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Unlock the Keys to Positional Understanding with This Practical Guide for Club Players
Everyone has it: that one part of their game where once they get a grip on it, everything clicks and their results improve dramatically. And for a lot of club players, that area is positional play.
It’s a phenomenon Woman International Master Tijana Blagojevic has seen all too often: her club player students are strong in tactics and openings, but their ratings don’t show it because their positional knowledge just isn’t up to par. In other words, they can never create the circumstances to execute those tactical knockouts.
But as the daughter of a grandmaster and a chess player practically since birth, these are the skills Tijana has in her blood! So the European youth championship medalist-turned-pro chess coach has put together a practical guide to learn those essential positional skills to take your game to the next level: Everyone's First Strategy Kit.
Focusing on the specific strategic skills most club players are weak on, WIM Blagojevic has built this course to teach you these need-to-know concepts and apply them in a variety of circumstances with precision. You’ll learn how to:
♟Exchange the right pieces and when. Learn how you can swap off your opponent’s MVP for your weak piece (even if their point value is ‘the same’) - allowing the rest of your pieces to march in with little resistance
♟Maneuver the closed games like Karpov. Playing 1.d4 (or against it) is often a much different game than 1.e4. Learn the strategic maneuvers and planning skills needed to be successful in this family of openings which include 1.c4 and 1.Nf3
♟Make a strategic blueprint based on pawn structure. Understand how to play with or against an isolated queen pawn, play for the minority attack or defend against it, and other common pawn structure plans
♟Learn when material doesn’t matter. With a chapter dedicated to positional sacrifices, you’ll learn when you should give up material - whether that be a pawn, an exchange, or even a piece - to get long-term positional compensation
♟ Exploit critical squares. Learn how to find a weak square and exploit it - or make one if there is none
Using an instructive blend of master games and positional exercises taken from those games, WIM Blagojevic really shows her strength as a coach - and why she gets rave reviews from her students. These exercises - each showing very relatable situations you’re almost certain to encounter in some form - are sure to expand your brain and commit the concepts to heart such that you can apply them in your own games.
So if you’re ready to kick up your strategic skills and the rest of your game while you’re at it, this is your course - get Everyone's First Strategy Kit today.
