Material Imbalances
With GM Julen Arizmendi
Course Description
One of the fundamental aspects of understanding chess strategy as a whole, and positional play, in particular, is the weakness. But what is a weakness and how does it come about? What are the most effective methods to exploit them?
How to understand weaknesses in chess?
These and other questions will be addressed during this course:
1- What is a weakness and why is it so important?
2- How to attack a weakness (1)
3- How to attack a weakness (2)
4- Creating a weakness (1)
5- Creating a weakness (2)
6- Putting it all together – The principle of two weaknesses
7- Review of the material – Exercises