Mighty Is Geometry

MoveTrainer® Tactics course by FM Martin Kreuzer (2328 Online Rating, 2265 FIDE)

New for 2022: Two new chapters, 100 additional puzzles, and 14 additional hours of video walkthroughs covering each and every puzzle!

Control open files, mind your color weaknesses, “box in” your opponent’s king - these ideas come second nature to many chess players.

But chess masters throughout the ages have won legendary games by taking advantage of less obvious, even "hidden" geometric concepts in the chess board...

And with this course, you too can

See the Board Differently
Learn Its Mighty Geometry

Veteran Chessable community author and FIDE Master Martin Kreuzer is back to present the most entertaining geometry class you’ll ever take. And while you won’t be re-visiting the Pythagorean theorem, you will be examining some of the most curious geometric qualities of the 64 squares.

Through 300 tactical puzzles, FM Kreuzer will help you discover these simple yet profound elements present in every stage of the game. You will:

▲Learn to trap pieces both in closed and wide open positions using startling geometric features

▲Use diagonals in surprising ways to create attacks seemingly out of nowhere

▲Learn to find the quickest routes to action with your knights

▲Take advantage of tricky triangular maneuvers to time your attacks perfectly in the endgame

▲Expand your visualization and calculation skills with crazy artificial positions that show the astounding geometry of the board at work

And more. Incredibly knowledgeable of chess history, FM Kreuzer will take you through a time machine as far back as the 9th century to show how even the ancient masters of the Middle Ages used these concepts. His interesting tidbits on chess history and clever commentary are sure to educate and entertain you.

You’ll then focus on geometric tactics in each stage of the game - opening, middlegame, and endgame - improving your tactical vision in each. You’ll be surprised how the characteristics each can both differ greatly in some cases yet be so similar in others!

A Create Your Own Course Finalist

FM Kreuzer, better known by his username "FM bragger" has long been an active member of the Chessable community.

But when Chessable announced the Create Your Own Course Contest, he really rose up to the challenge. In fact, Mighty Is Geometry was one of the contest finalists - and it was so good we just had to publish it in addition to the winner’s!

Throughout the course, you’ll see his passion for chess really shine through. And playing through the sensational tactics and discovering the hidden geometric beauties of the board, we’re confident this course will reignite your passion for the game too.

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For: both pieces

Recommended for: Casual players Intermediate players Advanced players Expert players

Language: English

Instruction: 38,739 words

Paid video: 17 hours and 58 minutes

Free video: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Trainable variations: 300

Informational variations: 11

Avg. line depth: 8.06

Released on: Oct 12, 2021

Support level: High

Section: 🎓 Titled player

Mighty Is Geometry

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Variation Details

4 x Introduction (1.00 avg depth)

26 x 1) Ancient Geometry (5.58 avg depth)

26 x 2) Initial Geometry (11.31 avg depth)

51 x 3) Surprise! Surprise! (4.61 avg depth)

51 x 4) Final Geometry (6.53 avg depth)

51 x 5) Artificial Geometry (13.82 avg depth)

51 x 6) A Mixed Bag of Geometry (4.86 avg depth)

51 x 7) A Geometry Masterclass (10.63 avg depth)

87 x Reference Lines (27.97 avg depth)

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