Mastering Positional Sacrifices

Many chess players can sense when to make a tactical sacrifice, as in giving up a piece to deliver a checkmate.

But mastering the positional sacrifice - where you sacrifice material for a long-term positional edge - that’s what really separates the good players from the great players.

Learn When Material Doesn’t Matter

These flashy maneuvers are by no means limited to visionary grandmasters, however. With Mastering Positional Sacrifices, you too can learn when the time is right to sacrifice a pawn, an exchange, or even a full piece to squeeze your opponent in an uncompromising positional grip.

Experienced coach and International Master Merijn van Delft provides a highly instructive guide to initiate the intermediate player and above to the art of the positional sacrifice.

You’ll learn how to:

♟Break open a stagnant position by giving up a pawn - or multiple - to open up lines for attack
♟Make a sacrifice to gain total domination over a square color
♟Sacrifice a piece to unleash steamrolling pawns bound for promotion

Among many other essential positional concepts. IM van Delft’s masterful usage of grandmaster games and more than 300 practical exercises will expand your mind to see the board differently, conditioning you to sense when the time is right to take the leap.

The graduated approach of this course makes it perfect for intermediate players who want to take their game to the next level. The course is divided into four parts accordingly (all included):

♟ Fundamentals - understanding the right conditions for a positional sacrifice, i.e., what can be gained from it and under what circumstances
♟ Typical Positional Sacrifices - learning how masters execute the follow-through with precision
♟ Understanding the Limits - knowing the risks and what is needed to justify them - and what humans can learn from DeepMind AlphaZero and other strong chess engines
♟ Exercises - test your new knowledge with applied exercises

With a mix of classical and modern games by the most creative attackers in history, this course is sure to entertain just as much as it educates!

Don't get wrapped up in piece point values. Dominate the position and win by Mastering Positional Sacrifices.