When your pieces know what they are doing, the game is almost won.

So for this week’s roundup of courses, we’re going to play your work to its full potential. You will learn how to develop quickly, control important boxes, and gain advantage in “level” positions.

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Anna Cramling’s 1.d4 – Part 2 by WFM Anna Cramling & GM Pia Cramling

With Anna’s offensive line, you will enjoy face Indian Kings, Nimzo-Indians, Dutch, and others! You’ll challenge Black with double-duty moves… getting the pieces out while setting up sneaky tactics where only those who are prepared will survive.

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Sicilian Assassin: The Queen’s Heist by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk

Defeat the excessive Sicilian theory with across the board pressure from Queen’s Foray! This new Anti-Sicilian concentrates your queen on move 3. So she can unleash massive fire wherever necessary. Only 110 lines of MoveTrainer to learn.

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Chess Imbalance: A Grandmaster’s Guide by GM Mauricio Flores Rios

Ph.D. the handbook on pawn imbalance shows you how to find an edge… even when the chess engine says 0.00. Master both sides of bishop vs. knights, bishop pairs, and rooks vs. rooks two small pieces. Then learn the art long-term sacrifice — the kind that gives you a non-stop surge of activity and threats.

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Perfect Your Work Placement by GM Nikola Nestorovic

This “playing along” course teaches you successful positional play in real gamesnot just in isolated puzzles. You will learn how to place your pieces on the squares most effectively. All while managing the king’s security, counterattacks, tactics, and other factors.

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The Evans Gambit: Sailing to Victory by NM Luke Calhoun

If your 1.e4 e5 game doesn’t feel open or sharp enough to put pressure on Black, try this Carlsen and Kasparov-approved first move. Use the Fun Quickstarter to crush games at the 1000 to 1700 Elo level… while the Testing Quickstarter shows you how to take the initiative against the Stockfish 17 defense.

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As you improve your game, be sure to check out our latest blog posts as well. Lots of training tips, course creation stories, and human AI lessons to learn!

Coach’s Corner: Viktor Neustroev

Watch our interview with one of Russia’s most successful chess coaches. Learn about common ranking pitfalls experienced by improving players… minimum time controls for serious games… and how to “anchor” opening moves in memory.

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Going Above and Beyond: Sebastian Mihajlov

Meet the most ambitious authors on the platform! His Energetic 1.e4 series is the largest Chess course, with a combined 822,384 words and over 340 hours of video. Talk about leaving no stone unturned!

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Behavioral Insights from Human-AI Collaboration in Hand and Brain Chess

Sooner or later, we all need to collaborate with AI. So we need to learn to make smarter decisions together now. For this UC Santa Barbara researcher, hand-and-brain chess offers the perfect testing ground for gaining insight into how human-AI teams might develop.

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That concludes this week’s roundup. See you in the next one!