Simple Stalemate Tricks to Save Your Games for Years to Come
Many players are strong at finding checkmates. But when you’re down for the count and on the verge of losing, it’s your stalemating skills that can turn your game result from “0” to “½ - ½.”
Sadly, a lot of players can’t find forcing stalemates as easily as they can find checkmates. So that’s why Woman International Master Camelia Ciobanu comes to you with a mini-course that will make finding stalemates as easy as finding a mate in 1!
WIM Ciobanu is a powerhouse of European women’s chess who refuses to lose - just look at her tournament medal collection, which includes three Romanian National Girls’ Championship titles and numerous gold team championship medals. Now, she’s showing you how you can refuse a loss in a wide range of endgame scenarios.
Drill Typical Patterns for Total Endgame Improvement
Through a collection of practical and instructive exercises, you’ll learn to recognize when and how you take an utterly losing position and save the game with surprising stalemate tricks. By drilling these common stalemate patterns into your brain just like you do with all the fundamental checkmate patterns, you’ll sharpen your senses for when you can save a losing game in a variety of scenarios, including:
♜ King and pawn endgames
♜ Queen and pawn endgames
♜ Rook and pawn endgames
♜ Minor piece and pawn endgames
♜ Positions with material imbalances
Structured carefully to build off previously learned concepts, you’ll learn how to use concepts like zugzwang and opposition to force your opponent into draws. You’ll also learn to spot when such techniques can be applied by paying attention to critical areas of the endgame, such as control of the 3rd and 6th ranks, pawn promotion squares, and more.
So whether you refuse to lose in a tough position or you want to prevent your opponent from eking out a draw when you’re winning, this powerful mini-course will pay huge dividends for years to come. Get Searching for Stalemate today.
