs Topalov

Lecture 30 121 Cs- Ignoring win of exchange to help Bishop assist hunt - So vs Nakamura

Lecture 31 418 Cs- Bishop sacrifice helps bring King down the board - Kasparov vs Portisch

Lecture 32 5 Cs- Not many sacrifices needed to bring King down board - Gujrathi vs Gukesh

Section 6: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on pressure build up - including removing defenders

Lecture 33 191 Cs- Pressure and probing vs a Queenside castled King - Rosannes vs Anderssen

Lecture 34 199 Cs-Fishing pole sacrifice creates h-file opportunities - Mayet vs Anderssen

Lecture 35 225 Cs- Huge g-file pressure combines with danger pawns - Anderssen vs Zukertort

Lecture 36 181 Cs- Huge pressure on h-file built after bishop sac - Steinitz vs Lasker

Lecture 37 55 Cs- Semi-open f-file pressure build up creates combos - Torre vs Verlinsky

Lecture 38 238 Cs- Black allows defender to be removed on f7 square-Pillsbury vs Tarrasch

Lecture 39 209 Cs- Pillsbury bind has natural pressure on King side - Pillsbury vs Marco

Lecture 40 180 Cs- Weakness of last move used to increase pressure - Pillsbury vs Lasker

Lecture 41 104 Cs-Fragmenting pawns around King helps pressure buildup-Pillsbury vs Winawer

Lecture 42 371 Cs- A rook sacrifices removes White's Queen as defender - Geller vs Euwe

Lecture 43 110 Cs- Pressure leads to King chase accurate to the very end - Szabo vs Euwe

Lecture 44 17 Cs- Overprotecting f2 point needed in behind the scenes stuff - Euwe vs Flohr

Lecture 45 176 Cs- Pressure around King leads to win of material - Gerasimov vs Smyslov

Lecture 46 172 Cs-Diagonal pressure combines with passed pawn potential-Gligoric vs Smyslov

Lecture 47 370 Cs- Closing off opponents pressure and increasing own-Spassky vs Petrosian

Lecture 48 271 Cs- Pressure in endgame with King walk and N vs B - Petrosian vs Botvinnik

Lecture 49 19 Cs- Semi open b-file and Bishop on diagonal pressure - Adams vs Kasparov

Lecture 50 340 Cs- Double piece sacrifice to ramp up pressure vs King - Karjakin vs Anand

Lecture 51 20 Cs- Piece sacrifice for huge pressure and concrete threats - Anand vs Karpov

Lecture 52 18 Cs- Huge amount of pressure built up creates concessions - Anand vs Carlsen

Lecture 53 16 Cs- Huge amount of pressure after mysterious pawn sacrifice- Anand vs Aronian

Lecture 54 119 Cs-Huge pressure after letting opponent develop bishop - Carlsen vs Dolmatov

Lecture 55 404 Cs-Key defensive Knight on f6 deflected with sacrifices - Karpov vs Korchnoi

Lecture 56 210 Cs- Opposite colored bishops helplight square pressure - Karpov vs Kasparov

Lecture 57 268 Cs- Pressure build up on b-file and diagonal for Q sac- Gelfand vs Kramnik

Lecture 58 201 Cs- Black pressures with bishop pair the exchange down - Ivanchuk vs Kramnik

Lecture 59 157 Cs- d5 pawn break for pressure in Isolated Queen Pawn - Kramnik vs Anand

Section 7: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on more attackers than defenders - greater pressure

Lecture 60 1002 Cs- More attackers than defenders around King - Anderssen vs Kieseritzky

Lecture 61 238 Cs- g4 opens up the attacking pieces as well as g-file - Steinitz vs Mongred

Lecture 62 205 Cs- King made safe before increasing attacking pressure- Steinitz vs Paulsen

Lecture 63 277 Cs- Lots of pieces start gathering round K after Rook sac - Euwe vs Najdorf

Lecture 64 427 Cs- Defender moves from K giving more attackers - Fischer vs Myagmarsuren

Lecture 65 389 Cs- e5 pawn chain helps support attacking resources - Fischer vs Panno

