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Attack Like a Viking - Master 18 King-chasing strategies with a GM

Course 149 episodes
(6 hours 18 min)

Creators GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

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There’s one thing that brings a smile to every chess lover’s face – Mikhail Tal sacrificing his Queen!

Many take inspiration from it. They daydream of sacrificing the Queen to finish the game so they can get claps and that ‘wow’😲 from their friends! It’s all great.

However, attacking isn’t just about seeing tactics and tossing pieces out of the board in the name of sacrifice.

A lot more goes into a successful attack – from assessing the pre-conditions to bringing your army to keeping the momentum to finish off the opponent eventually.

There are methods and principles you can use to consistently get attacking positions and end the game with a beautiful finish.

That’s what this course covers. You’re going to learn:

✅ How to plan an attack?
✅ The fundamental rules and concepts you need to know while attacking.
✅ How to identify the ideal situation before you can launch an attack.
✅ The common mistakes majority of the players make while attacking and how to avoid them

This course will equip you with the fundamentals of destroying an enemy’s defenses and launching dangerous attacks.

Below are the positions from the course:

Attack Like a Viking - Master 18 King-chasing strategies with a GM

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What you'll learn

How to plan an attack?
The fundamental rules and concepts you need to know while attacking.
How to identify the ideal situation before you can launch an attack.
When to avoid starting an attack?
How to refute an unsound attack from your opponent?
The common mistakes majority of the players make while attacking and how to avoid them.

Course Content

149
Episodes
270
Quizzes & Trainings
3
Attachments
6 hours 18 min

1. Course overview

Unlocked 1m 20s

2. Introduction

Unlocked 3m 45s

1. Introduction

2. The fundamental attacking rule

Unlocked 3m 36s

3. The strongest attacker

Unlocked 2m 40s

4. Bringing the pieces!

Unlocked 3m 25s

5. The idea your opponents will miss

1. Introduction

2. The tricky question

3. How to keep King in the center - First concept

4. Preventing the castle - Second concept

5. Preventing the castle - Third concept

6. What is the next step?

7. King in the center - What to do

8. We are ready to sacrifice!

9. Combining the ideas!

10. "You shall not pass!"

11. Safe in the center

1. Introduction

2. It's concrete!

3. Sacrifice at the right moment!

4. Test your skills

5. When to depend on intuition

6. Feeling that it's right!

7. Summarizing the rules

8. The useful advice

1. Introduction

2. Powerful pieces on the open lines

3. Ready to pay!

4. What we have learned

5. Let's test our knowledge

6. 1 move - 3 pieces

1. Introduction

2. What would you play?

3. Do it by force!

4. Break through like a Viking!

5. Back to the question

1. Introduction

2. What to do here

3. Let's do this!

4. Remember the idea

5. What you learned in breakthrough

6. Back to the question!

1. Introduction

2. We attack when we are strong

3. Concept of becoming stronger when attacking

4. Do we have reasons to attack?

5. Short summary

6. Importance of space advantage

7. Space advantage in a practical example

1. Introduction

2. Can the attack work?

3. When is it right to attack with the pawns?

4. Should we attack this time?

5. Back to the question

1. Introduction

2. Key difference when castled opposite

3. Who's faster?

4. Importance of space advantage

5. Idea of being faster

6. Pawns or ...

7. Another pieces attack

1. Introduction

2. How to push against targets

3. Don't allow this

4. How to push?

1. Introduction

2. Keeping the attackers

3. More pieces = stronger attack

4. Summarizing the concept

5. Next exchanging principle!

6. Testing the idea

7. Exchanging many defenders

8. The final test of the section

1. Introduction

2. How to use the weak squares

4. Use the squares - bring the pieces

5. Best pieces for the weak squares

6. Weak square has the defenders - what to do?

7. Exposed King = weak squares

1. Introduction

2. Meet the champions!

3. Destroying with provocations

4. What's required for long ranged pieces?

1. Introduction

2. The fundamental rule

3. Using the knowledge

4. Initiative or not?

5. Another long ranged piece

1. Introduction

2. Logic of the section

3. What to do with the defender?

4. Testing what we've learned

1. Introduction

2. Creating the weakness

3. Critical moment

4. Brilliant idea

5. Provoking a weakness

6. Tricky example

7. We need a reason

1. Introduction

2. The fundamental concept

3. Make your decision

4. Prophylaxis against the defense

5. Prophylaxis in a messy position

6. You are a genius if you find it!

1. Introduction

3. Punishing nonsense attacks

4. Punished by the champion

5. Back to the question

Course conclusion

4.9

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