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100 Classical Masterpieces

100 Classical Masterpieces

Course 108 episodes
(26 hours 4 min)

Creators GM Avetik Grigoryan

Imagine you are traveling to Paris. You know only 3 streets in the city and have no access to GPS. So there’s a high chance you might get lost in the city, right?

But what if you knew 50 streets instead of 3? What about 200? Of course, then it’ll be easier to find the route!

The same is in chess: the more chess classics you know, the easier to navigate chess positions! ...

At the same time, knowing how to study them is also equally important.

Anyone can memorize the moves, but it’s the concepts and underlying thought processes which inexperienced players find difficult to grasp.

That’s where the expertise of our Grandmaster coaches, with over 10 years of coaching experience, kicks in!

They’ll explain the underlying thought process, gently nudge you to remember essential information, and share many fun stories!

Our team has chosen only the most instructive games, where every game has a clear takeaway.

Below are some of the positions taken from the course:

To extract the most out of this course, follow the 3 instructions given by GM Avetik in the Introduction:

Pause and think when our GMs ask you to do so.
Watch only 1 game each day.
Don’t try to memorize all moves of the game.

You’ll fall in love with chess classics and also become a better player in the process, just like many of our students!

Let’s begin!

Additional Reading: You may find it helpful to read what happened after the Arabkir Chess School introduced chess classics to their students.

What you'll learn

How do you win winning positions and save lost ones?
Typical middlegame ideas and concepts in different openings like King’s Indian Defense, Caro-Kann, Ruy Lopez, etc.
Strategies like making the right exchanges, finding plans, prophylaxis, and so much more from the games of Fischer, Capablanca, and many others!
How do you apply what you learn from classics in a real game? GM Avetik shows how he used an idea he learned from Kasparov's game!

Lesson Plan

108 episode(s) 26 hours 4 min

Course overview

1. Why Studying Classics Is a Must?

2. What You Will Learn?

Unlocked 3m 31s

3. How to Work With the Course Most Effectively?

Unlocked 1m 40s

Game 1. Rubinstein A. - Nimzowitsch A. "Can You Guess the Move?"

Unlocked 23m 9s

Game 2. Alekhine A. - Euwe M. "Strong Knight vs Bad Bishop"

Unlocked 10m 58s

Game 3. Petrosian T. - Chistiakov A. "The Monster on e5"

Unlocked 19m 19s

Game 4. Andersson U. - Browne W. "The Monster on d5"

Game 5. Capablanca J. R. - Treybal K. "The Betrayed Bishop"

Game 6. Schlechter C. - John W. "2 Important Rules of Converting the Advantage"

Game 7. Karpov A. - Unzicker W. "Choking Snake"

Game 8. Winter W. - Alekhine A. "The Art of Winning Equal Positions"

Game 9. Larsen B. - Andersen B. "The Art of Trading the Bishops"

Game 10. Rozentalis E. - Appel R. "The Subtle Art of Exchanges in Chess"

Game 11. Tartakower S. - Pirc. V. "The Right Strategy in Bishop Endgames"

Game 12. Liublinsky V. - Botvinnik M. "A Tip for Saving Strategically Lost Positions"

Game 13. Karpov A. - Spassky B. "Karpovs' Nb1!!"

Game 14. Karpov A. - Hansen C. "Again Nb1!!"

Game 15. Rubinstein A. - Duras O. "Exchanging the Defender"

Game 16. Smyslov V. - Reshevsky S. "Converting The Advantage"

Game 17. Kortschnoj V. - Penrose J. "Good Bishops vs Bad Bishops"

Game 18. Kasparov G. - Martinovic S. "Strong Plan vs No Plan"

Game 19. Spassky B. - Fischer B. "Space Advantage"

Game 20. Botvinnik M. - Vidmar M. "Tips on Playing with Isolated Pawn"

Game 21. Bisguier A. - Karpov A. "The Secret of Playing Against Isolated Pawn"

Game 22. Portish L. - Christiansen L. M. "The Back-Rank Trick"

Game 23. Ljubojevic L. - Belkadi R. "Positional Exchange Sacrifice"

Game 24. Botvinnik M. - Kholodkevich K. "The Importance of Half-Open Lines"

Game 25. Karpov A. - Ribli Z. "Isolating the Opponent's Pieces"

Game 26. Zita F. - Bronstein D. "Tactical Vision"

Game 27. Pachman L. - Bronstein "How to Break the Opponent's Pyramid"

Game 28. Smyslov V. - Ernst T. "When You Need Rooks"

Game 29. Polugaevsky L. - Ivkov B. "Endgame in Maroczy Bind"

Game 30. Andersson U. - Hansen S. "Activating the Last Piece"

Game 31. Razuvaev Y. - Honfi K. "The Power of Passed Pawn"

Game 32. Winter W. - Capablanca J. R. "Isolating a Piece"

Game 33. Andersson U. - Qi Jingxuan "Two Bishop Advantage"

Game 34. Petrosian T. - Sax. G. "Two Bishop Advantage"

Game 35. Alekhine A. - Rubinstein A. "Neutralizing Opponent's Attack"

Game 36. Reti R. - Yates F. "Finding a Plan"

Bonus. Grigoryan - Hovhannisyan "The Move of My Life!"