Lecture 66 229 Cs-Probing for weaknesses and pressure vicious cycle - Petrosian vs Smyslov

Lecture 67 392 Cs-More attacking pieces than defending allows piece sac- Kasparov vs Karpov

Lecture 68 262 Cs- More attacking pieces even if Knight lost - Kasparov vs Karpov

Section 8: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on pin pressure

Lecture 69 15 Cs- Leveraging pin pressure for a quick knockout - Marshall vs Torre

Lecture 70 444 Cs- Pin pressure from "Alekhine's Gun" creates Zugzwang- Alekhine vs Nimzo.

Lecture 71 355 Cs- "Mikhail's Navy"-immense build up of pressure and pins - Tal vs Koblents

Lecture 72 110 Cs- e5 break has potential to increase pin pressure - Shirov vs Hauchard

Lecture 73 5 Cs- Surprise Na1 and pin pressure results in win of material-Gukesh vs Liren

Section 9: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on rebelling against relative pins

Lecture 74 145 Cs- Legals mate pattern- Q sacrifice delivers mate - Pillsbury vs Fernandez

Section 10: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on forcibly opening an attacking file

Lecture 75 275 Cs- Setup move g4 enables ripping open of h-file - Polgar vs Berkes

Section 11: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on forcibly closing a defensive diagonal

Lecture 76 74 Cs- Setup moves to try and close a defensive Bishop - Beliavsky vs Nakamura

Section 12: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on forcibly opening a defensive diagonal

Lecture 77 18 Cs- Brilliant resource to get dangerous diagonals - Gelfand vs Shirov

Section 13: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on forcibly opening key squares

Lecture 78 171 Cs- f4 becomes a great key square to open for knight - Petrosian vs Korchnoi

Lecture 79 208 Cs-Black first gets e5 square and then soon the f5 square - Shirov vs Polgar

Section 14: LEVERAGE: Combinations with removing Defenders and Annihilate/Demolish Defense

Lecture 80 559 Cs- Classic Demolition pattern with double B sacrifice - Lasker vs Bauer

Lecture 81 170 Cs- Young Spassky plays a nice little combination - Spassky vs Avtonomov

Lecture 82 197 Cs- Dark square bishop defender removed for pressure Botvinnik vs Tartakower

Lecture 83 442 Cs- Black's Qb6 leaves queen unable to help defend - Alekhine vs Lasker

Lecture 84 285 Cs- Bishop on f8 defender challenged after e5 break - Spassky vs Petrosian

Lecture 85 197 Cs- Removing f6 defender leads to annihilation of defence -Spassky vs Geller

Lecture 86 133 Cs- Removing key pawn defenders around King - Polgar vs Karpov

Lecture 87 172 Cs- Knight sac opens up King and later multi-threat move - Anand vs Topalov

Lecture 88 385 Cs- Knight sacrifice helps annihilate defensive pawns - Carlsen vs Ernst

Lecture 89 136 Cs- Knight sacrifice removes defensive pawns, bring rooks- Carlsen vs Ostmoe

Lecture 90 416 Cs- King safety removed enables material to be won back - Karpov vs Topalov

Lecture 91 255 Cs- Black able to expose King after prepared Knight sac - Timman vs Karpov

Lecture 92 246 Cs- Dark squares more vulnerable after defender removed - Karpov vs Spassky

Section 15: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on mating patterns - reverse engineer them

Lecture 93 132 Cs-Pillsbury mate pattern- good calculation can be used - Anderssen vs Suhle

Lecture 94 76 Cs- Opera mate pattern with Queen hanging - Shirov vs Bareev

Lecture 95 98 Cs- Lawn mower mating pattern allowed after mistake - Pillsbury vs Maroczy

Lecture 96 236 C- Anastasia's mate pattern - Fantastic sacrifice - Hammer vs Carlsen

Lecture 97 166 Cs- h-file dangerous - Mayet's mate AKA h-file mate pattern - Euwe vs Loman

Section 16: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on Windmill tactic

