MAGICAL CHESS ROOKS AND REMINDER OF SPECIAL OFFER


First, let me remind you that the special 30% discount will be valid only until 13th May (included). To find more information about the discount and discount coupon, please see here: LINK
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When I was thinking about rooks, I recalled a famous quote:
“The only good Rook is a working Rook!”
- Samuel Reshevsky
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But I’d say that this applies to all other pieces as well. Each piece has a greater value only if it isACTIVE. :)
Talking about rooks, nowadays even a beginner knows the basic features of rook activity:
  • Rooks are active on open files
  • Rooks are best placed when they are in the seventh (and eighth) rank
  • In that way, they are able to attack the opponent’s pawns (on the seventh rank)
Now, I’ve an interesting question for you. What would you do if you don’t find an open file (or seventh rank) for your rooks?
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There is no assurance that your rooks can always find an open file easily. After all, as a chess player, we should calculate everything and be prepared to face anything, right? :) So, how to overcome this problem?
If there is a problem, there will be a solution. Yes, this drawback can be solved easily – there is a way to activate your rooks even if you are not able to place them on the open files (and/or seventh rank).
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To discuss this, I’ve invited our guest coach GM Levan Aroshidze. As you may know, GM Levan recently conducted the webinar “Endgame and Middlegame Essentials” for you. Subsequently, I’ve received some feedback from our students, that they enjoy his teaching.
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I’m glad that you enjoy his lessons. And that’s why I’ve asked GM Levan to make another instructive video lesson for YOU; and this time, on the topic “Magical Chess Rooks”! :)
You can watch the video lesson below:





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HOW TO PURCHASE RCA PRODUCTS AND IMPORTANT NEWS

First, the latest date for submitting your votes for the RCA Game Festival winners’ games will beWednesday, 20 May. So if you want to vote for the game that you think has the best annotation, you can do so on or before 20 May. :)
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I’ve already published the top-10 games; you may check them here: LINK
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As you may know, we’ve successfully migrated to our NEW site! Additionally, as I already informed you, our new site has a lot of improved features and changes.
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I understand that some of you might not be able to ‘digest’ this change easily and quickly, but still, we have made these changes for YOUR benefit! You can find a list of benefits of our new site here: LINK
One of the key features is that, while purchasing a product, you automatically get points! For instance, youll get 57 points for a purchase of 57usd product. Later on, these points may be used for future purchases. Currently, the conversion rate is 1%, meaning that 57 points provide 0.57usd discount.
Also, we’d like to compensate you for the short-term inconvenience caused during this change. Therefore, to celebrate this successful transition, I’m going to provide you with something special! :)
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I’ll be providing you with a massive 30% discount on all RCA products. :) This special discount willexpire on Thursday, 14 May. You can use the discount code “30NEW”. If you don’t know how to use a discount code, please see here: LINK
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Additionally, I want to share another important bit of information with you. Although, I have provided a30% discount for you, you should know how to purchase our products, right? :)
That’s why I’ve published a tutorial video for you on “How to purchase products in our new site?”, to make it easy for you to purchase our products. You can watch that video below:

Good luck with your purchase – and talk to you soon! :)





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RCA GAME FESTIVAL STAGE-2

As I informed you before, stage-1 of our Game Festival (LINK) went by in a great manner. Guess what? :) We’re moving forward – we’ve selected the top-10 games that have qualified for stage-2!
I’d like to congratulate the winners (of stage-1) for establishing their annotating skills in this event. I’d also like to confirm that the other participants (almost everyone) made a good job of annotating their games – no doubt about that.
For those who did not qualify for stage-2, you need not worry at all. After all, you gave your BEST and made the contest healthy. Moreover, we’ll conduct these kinds of contests regularly! :)
Therefore, you may now start improving your game standard to the next level by studying our courses (LINK), premium videos (LINK) and our FREE video lessons (LINK), and prepare yourself for the next contest.
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I wish you good luck in advance. :)
Anyway, let’s move forward to stage-2. As you may know, according to the rules of the contest (LINK) these top-10 games will be listed for voting. And based on the number of votes that each game receives, we’ll announce the winners!
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The players (who have qualified for stage-2) and their games are listed below:
  • Player: Radja – click here to watch the game and vote: LINK
  • Player: Bello, D – click here to watch the game and vote: LINK
  • Player: Bello, J – click here to watch the game and vote: LINK
  • Player: Djema – click here to watch the game and vote: LINK
  • Player: Shilko – click here to watch the game and vote: LINK
  • Player: Aseem – click here to watch the game and vote: LINK
  • Player: Ram – click here to watch the game and vote: LINK
  • Player: Rascon – click here to watch the game and vote: LINK
  • Player: Jonathan – click here to watch the game and vote: LINK
  • Player: Joshua – click here to watch the game and vote: LINK
As I said before, almost anyone can vote – even those who did not qualify for stage-2, and RCA students.
So if you think that any of the above-mentioned players has played the BEST game and with good annotations, you can cast your vote for them! :)
Note:we’ll close the voting in about two weeks. The exact date will be announced on our Social Media pages – Facebook page: LINK Twitter: LINK Google Plus page: LINK. Therefore, you may follow our updates there.
How to vote?
If you click any of the above game links, you’ll see the chess board and the game. And you’ll find a ‘Like’ button right below the game. (Please see the image below as an example.)
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All you need to do is click that ‘Like’ button to cast your vote for the game. :)




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MINI-COURSE – THE SECRETS OF STRONG CHESS PLAYERS

I’m very happy to talk to you again after a while. As you may know, stage-1 of our Game Festival (LINK) was completed successfully. I’m glad that many of you have participated in the contest. :)
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Most importantly, YOUR love, passion and enthusiasm for chess is very important for that. After all, what matters is participating, not winning! :)
As I informed you before, we’re reviewing the games meticulously; we’ll soon publish the top-10 games which make it to stage-2of the contest, along with the voting option. Therefore, stay tuned and catch our updates. You can ‘Like’ our Facebook page to see immediate updates: LINK
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Additionally, I’ve something cool for you. :) We’ve created our new mini-course “The Secrets of Strong Chess Players”.
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To celebrate the release of this mini-course , I’ve decided to give you the mini-course for FREE! :) All you need do is to subscribe to us and get this nice gift. You can subscribe and get the gift here: LINK 
This mini-course will contain:
  • Complete lesson “The secrets of strong players” in both video and E-book format
  • Practical tasks after studying the lesson, with instructive comments
  • Most importantly, this is a real training for FREE.
Moreover, this mini-course has a similar format to our paid courses.  If you have never studied our paid courses, this is an excellent opportunity for you to know how our lessons are BEST, and that many students enjoy our material.
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If you’ve subscribed to our newsletter already, you can still subscribe here (LINK) again and get the mini-course for FREE. Nothing will change after you subscribe again. :)
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How about finishing this article with a practical endgame puzzle? :)
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It’s Black’s turn in the above position. Of course, White definitely cannot lose here, but Black could! Do you think that Black can somehow get a draw?
After calculating all possible variations, share your thoughts by commenting below and discussing this with others as well. :)

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