Game 37. Johner P. - Nimzowitsch A. "Multifunctional Move"

Game 38. Petrosian V. - Bannik A. "Positional Crush"

Game 39. Petrosian T. - Schweber S. "Exchanging the Right Pieces"

Unlocked 13m 7s

Bonus. Grigoryan A. - Korobkov P. "Copying Ideas from Petrosian's Games"

Game 40. Rubinstein A. - Schlechter C. "Weakening Opponent's Position"

Game 41. Marco G. - Schlechter C. "Preventing Opponent's Idea"

Game 42. Rubinstein A. - Takacs S. "Creating the 2nd Weakness"

Game 43. Botvinnik M. - Zagoryansky E. "Exploiting Isolated Pawn"

Game 44. Botvinnik M. - Alekhine A. "Dilemma of the Open Lines"

Game 45. Karpov A. - Uhlman W. "Open Line or 7th Rank"

Game 46. Karpov A. - Kuzmin G. "Never Have an Isolated Pawn Against Karpov!"

Game 47. Nimzowitsch A. - Capablanca J. R. "Pressuring with Half Open Lines"

Game 48. Fleissig B. - Schelchter C. "Punishing the Opponent's Mistakes from the Very Beginning"

Game 49. Morphy P. - Isouard C. "Punishing the Opponent's Mistakes from the Very Beginning"

Game 50. Lasker E. - Capablanca J. R. "Doubled Pawns Structure"

Game 51. Fischer B. - Unzicker W. "The Importance of Knowing Classical Games"

Game 52. Andersson U. - Franco O. "What Happens with Passive Players"

Game 53. Cohn E. - Rubinstein A. "Classical Pawn Endgame"

Game 54. Botvinnik M. - Capablanca J. R. "Neutralizing the Upcoming Attack"

Game 55. Gligoric S. - Benko P. "Neutralizing the Upcoming Attack"

Game 56. Larsen B. - Spassky B. "Punishing the Opponent's Bad Play"

Game 57. Alekhine A. - Euwe M. "The Use of Knowing Classical Games"

Game 58. Rotlewi G. - Rubinstein A. "The TV Concept"

Unlocked 14m 17s

Game 59. Petrosian T. - Smyslov V. "A Strong Maneuver with Queen"

Game 60. Taimanov M. - Yussupow A. "Hedgehog Attack"

Game 61. Fischer B. - Andersson U. "The Origin of Hedgehog Attack"

Game 62. Petrosian T. - Beliavsky A. "Space Advantage in Maroczy Bind Structure"

Game 63. Fischer B. - Bolbochan J. "Monster Knight on d5 in Attack"

Game 64. Boleslavky I. - Lisitsin G. "Monster Knight"

Game 65. Taimanov M. - Najdorf M. "Falling in Love with King's Indian"

Unlocked 13m 29s

Game 66. Piket J. - Kasparov G. "King's Indian Attack"

Game 67. Kortschnoj V. - Kasparov G. "King's Indian Attack"

Game 68. Najdorf M. - Gligoric S. "Another Knight's Maneuver"

Game 69. Nimzowitch A. - Capablanca J. R. "Taking the Initiative with Black"

Game 70. Stein L. - Petrosian T. "Exploiting Weak Dark Squares"

Game 71. Capablanca R. J. - Lilenthal A. "Passive Play is not a Way"

Game 72. Capablanca J. R. - Rubinstein A. "A Fight Between the Legends"

Game 73. Bobotsov M. - Petrosian T. "Never Play Without a Plan"

Unlocked 14m 47s

Game 74. Portisch L. - Kasparov G. "The Fantastic Knight on d6"

Unlocked 10m 6s

Bonus. The Use of Knowing Classical Games

Game 75. Fischer B. - Spassky B. "Converting a Positional Advantage into an Attack"

Game 76. Alekhine A. - Zuckerman B. "Winning Fast"

Game 77. Tarrasch S. - Teichmann R. "Bad Bishop"

Game 78. Petrosian T. - Liublinsky V. "Torre Attack"

Game 79. Petrosian T. - Chukaev E. "Torre Attack"

Game 80. Petrosian T. - Mecking H. "Taking Away the Opponent's All Counter Chances"

Game 81. Spassky B. - Petrosian T. "Killing the Torre Attack"

Game 82. Steinitz W. - Sellmann A. "Strategic Triumph"

Game 83. Gungsberg I. - Chigorin M. "A Great Attack by Chigorin!"

Game 84. Chigorin M. - Schiffers E. "Knight Sacrifice"

Game 85. Capablanca J. R. - Marshall F. "The g4 Plan in Ruy Lopez"

Game 86. Steinitz W. - Chigorin M. "Non-Standard Attack in Ruy Lopez"

Game 87. Capablanca J. R. - Janowski D. "Attack in the Queenside"

Game 88. Rubinstein A. - Teichman R. "The Immortal Game of A. Rubinstein"

Game 89. Alekhine A. - Yates F. "Rubinstein Attack"

Game 90. Schlechter K. - Wulff S. "Bh7 The Typical Sacrifice"

Game 91. Stein L. - Furman S. "The Typical Nd5 Sacrifice in Sicilian Defense"

Game 92. Fischer B. - Cardoso R. "Sozin Attack"

Game 93. Marshall F. - Tarrasch S. "Finding Resources in Equal Positions"

Game 94. Kann I. - Capablanca J. R. "Instructive Rook Endgame"

Game 95. Alekhine A. - Feldt M. "Punishing the Opening Mistake"

Game 96. Marshall F. - Capablanca J. R. "Queenside Pawn Majority"

Game 97. Yates F. - Alekhine A. "Kingside Pawn Majority"

Game 98. Lasker E. - Bauer J. "Two Bishops Sacrifice"

Game 99. Nimzowitsch A. - Tarrasch S. "Two Bishops Sacrifice"

Game 100. Fischer B. - Ibrahimoglu I. "Exploiting Weak Squares"

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Course 108 episodes (26 hours 4 min)

Creators GM Avetik Grigoryan

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