Lecture 98 279 Cs- Iconic example for Windmill tactical combination- Carlos Torre vs Lasker

Section 17: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on taking away King escape squares

Lecture 99 256 Cs- Black offers material for various mating net ideas - Dubois vs Steinitz

Lecture 100 447 Cs- Brilliant Bishop sacrifice for nice mating combination - Tal vs Hjartso

Lecture 101 17 Cs-Exchange sac. combines lack of escape squares with passed pawn-Liren vs Ni

Lecture 102 19 Cs- Checks can also take away escape squares - Sagalchik vs Nakamura

Lecture 103 186 Cs- Black's rook to e8 takes away key escape square - Karpov vs Korchnoi

Lecture 104 272 Cs- Pressure causes inaccurate defence and collapse - Kasparov vs Kramnik

Section 18: LEVERAGE: Combinations with multiple pieces or pawns combining on common squares

Lecture 105 204 Cs- Queen and Knight combine well for checkmate- Morphy vs Rousseau

Lecture 106 297 Cs- Queen and Knight coordinates well after exchange sac - Marache vs Morphy

Lecture 107 197 Cs- Qc6 Queen and Bishop Battery causes collapse - Denker vs Botvinnik

Section 19: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on opponent's King in center

Lecture 108 21 Cs- Black plays too passive and slow with K in center-Anderssen vs Schallop

Lecture 109 801 Cs-White activates x-ray pressure on King in center - Anderssen vs Dufresne

Lecture 110 379 Cs-c6 accelerates own piece development - not opponents- Schulten vs Morphy

Lecture 111 303 Cs- Too many pawn moves leaves King vulnerable - Morphy vs Anderssen

Lecture 112 300 Cs- King in center encourages sacs to remove pawn chain- Pillsbury vs Lasker

Lecture 113 1075 Cs-King in center and Rook and bishop also sleeping in bed - Morphy vs Team

Lecture 114 19 Cs- White sacrifices both rooks to have key shots vs King - Torre vs Adams

Lecture 115 790 Cs- King left in center too long- c6 allows pawn sac -Steinitz vs Bardeleben

Lecture 116 161 Cs- King in center enables Q-sac for combinations - Smyslov vs Botvinnik

Lecture 117 160 Cs- K in center with piece opens file and diagonal - Smyslov vs Kottnauer

Lecture 118 424 Cs- Black plays too many greedy moves with King in center - Fischer vs Fine

Lecture 119 407 Cs-Same knight moves 3 times in opening with K in center-Letelier vs Fischer

Lecture 120 1194 Cs- Wasted development move leads to K in center issues- Byrne vs Fischer

Lecture 121 130 Cs- King left in center to unpin knight leads to issues - Polgar vs Shirov

Lecture 122 19 Cs-Bishop sac helps keep K in center with f-file pressure- Shirov vs Lapinsky

Lecture 123 340 Cs- Queens coming off still leaves King safety issues - Karpov vs Kasparov

Lecture 124 369 Cs- Thorn pawn plays key role in making combinations work - Anand vs Lautier

Lecture 125 139 Cs- Knight sacrifice liberates pieces and removes defence- Carlsen vs Groenn

Section 20: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on weak back rank

Lecture 126 643 Cs- Queen sacrifice exploits weaknesses around King - Paulsen vs Morphy

Lecture 127 814 Cs- Elegant combination to exploit back row - Bernstein vs Capablanca

Lecture 128 401 Cs- Back row weakened in the moment leading to Q sacrifice - Tal vs Smyslov

Lecture 129 20 Cs- Even in simplified position, back row disaster occurs - Kramnik vs Anand

Section 21: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on mass centralisation

Lecture 130 703 Cs- Black's knights get huge centralisation contrast - Karpov vs Kasparov

Section 22: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on passed pawn potential

Lecture 131 250 Cs- Very precise play to get passed pawn potential - Pillsbury vs Gunsberg

Lecture 132 211 Cs- Passed pawn potential helped with f3 weakening - Zukertort vs Steinitz

Lecture 133 362 Cs- Limiting replies for pressure, winning material - Marshall vs Capablanca

