Advanced course
This course is intended for experienced players from the rating 1800 – 2200.
All students with a rating of around 1700 rating points can also follow chess classes from the advanced course.
The course contains the following lessons:
The Psychology of chess – Practical examples.
The psychology of the chess opening – opening choices based on the playing style of the student.
Positional style, Tactical style, a mixture of positional and tactical styles during the game.
Chess Opening Theory – Open Games:
Spanish opening, Marshall attack, Philidor defense, Italian game, Scottish game, Two Knights defense, Four Knight defense, Hungarian defense, French defense, Petrof defense, Sicilian defense – Closed variation, Grand Prix Attack, Smith- Morra Gambit – Matulovic gambit, Wing gambit , Caro Kann, Pirc Defense, Nimzowitsch defense, Alekhine’s defense, Scandinavian defense, Evans Gambit, Latvian Gambit, Lithuanian Gambit …
Closed and semi open openings:
English Opening, Reti System, Catalan System, Queen’s Gambit, Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Slav Defense, Nimzo – Indian Defense, King’s Indian Defense, Grunfeld, Dutch Defense, Benko-Volga gambit, Benoni System, Oldindian defense, Bird opening, Nimzo – Larsen opening …
- How to prepare chess variations.
- Strategy in modern chess openings.
- The opening repertoire of the great champions.
- Analysis of student games.
- Important tips in the middlegame.