The Complete Guide to Winning Chess Combination Tactics
Learn Winning Chess Combination Tactics: Examples from all World Chess Champions from Steinitz to Carlsen and others
The Complete Guide to Winning Chess Combination Tactics free download
Learn Winning Chess Combination Tactics: Examples from all World Chess Champions from Steinitz to Carlsen and others
Supercharge Your Chess Tactics with Winning Combinations
Are you ready to transform your chess skills and unleash your inner tactician? Whether you’re a beginner looking to sharpen your game or an intermediate player aiming to outwit opponents, "Supercharge Your Chess Tactics with Winning Combinations" is your comprehensive guide to mastering the art of tactical brilliance.
This course dives deep into the fascinating world of chess combinations, equipping you with the tools and strategies to dominate the board. Learn how to exploit tactical opportunities like exposed kings, weak back ranks, overloaded pieces, and pinned defenders. Understand how to leverage your positional strengths, such as active pieces, passed pawns, and king safety, to deliver crushing blows and gain a decisive advantage.
What Are Chess Combinations Composed Of?
Chess combinations rely on various tactical motifs and patterns, each designed to exploit weaknesses and create opportunities. Beyond foundational ideas like forks, pins, and skewers, there are numerous subtle and advanced motifs including:
Tactical Motifs and Patterns (Alphabetically)
Absolute Pin
Advanced Pawn
Alekhine’s Gun
Annihilation of Defense
Attraction
Battery
Blockading Defensive Resources
Capture
Capture the Defender
Checks (Gaining Key Tempo)
Clearance
Combine and Win Tactics
Connected Passed Pawns
Counter Attack
Counter Threat
Counterplay Management Move
Cross-Check
Cross-Pin
Decoy
Deflection
Demolition of Pawns Around Opponent's King
Demolition of Pawn Structure
Desperado
Discovered Attack
Discovered Check
Domination
Double Attack
Double Check
Draw Tactics
Endgame Tactics
Exchange Sacrifice
f2 (or f7) Weakness
Forcing Moves
Fork
Goal Hanging Tactics
Greek Gift Sacrifice
Indirect Defense
Interference
Intermediate Move (Zwischenzug)
King Aggression in Endgames
King Chase
Liberational Tactics
Mating Net
Opposition
Overload the Defender
Passed Pawn Creation
Pawn Breakthrough
Pawn-Fork
Pawn Tactics
Perpetual Attack
Perpetual Check
Pins (Absolute)
Pins (Relative)
Pins (Virtual)
Pins (Celebration)
Positional Tactic
Prophylaxis Move
Queen and Bishop Battery
Quiet but Killer Move
Relative Pin
Remove the Defender
Removing King Escape Squares
Rook Lift
Rooks on the 7th rank
Sacrifice (Calculated)
Sacrifice (Positional)
Simplification
Situational Pin
Soft Spot Sacrifice
Strategic Crush Tactic
Skewer
Stalemate Tactics
Tempo Tactics
Thorn Pawns
Threat Making
Trapped Piece
Triangulation
Two Rooks Battery
Two Rooks on 7th Rank
Undermining
Underpromotion
Weak Back-Rank
Weakness of Last Move
Windmill
X-Ray
X-Ray Attack
X-Ray Defense
Zugzwang
Zwischenzug
Mating Patterns (Alphabetically)
Anastasia's Mate
Anderssen's Mate
Arabian Mate
Back-Rank Mate
Bishop and Knight Mate
Blackburne's Mate
Blind Swine Mate
Boden's Mate
Box Mate (Rook Mate)
Combine and Win Mate
Corner Mate
Cozio's Mate
Damiano's Bishop Mate
Damiano's Mate
David and Goliath Mate
Double Bishop Mate
Dovetail Mate
Epaulette Mate
Fool’s Mate
Greco's Mate
Hook Mate
Kill Box Mate
King and Two Bishops Mate
King and Two Knights Mate
Ladder Checkmate
Légal Mate
Lolli's Mate
Max Lange's Mate
Mayet's Mate
Morphy's Mate
Opera Mate
Pillsbury's Mate
Queen Mate
Réti's Mate
Smothered Mate
Support Mate
Suffocation Mate
Swallow's Tail Mate
Combinations often weave together multiple tactical motifs and patterns, forming a seamless sequence of interconnected ideas that create dynamic and instructive positions.