Lecture 134 121 Cs- Passed pawn combines with discovered check options - Euwe vs Alekhine

Lecture 135 13 Cs- Passed pawn potential secured through Queen sacrifice - NN vs Torre

Lecture 136 292 Cs- Passed 'a' pawn potential shown with sacrifice - Capablanca vs Spielmann

Lecture 137 681 Cs- Rook Sacrifice - Knights stumble around passed pawns - Bogo. vs Alekhine

Lecture 138 286 Cs- Piece sacrifice for three pawns creates Pearl Game - Euwe vs Alekhine

Lecture 139 199 Cs- Winning compensation with passed pawn using Q sac- Spassky vs Petrosian

Lecture 140 391 Cs-Advanced passed pawn creates combinations to win material- Fischer vs Tal

Lecture 141 23 Cs- Pressure of passed pawns combined with King diagonal - Kamsky vs Liren

Lecture 142 171 Cs- Exchange sacrifice helps passed pawn potential - Anand vs Kasparov

Lecture 143 252 Cs- Passed pawn mass combines with King attack pressure- Kramnik vs Kasparov

Lecture 144 141 Cs- Catalan bishop liberated with passed pawn threats -Kramnik vs Morozevich

Lecture 145 7 Cs- Giving up two rooks for queen- passed pawn dangers - Gukesh vs Hjartarson

Lecture 146 5 Cs- Two Knights vs Rook miraculous winning opportunity - Gukesh vs Wei Yi

Section 23: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on pieces away from opponent King or asleep in bed

Lecture 147 606 Cs- Exploiting pieces away from K for minority attack - Reti vs Alekhine

Lecture 148 163 Cs- Pieces on Q-side still asleep in bed - Polgar vs Chilingirova

Section 24: LEVERAGE: Combinations to help liberate pieces which can be leveraged

Lecture 149 378 Cs- Nf4 knight sacrifice helps g7 bishop become liberated - Botvinnik vs Tal

Lecture 150 236 Cs- Light square bishop liberated two sacrifices - Carlsen vs Harestad

Lecture 151 849 Cs- Removing defensive bishop amplified by liberated bishop-Byrne vs Fischer

Lecture 152 218 Cs- Bishop on a2 gets liberated and without counterpart-Petrosian vs Fischer

Lecture 153 662 Cs- Initial pawn sac offer shows liberated bishop power- Fischer vs Spassky

Lecture 154 436 Cs- Blockade helps liberated bishop reach decisive effect - Fischer vs Benko

Section 25: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on the "Diagonal of death"

Lecture 155 280 Cs-Creating new entry point on the "Diagonal of death" -Rosanes vs Anderssen

Lecture 156 152 Cs-f3 move leads to disaster making use of diagonal - Gruenfeld vs Torre

Lecture 157 357 Cs- f3 weakens the a7-g1 diagonal for nice combo - Gruenfeld vs Alekhine

Lecture 158 313 Cs- Spectacular use of key King attacking diagonals - Aronian vs Anand

Lecture 159 172 Cs- Black queen goes away from sensitive diagonal a2-g8- Kramnik vs Kasparov

Section 26: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on leveraging aggressive Knight outpost

Lecture 160 97 Cs- rook sacrifice creates attacking Knight outpost - Torre vs Saemich

Lecture 161 400 Cs- Knight outpost on d4 helps enable combinations - Smyslov vs Ruadkovsky

Section 27: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on "killer common squares"

Lecture 162 168 Cs- Common squares around K create forcing checkmate - Andruet vs Spassky

Section 28: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on lack of King escape squares

Lecture 163 286 Cs- Black is oblivious to danger level of King safety - Alekhine vs Vasic

Lecture 164 377 Cs- Queen sacrifice for promising endgame scenarios - Tal vs Hecht

Lecture 165 84 Cs-Repeat checks help improve attacking pieces caging King - Repetto vs Banks

Section 29: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on "Thorn" pawns

Lecture 166 70 Cs- Thorn pawn creates many combination possibilities - Torre vs Schapiro

