The Systematic Guide To Setting Up
Game-Winning Checkmating Attacks
Even “day one” players can easily understand checkmate as a win condition. But to make it happen over the board? That’s a hundred times harder, especially if you don’t know what to look out for.
That’s why, in
Fundamental Checkmates,
Antonio Gude gives you a systematic guide to successful checkmating attacks.
Gude is a decorated Spanish chess author. His eye for chess beauty led him to create best-selling tactics books, which are just as delightful as they are instructive. And
Fundamental Checkmates continues that tradition.
Using striking examples from nearly all levels of play, the course deconstructs…
The Mating Patterns, Mechanisms And
Combinations Every Chess Player Must Know
Over 1,200 exercise positions form the core of the course — while Gude explains the tactics hidden in the position through
100,000 words of club player-friendly instruction.And with MoveTrainer® maximizing your retention, successful checkmating attacks will soon become a part of your skillset.
Here’s a quick tour of the course:
📕 To start, you’ll get a quick refresher on basic checkmates to prepare you for the rest of the chapters.
📕 Next, part two shows you how to coordinate multiple pieces and deliver mate. From hammering the opposing king on the back rank with rooks, delivering death on diagonals with the bishop pair, to squeezing the enemy VIP with the formidable queen-and-knight duo.
📕 In part three, you’ll be given “rules of thumb” when attacking the king in the center. You’ll see the critical squares to watch out for, dual-purpose moves which simultaneously cut off defenders and open up lines of attack, and flashy combinations that seal the deal.
📕 And, finally, part four equips you with explosive tools for breaking through the castled king. You’ll learn about the three pre-conditions for a successful attack, demolition tactics to blow up the enemy king’s cover — plus, thematic and non-standard sacrifices which force checkmate.
Every section also ends with training positions, which drive the previous lessons home and strengthen your newfound skills.
You can never be too good at checkmating. After all, it wins games! So sign up for
Fundamental Checkmates today, and let its structured lessons take your attacking play and checkmating skills up a notch.
