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Revealing Modern Grandmaster Secrets Vol. 1

Nicholas Pert

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Revealing Modern Grandmaster Secrets Vol. 1

– Attacking the King, Opening Ideas and Initiative

Nicholas Pert

Step into the world of elite chess mastery with our groundbreaking course, “Revealing Modern Grandmaster Secrets.” This isn’t just another chess tutorial—it’s your all-access pass to the strategies, insights, and techniques that define modern grandmaster play.

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Contents

2.1 Looking for offbeat variations: Bortnyk vs Kosteniuk

2.2 Playing unconventional moves against suspicious lines: Ponomariov vs Kollars

2.3 A historical game: Carlsen vs Niemann

2.4 Put your opponent to the test: Pranesh vs Xu

2.5 A new idea to attack a vulnerable king in IQP positions: Giri vs Gukesh

2.6 Looking for offbeat variations: Aronian vs Carlsen

3 Attacking the castled King

3.1 Open files, Rook lift & exchange good defenders: Hawkins vs Pert

3.2 Keep the pieces on the board: Kramnik vs Anand

3.3 Don't let the King escape: Wei Yi vs Bruzon Batista

3.4 Involve as many pieces in the attack as possible: Pert vs Arkell

3.5 Look for sacrifices to open the King's position: Pert vs Ganguly

4 Attacking the King in the centre

4.1 Keep your pieces on the board & keep the initiative Part 1: Short vs Ponomariov

4.2 Keep your pieces on the board & keep the initiative Part 2: Short vs Ponomariov

4.3 Don't let the enemy King get to safety: Carlsen vs Pantsulaia

4.4 Ensure your opponent can't castle: Vallejo Pons vs Esipenko

4.5 Develop your pieces with threats: Pert vs Williams

5 Fighting for the Initiative

5.1 Develop your pieces quickly: Mitra vs Pert

5.2 Sacrifice for the initiative: Praggnanandhaa vs Berkes

5.3 Develop your pieces quickly: Pert vs D'Costa

5.4 A powerful exchange sacrifice: Radjabov vs Bortnyk

5.5 Sacrifice for the initiative: Aronian vs Navara

6 Attacking when both players have weak Kings

6.1 Don't be slow: Sindarov vs Nihal Sarin

6.2 Save your King at all cost: Firouzja vs Caruana

6.3 Keep the pressure up: Pert vs Crockart

7.1 Caruana - Mitrabha

7.2 Svidler - Van Foreest

7.3 Gelfand - Berkes

7.4 Zypolskis - Price

7.6 Buhmann - Shirov

7.7 Nakamura - Niemann

7.8 Grieve - Gormally

7.9 L'Ami - Warmerdam

7.10 Erigaisi - Azarov

7.11 Niemann - Nakamura

7.12 Royal - Koepke

7.13 Abasov - Caruana

7.14 Chow - Pert

7.15 Alekseenko - Grigoryan

8 Practice Positions

8.1 Opening play 1

8.2 Opening play 2

8.3 Attacking the castled King 1

8.4 Attacking the castled King 2

8.5 Attacking the King in the centre 1

8.6 Attacking the King in the centre 2

8.7 Fighting for the initiative 1

8.8 Fighting for the initiative 2

8.9 Attacking when both players have weak Kings 1

8.10 Attacking when both players have weak Kings 2