Section 30: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on lack of piece development

Lecture 167 658 Cs- White's Q-side is underdeveloped and action on K-side- Larsen vs Spassky

Section 31: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on King Attacking Piece teamwork-opp. Q tempo gains

Lecture 168 124 Cs- Lots of pieces vs Queen but accurate coordination needed - Euwe vs Reti

Lecture 169 364 Cs- Queen sacrifice for 3 pieces is overwhelming attack-Botvinnik vs Smyslov

Lecture 170 418 Cs- Positional Q sacrifice for nice piece teamwork-Nezhmetdinov vs Chernikov

Lecture 171 20 Cs-Queen sac creates pressure helped by defender lost - Smyslov vs Liberzon

Lecture 172 291 Cs- Queen sacrifice for two pieces creates teamwork - Bobotsov vs Tal

Lecture 173 148 Cs- Queen sacrifice creates teamwork fueled by tempo gainers - Bai vs Liren

Lecture 174 323 Cs- Q sacrifice for teamwork and dark square pressure - Kramnik vs Kasparov

Section 32: LEVERAGE: Combinations based on leveraging bishop without counterpart

Lecture 175 419 Cs-Rook sacrifices leverage bishop without counterpart - Pillsbury vs Lasker

Lecture 176 605 Cs- Two exchange sacrifices supercharge Bishop attacker-Petrosian vs Spassky

Section 33: LEVERAGE: Combinations which keep threats up and keep increasing advantages

Lecture 177 165 Cs-Black keeps the threats up whilst improving advantages - Porges vs Lasker

Section 34: LEVERAGE: Slightest hint at combinations should encourage finding unusual moves

Lecture 178 389 Cs-White finds unusual move instead of ordinary capture- Kasparov vs Kramnik

Section 35: GOAL: Combinations to make installation outposts

Lecture 179 358 Cs-Knight maneuver to e3 prelude to huge knight outposts- Karpov vs Unzicker

Section 36: GOAL: Combinations goal for rook on 7th rank in endgame or "Pigs on the 7th"

Lecture 180 191 Cs-Knight outpost then rook on the 7th-combinations flow-Steinitz vs Sellman

Lecture 181 424 Cs- Paradoxical decision to exchange outpost Knight - Fischer vs Petrosian

Lecture 182 111 Cs- White's rooks end up both on 7th rank with options - Polgar vs Kasparov

Lecture 183 420 Cs-Incredible King walk to help set up final combination - Alekhine vs Yates

Lecture 184 204 Cs- Two rooks end on 7th rank with added pressure later - Karpov vs Uhlmann

Lecture 185 335 Cs- Relentless pursuit of rook on 7th-black defenseless - Kramnik vs Leko

Section 37: GOAL: Combinations to draw

Lecture 186 313 Cs- Guaranteeing a draw by perpetual check in various ways - Fischer vs Tal

Section 38: GOAL: Combinations with a draw in hand for further exploration

Lecture 187 79 Cs-With luxury of a draw at hand, White finds winning line - Liren vs Aronia

Lecture 188 672 Cs- Leveraging pins, imposed weakness of last move - Botvinnik vs Capablanca

Section 39: GOAL: Combinations based on bringing the King out to play

Lecture 189 505 Cs- h-file pressure helps bring King out to be mated - Steinitz vs Chigorin

Lecture 190 252 Cs- King driven around the board resourcefully - Tartakower vs Euwe

Lecture 191 492 Cs- King brought out to stay out with key Bishop move - Petrosian vs Pachman

Lecture 192 190 Cs- King brought out to play after rook sacrifice- Anand vs Bologan

Lecture 193 181 Cs- Black's Kg7 mistake helps King being dragged out more- Karpov vs Topalov

Lecture 194 20 Cs- A complex tactical mess where White King brought out - Topalov vs Kramnik

Section 40: GOAL: Combinations with goal of winning material - be wary what happens after!

