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How to Create and Exploit Weaknesses

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  1. The power of two weaknesses
  2. Weak Squares+Weak Pawns=Dominance
  3. Karpov-Browne 1972: Weak square as part of grand strategy
  4. Puzzle: white to move and control a square
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  2. CSGAurelius

Demystifying Pawn Breaks

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  1. French: c5 break as weakness generator
  2. French: f4-f5 Break by Anand (h4-h5 bonus)
  3. French: f6 Break by Korchnoi
  4. French: c5 break and file activity
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  2. Warwickstar

Positional Sacrifices

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  1. To acquire bishop pair, achieve piece domination, strip king's shelter
  2. To squash opponent's counterplay, forge a bind, create a protected passed pawn
  3. To maintain an unassailable outpost, increase piece value; light-squared control
  4. To gain incredible piece activity, damage king's position for long-term attack
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Defeat the London System

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  1. Gata Kamsky - Vassily Ivanchuk
  2. 2100 vanquishes 2400
  3. Pavel Eljanov - Vladimir Kramnik
  4. Hikaru Nakamura - Wesley So
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Capablanca-Tartakower, 1924

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  1. Game
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Fischer

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  1. R. Byrne-Fischer, 1963
  2. Fischer-Reshevsky, 1967
  3. Fischer-Larsen, 1972
  4. Fischer-Spassky, 1992 (second match 20 years later)
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Flexible & Interesting Opening Systems

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  1. Pillsbury Attack
  2. Botvinnik System
  3. Great Snake Variation
  4. Hippo Attack
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Art of Counterplay

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  1. Alapin-Burn, Karlsbad 1911
  2. Botvinnik-Ragosin, 1936
  3. Znosko-Zorovsky vs. Alekhine, St. Petersburg 1913
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Refuting Unsound Attacks: Defensive Skills Development

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  1. Don't get awe-struck by the combo
  2. Classic castling-by-hand (artificial castling) scenario
  3. When the "Greek Gift" is truly generous!
  4. Jose Raul Capablanca - Lizardo Molina Carranza
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Knights & Bishops, Cats & Dogs

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  1. Rubenstein's Noble Steed
  2. Pawns Make the Piece
  3. Bishop Emerges from the Smoke
  4. Bishop Dominates Knight Puzzle
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Essential Attacking Concepts

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  1. Classic Attack: Sacrifice & The King Hunt
  2. The Classic Bishop Sacrifice
  3. The Double Bishop Sacrifice (hello again, Lasker)
  4. The ultimate example of the premature attack/over-extension
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Weak Pawns or Dynamic Heroes?

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  1. Smyslov blockades & destroys doubled pawns
  2. Botivnnik's doubled pawns control key squares
  3. Alekhine's doubled pawn as battering ram
  4. Kaspy's IQP becomes advanced monster...amazing game
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Soviet Chess Masters to Know (we already know the champs)

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  1. Romanovsky, 1925
  2. Sokolsky, 1936
  3. Kasparian, 1936
  4. Kotov, 1936
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Lesser-Known Immortals

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  1. Lasker's Immortal King Walk Game
  2. Najdorf's Immortal
  3. Zukertort's Immortal
  4. Ftacnik's Immortal
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Zugzwang Game Collection

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  1. Bruce Harper - Robert D Zuk
  2. Robert James Fischer - Mark Taimanov
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  2. Warwickstar

What is Positional Chess?

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  1. Samuel Reshevsky - Jose Raul Capablanca
  2. Emanuel Lasker - Jose Raul Capablanca
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