They typically consist of two or more fundamental chess tactics, such as forks, pins, skewers, undermining, or discovered attacks. While most combinations span at least three moves, the most dazzling sacrificial combinations stand out for their brilliance, often relying on a delayed recovery of the sacrificed material to achieve a decisive advantage. However, not all combinations involve sacrifices—this course features many examples where tactical opportunities are exploited without material loss, highlighting their practicality and effectiveness in real games.
How do you know when combinations exist - this course asks the key question: What is there to LEVERAGE?
LEVERAGE Downsides of opponent position. Things to leverage include:
Awkward Pieces (trappable)
King Safety Issues e.g. Back rank
Loose pieces (unprotected)
Overworked pieces
Pieces away from King
Tactical Liabilities in general
Your opponent's position's weaknesses and downsides in general
LEVERAGE Upsides of your position. Things to leverage include:
1. Passed pawn potential
2. Bishop without counterpart
3. Bishop pair
4. Strong Knight outpost
5. Your position strengths and upsides in general
What You’ll Learn
The Fundamentals of Chess Tactics: Develop a solid foundation by exploring core themes like forks, pins, skewers, and discovered attacks.
Mastering Chess Combinations: Dive into advanced concepts like removing defenders, creating decoys, and exploiting overworked pieces to turn small advantages into decisive wins.
Recognizing Tactical Patterns: Learn to identify common tactical motifs that appear in real games and how to set traps to capitalize on your opponent’s mistakes.
Winning Endgame Tactics: Discover how to apply tactical combinations in endgames, leveraging passed pawns, opposition, and zugzwang to secure victories.
Dynamic Piece Coordination: Understand how to harmonize your pieces for maximum impact, creating threats that overwhelm even the strongest defenses.
Why Take This Course?
Practical Examples: Study real-world games and scenarios to see how grandmasters and legendary players have applied winning combinations.
Step-by-Step Instruction: Each lesson breaks down complex tactical ideas into simple, actionable steps that anyone can follow.
Interactive Challenges: Test your skills with carefully selected puzzles that reinforce the concepts you’ve learned.
Comprehensive Coverage: From beginner tactics like forks and discovered attacks to intermediate and advanced combinations, this course has it all.
Who Is This Course For?
Beginners: If you’re new to chess, this course will teach you the essential tactical skills to compete confidently.
Intermediate Players: Take your game to the next level by mastering combinations that punish your opponent’s mistakes and maximize your strengths.
Tournament Players: Gain a competitive edge with a deeper understanding of tactical motifs and patterns, helping you outplay opponents in critical positions.
What Makes This Course Unique?
Focus on Practical Play: This isn’t just theory—you’ll learn how to apply these tactics in your games, from casual online matches to serious over-the-board competitions.
Learn From the Best: Explore the tactics of legendary players like Tal, Fischer, and Kasparov, as well as modern engines like Stockfish and Leela Chess Zero.
Comprehensive Chess Strategy: Go beyond tactics to understand how combinations fit into the broader context of chess strategy.
Transform Your Game
By the end of this course, you’ll have the confidence to spot winning combinations in any position, from the opening to the endgame. Whether it’s delivering a checkmate, winning material, or turning a difficult game in your favor, you’ll learn how to harness the full power of tactical chess.
Don’t Miss Out!
Enroll now and take the first step toward tactical mastery. With "Supercharge Your Chess Tactics with Winning Combinations," you’ll unlock the secrets of chess tactics, improve your calculation skills, and surprise your opponents with devastating moves.
