FANTASTICAL CHESS DEFENSE AND IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

First of all, let me remind you about the survey that we’re conducting to know your opinion about our existing opening courses and your requests for our future opening courses. Moreover, by taking part in the survey you’ll get a nice present, “Summary – Chess Training Plan for Rapid Improvement”, in return :) Click here to participate in the survey: LINK
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Recently I’ve received a message from a student. He was studying the course “The Grandmaster’s Secrets” (LINK) and he found a powerful improvement in one of the games from the practical part of the course.
I’ve commented this game myself, and would like to share it with you now. Firstly, this is really a great and exciting position. Secondly, it’s a very useful lesson for you to hone your defensive skills. Please take a look at the position below:

Bitman – Alexeev, 1969
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How would you play here as Black? You need to find the candidates moves, calculate the continuation, and figure out the best option. If you analyse this position seriously, you are going to learn a LOT from this game. :)
Once you’ve done your work, please check the answer here: LINK
As a final note, let me share an interesting point with you. Lots of different students have studied my courses (LINK). Some of the students gained 100-300 rating points from just one course, while others couldn’t improve their chess skills very much.
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Obviously, the course remains the same, but the students’ results are so different. Why is it so? It’s simply because, if you study something superficially, you get only 5-10% of its real value. The thorough learning brings you a well-deserved 100% improvement.
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In light of that, there’s a final question to you. Have you studied the course “The Grandmaster’s Secrets“? If so, why haven’t YOU noticed the error in the above mentioned game? :)
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Finally, I have a very important announcement to make today – our new opening course is about the opening “Bogo-Indian defense” and it will be released on Tuesday, 11 August! :)
newMoreover, did you know that you have a chance to get this course for FREE? Yes, you can – participate in the discussion “What should the best chess opening course contain?” in our Facebook page (LINK) and if your comment has the most number of ‘likes’, you’ll get this course for FREE!
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NEW SURVEY AND IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ABOUT CHESS OPENINGS


In my previous article, I wrote that something ‘cool’ related to openings was coming soon. And today, I’d like to reveal to you what this ‘mystery’ is.

A new opening course will be released in the very near future. :) The opening (on which the course is about) is a solid and positionally sound opening. It can be used both against weaker opponents (whose positional understanding is lacking) and against strong rivals (because it gives you a very solid position).
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That’s all I can say for now, so stay tuned to know more details on this! :)
designSecond, talking about opening courses, we’re planning to improve ourselves with regard to our courses related to openings. Therefore, we’d like to know your thoughts and suggestions about this.
We want to know YOUR opinion about our existing opening courses and your requests for our future opening courses. Therefore, it will be very helpful for us if you can participate in a short survey. Moreover, for doing so you’ll get a nice present – the summary of the mini-course “Chess Training Plan for Rapid Improvement”. :)
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Note: if you would like to study the complete mini-course, please click here: LINK
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designFinally, I thought that having a live and engaging discussion about this topic (opening course) would be really good.
So here is the topic: what should the best chess opening course contain?
thinkTo make this discussion even more ‘engaging’, I’ve posted this topic on our Facebook page (LINK) (and the post will be pinned to the top until August 8th (included)).
Feel free to share your thoughts about this and discuss it with others (you may even get new chess friends during the discussion).
But that’s not all! The most ‘liked’ comment in the discussion (on our Facebook page) will be rewarded – that student will get our upcoming opening course (mentioned above) absolutely FREE! :)
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P.S. Just stay tuned guys, as I’ll be revealing more information about the new opening course! :)


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RCA STUDENT’S FEEDBACK

Recently, I received feedback from one of my students. The student has shared his amazing experience after he studied my courses and has even provided a couple of interesting games. I thought I could share this nice feedback with you. :) So let’s get started!
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I’ve just purchased your new course and I can say that already I have a déjà vu feeling. The first course I bought was “The Grandmaster’s Secrets” (LINK). For some reason, it didn’t work for me. After a while, I thought I’d give your courses another try and bought “The GM’s Positional Understanding” (LINK) – and voilà!
My internet blitz rating went instantly +200 points and I haven’t even started to do the exercises yet. And I was very enthusiastic about purchasing your course “GM’s Opening Laboratory – 1” (LINK).
improveI know it was criticised by a lot of your clients – that that specific course was not up to your high standards.
Let me tell you that it didn’t work for me either. BUT I had the same problem with “GM’s Secrets”, too. After studying the “GM’s Positional Understanding”, which I think goes more deeply into strategy than “GM’s Secrets”, I couldn’t explain to myself why I hadn’t been able to benefit from it at the beginning. I’m convinced that the main reason was that I hadn’t spent as much time with it.
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Someone said that chess is very easy to learn but very hard to master. Now I know that he was the “Hell of a right”. In one year, my game improved very fast; but I can also say that, in 2013, my chess development went backwards.
Let me provide two examples from my own games. Before I made a move, I always asked myself: “What kind of aggressive moves can my opponent make in my territory?”
The first one is 45 min+10 sec; the second is a blitz game.
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I was playing Black here and made the move 22…Re4? White attacked my bishop, so naturally I tried to find attacking moves. After visualising 22…Re4, I said to myself: “What aggressive move can he make on my half of the board?”
Of course, I wasn’t able to see the move 23.Be2! – simply because it’s not on my half of the board. I played this game a year ago. Now after studying “GM’s Opening Lab 2” (LINK), it’s obvious for me that the move 22…Re4 is more than dubious,even if I didn’t see 23.Be2 instantly, because it restricts my bishop enormously. So now I would probably think much more before making my move or, in time trouble, I wouldn’t risk it at all.
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It rings the bell – that first you should think in general; after that, you can go more deeply into the position. I needed to be told this 100 times to understand it. Anyway, from now on, I know that for me the right question to ask is: “What attacking move can he make?”
And, of course, if my pieces are on his territory, first I should look there. Here is the next game:
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I was White and played 21.Rc7?
I’m probably losing already, but after this move it is 100% sure. Of course, I didn’t want the Black rook to land on b2 attacking my queen. I thought I could defend my bishop with 21.Rc7.With that move, I keep his rook from penetrating to my second rank and also put my rook on the seventh rank, and the fight might go on (it’s a blitz – there are only a few seconds left).
Anyway, I asked the question:“What aggressive move can he make on my half of the board?”
confused But I didn’t find the obvious move 21…Qb6.
I’m very much aware that your courses must have different effects on various chess strengths people have.
Let me say that after studying “The GM’s Positional Understanding”, I could come to the conclusion by myself that the three (not two :)) most important principles most applicable to the opening stage are:
  • The least active piece
  • Maximum activity
  • The principle of center.
chessboardLet me congratulate you, as you impressed me with “GM’s Positional Understanding” and you did so again with your “GM’s Opening Lab 2” (LINK). I’m very much obliged to you. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not saying that these are your best courses. Your endgame, middlegame and calculation courses are all very strong, but I got the point from them instantly (check all RCA courses here: LINK).
I’m just telling you that I had to dig deeper into those principles and certainly wouldn’t have been able to do so without your help. One must really spend some time with them to let things sink in properly.
successThis course has definitely deepened my strategic and planning skills as well. Life convinced me of the contrary. But let me thank you, again, for your wonderfully explained course.
A delighted student of yours, Zoltan
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Thanks a lot for such wonderful feedback Zoltan. I’m very glad that my courses were essential for your improvement! :) I wish you well-deserved success.



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