Free attacking lesson from Judit Polgar and Andras Toth
What happens when you team up the greatest female player of all time with one of the most respected chess coaches in the world?
The result is the
Master Your Chess With Judit Polgar series by Grandmaster Judit Polgar and International Master Andras Toth.
And this is your opportunity to get a taster of the third part of the series. In this
FREE lesson, you will learn to play
Positional Sacrifices
Positional sacrifices are not of a tactical nature. Their aim is not to deliver checkmate or regain material in the next few moves. These sacrifices are long-term, and their goal is to exploit dynamic or static features of the position like a bad pawn structure, poor piece coordination, an initiative, or a weak King.
Positional sacrifices are an essential skill in any chess player’s toolkit. Their complex nature requires a ‘higher chess sense’ to spot them and understand them but that’s why the Hungarian Duo is putting up this free lesson for you. If you study it well and absorb their knowledge, you will develop that
master-level understanding.
In this course, Judit shows you three of her games against strong Grandmasters. In all of them, she had natural-looking continuations at her disposal, but she took the opportunity to
exchange material for positional advantages.
Watch the 31-minute video as Judit teaches you how to:
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Turn one advantage into an easier position to play, like exchanging material for space, then activity, and then a mating attack.
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Put your opponents in uncomfortable situations by changing the nature of the game with a positional sacrifice.
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The psychology of positional pressure and how easy it is to lure your opponent into making mistakes
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Make your (fewer) pieces count MORE and capitalize on a positional sacrifice without even creating a mating attack
If you are not seeing enough positional sacrifices in your games, this free lesson can do wonders for you.
And if you enjoy it, the main course will make you feel like a kid in a candy shop.
There, Judit and Andras devote a chapter each to positional sacrifices of pawns, exchanges, pieces, and even Queens. You will learn how to use them to fight for the initiative, which is the broader subject of the course.