Lecture 195 118 Cs- Two knights dominate two bishops to win material - Anderssen vs Paulsen

Lecture 196 171 Cs - With King in center, a little windmill tactic- Anderssen vs Zukertort

Lecture 197 250 Cs- Winning Queen but up against team of pieces - Morphy vs Anderssen

Lecture 198 260 Cs-Black King does not make a good defender of Queen -Steinitz vs Mongredien

Lecture 199 159 Cs- K attack with winning opponents queen can be the goal - Smyslov vs Ribli

Lecture 200 230 Cs- Rf8 from Black leaves rook potentially unprotected - Spassky vs Fischer

Lecture 201 Overoptimistic pawn move …h4 helps white win material - Spassky vs Fischer

Lecture 202 17 Cs- Disconnecting then reconnecting to win Queen - Liren vs Inarkiev

Lecture 203 111 Cs-Bringing King out with Knight sac helps wins material-Lasker vs Pillsbury

Lecture 204 13 Cs- Great calculations and alert after winning an exchange - Gukesh vs Rafiee

Lecture 205 8 Cs- Unexpected strong Queen move and White falls apart soon- Caruana vs Gukesh

Lecture 206 5 Cs- Huge multipurpose move with multi-threats wins material- Gukesh vs Carlsen

Section 41: GOAL: Combinations in defence to help avoid being checkmated

Lecture 207 20 Cs- Against super-crude pressure, a resourceful defence - Keres vs Smyslov

Lecture 208 155 Cs-Precise defensive combination to avoid being checkmated- Anand vs Carlsen

Lecture 209 214 Cs- Resourceful King moves asking where mate is - Kasparov vs Petrosian

Lecture 210 115 Cs-As scary as it seems, Black is actually with advantage - Kamsky vs Shirov

Section 42: GOAL: Combinations which supercharge opponent's structural damage exploitability

Lecture 211 508 Cs- f5 for Bf4 to undouble pawns increased exploitability - Lasker vs Capa.

Section 43: GOAL: Combinations to win opposite colored bishop endgames

Lecture 212 249 Cs-Bishop sac. helps guarantee win in opposite B endgame - Topalov vs Shirov

Section 44: GOAL: Combinations based on encouraging weakening irreversible pawn moves

Lecture 213 184 Cs- Bg4 check provokes bad weakness on 2nd rank - Kramnik vs Anand

Section 45: GOAL: Combinations where Goal is to create King infiltration in endgame

Lecture 214 438 Cs- Very dynamic idea instead of auto recapture of pawn - Karpov vs Kasparov

Section 46: ASPECT: Does it matter if combination unsound? - Cafes, Unrated, Humans, losing

Lecture 215 360 Cs- An amusing finish in mind for checkmate - Morphy vs Carpentier

Lecture 216 Brilliant sacrifice to set King safety issues - Bird vs Morphy

Lecture 217 330 Cs- Stunning Rook sacrifice and counter sac refuted - Capablanca vs Fonaroff

Lecture 218 631 Cs- Brilliant Nd6 works out helped by imperfect defence-Spassky vs Bronstein

Lecture 219 548 Cs- Knight sacrifice activates bishop and creates threats - Tal vs Larsen

Lecture 220 206 Cs-Fire on board - Black's bishop sacrifice seems suspect- Kramnik vs Shirov

Lecture 221 120 Cs- Fire on board - Two exchange sacrifices from black - Lautier vs Shirov

Section 47: ASPECT: Preparing combinations at home

Lecture 222 356 Cs- Rook sacrifice based on research preparation at home - Kasparov vs Anand

Section 48: PGN Downloads

Lecture 223 PGN Downloads

Section 49: ASPECT: Learning from disaster combinations - e.g. depth or breadth search issue

Lecture 224 180 Cs- Black misses key King move option when playing Bxh2-Spassky vs Fischer

Section 50: Conclusions and Philosophical points

Lecture 225 Conclusions

Section 51: Bonus

Lecture 226 Bonus Lecture

Understanding of check, checkmate, and stalemate.,A willingness to learn and apply tactical motifs like forks, pins, skewers, and discovered attacks.,Ideal for players rated between 0 and 1600 (beginner to intermediate). No formal rating is required, but players within this range will benefit most.