The Complete Guide to Chess Tactics

Description

In this course, you will :

• You should be able to use a basic understanding of chess tactics and combinations to improve your results and rating.
• Be able to ensure that opportunities are not missed in Calculation by utilising Weakness of last move, Common squares, and "In-Effect".
• Be able to employ key tactical motifs such as Fork, Deflection, Decoy, Pins, Discovered Checks, and others.
• Understand the disadvantages of your opponent's position, which may indicate the existence of a combination.
• Be able to use chess combinations to win by force from positions where no problems appear to exist visually.
• Be able to understand the philosophies of great tactical examples and re-use them in your own games.
• Be able to use inspirational calculation aids such as "The power of the pinned piece is illusionary" and "Combine and win".
• Understand the significance of prioritising forcing moves when calculating to limit the opponent's responses.
• Be able to appreciate the World Chess Champions' examples of combinations.
• Be able to frequently exploit the Weak Back Rank's default downside.
• Be able to exploit your passed pawn potential tactically.
• Be able to exploit the opponent's loose piece liabilities.
• Be able to exploit the opponent's King safety issues.
• Use the concept word "down-sides" throughout the examples to detect tactical issues and "celebrate" them.
• Understand the fundamentals of chess tactics, including forcing moves, checks, captures, mate threats, and limiting opponent options in general.
• You must be able to match appropriate combinations with the disadvantages of your opponent's position.
• Be able to maximise the difference between your position's strengths and your opponent's weaknesses.
• You should be able to play brilliant and beautiful chess combinations, but be warned: you might lose sleep over them.
• Be able to detect if combinations exist using various detection approaches and examples.
• In all-you-can-eat online tournaments, you should be able to finish off opponents quickly and move on to the next game.
• Be able to play with very high accuracy sharp combinations
• Be able to recognise all the key mating patterns that have been established through Chess History
• Be able to practice with multiple examples all key tactical instruments which are part of combinations

Syllabus :

• Introduction: Material points system, importance of tactics and key definitions
• World Chess Champion Inspirational Tactical Combination Examples
• PROCESS: Beginners to Advanced: Deep dive: The art of calculation
• Common combination move types which common tactics make use of
• PATTERNS: TIER 1 IMPORTANT OFFICIALLY NAMED TACTICS6
• TIER 2 IMPORTANT TACTICS
• TIER 3 IMPORTANT TACTICS
• PATTERNS: The most Important Checkmate Combination principles and Patterns
• PATTERNS: CHECKMATING - more specialist patterns
• PATTERNS: Beginners to Advanced: DETECTING DOWNSIDES IN POSITION
• Tips and tricks for training tactical and combinational abilities
• Kingscrusher's memorable personal tactical game examples