This course focuses on the analysis of Grandmaster chess games, providing insights into strategies, tactics, and decision-making processes employed by top players. By studying games featuring renowned Grandmasters, learners will enhance their understanding of advanced chess concepts and improve their own gameplay. The course covers a wide range of games, including matchups between world champions, key tournament battles, and historic encounters. The teaching method involves dissecting game moves, discussing key moments, and highlighting critical decisions made by players. This course is designed for intermediate to advanced chess players looking to elevate their skills and deepen their strategic thinking through the analysis of high-level games.
Overview
Syllabus
Magnus Carlsen vs Hou Yifan - World Chess Champion vs Women's World Chess Champion.
2016 Candidates Chess Tournament - Sergey Karjakin vs Hikaru Nakamura - Round 2.
Wei Yi vs Magnus Carlsen - 2016 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
2016 Candidates Chess Tournament - Sergey Karjakin vs Viswanathan Anand - Round 4.
Ding Liren vs Levon Aronian - 2013 Alekhine Memorial.
Lev Polugaevsky vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov 1958 - Nezhmetdinov's Immortal.
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana - 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014.
Magnus Carlsen vs. Vishy Anand - 2012 Chess Masters Final - Bilbao.
Levon Aronian vs. Boris Gelfand - 2013 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament - Round 2.
Peter Svidler vs. Magnus Carlsen - 2013 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament - Round 6.
Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Judit Polgar.
Magnus Carlsen vs. The World.
Kasparov vs. Karpov - 1985 World Chess Championship - Round 11.
Hou Yifan - Youngest Women's World Chess Champion Ever.
Chess Genius Paul Morphy vs. Amateur - Evans Gambit.
Magnus Carlsen vs. Garry Kasparov - Reykjavik Rapid 2004.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Vladimir Kramnik - Tal Memorial Chess Tournament 2010.
1972 World Chess Championship: Fischer vs. Spassky - Ruy Lopez.
Kramnik vs. Carlsen - Dortmund 2007 - Catalan.
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov - Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament 2010.
Speed Chess Game - Nakamura vs. Dlugy.
Alexei Shirov vs. Judit Polgar - Sicilian Taimanov.
Chess Grandmaster vs National Chess Master (Sicilian Sveshnikov).
World's Youngest Chess Grandmaster - Ray Robson.
2010 World Blitz Chess Champion Levon Aronian vs Hikaru Nakamura.
London Chess Classic 2010 - Vishy Anand vs Magnus Carlsen.
Tata Steel Chess 2011 - Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri.
2011 Masters Tournament - Round 5: Shirov vs Anand - Caro-Kann Advanced.
2011 Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament - Round 2: Wesley So vs. Alexei Shirov - Slav Defense.
AAI Grandmaster Chess Tournament - Victor Laznicka vs. Wesley So.
World Team Chess Championship: Surya Ganguly vs Judit Polgar.
Dortmund Chess Meeting 2011: Kramnik vs. Nakamura - KID Bayonet Attack.
Russian Superfinal: Sergey Karjakin vs. Vladimir Kramnik - Berlin Defense.
Garry Kasparov vs Magnus Carlsen - Reykjavik Rapid 2004.
2011 FIDE World Chess Cup Knockout: Ruslan Ponomariov vs. Ni Hua.
2011 FIDE World Chess Cup Knockout: Teimour Radjabov vs. Dmitry Jakovenko.
1950 USSR Chess Championship: Geller vs. Vatnikov - Fischer-Sozin Attack.
2012 Tata Steel Chess - Anish Giri vs. Levon Aronian.
2012 U.S. Chess Championship: Hikaru Nakamura vs. Ray Robson - King Walk.
2012 Tal Memorial Chess Tournament - Morozevich vs. Nakamura - Queen's Gambit Accepted.
45th Biel International - Wang Hao vs. Anish Giri.
Vishy Anand vs. The World.
2012 Chess Olympiad (Istanbul) - Short vs. Fier.
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Vladimir Kramnik - 2012 Chess Olympiad (Istanbul).
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen - 2012 London Chess Classic.
Anand vs. Caruana - 75th Tata Steel Chess - 2013.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen - Norway Chess Super Tournament - 2013.
Gata Kamsky vs Alejandro Ramirez - U.S. Chess Championship 2013 (Armageddon Playoff).
Fabiano Caruana vs Vassily Ivanchuk - 2013 FIDE Grand Prix Chess.
Magnus Carlsen vs. Viswanathan Anand - 2013 Tal Memorial.
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian - 1st Sinquefield Cup - 2013.
2013 World Team Chess Championship - Kryvoruchko vs Esen.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen - Zurich Chess Challenge 2014.
Karpov vs Kasparov - 1984 World Chess Championship Match - Game 27.
Alexander Khalifman vs Evgeny Sveshnikov - 1996 Russian Chess Championship.
Norway + Houdini vs Magnus Carlsen.
Mikhail Tal vs Vasily Smyslov - 1959 Candidates Chess Tournament.
Alshouha Basil vs Alexander Grischuk - 41st Chess Olympiad 2014 - Round 1.
Peter Svidler vs Bilal Samhouri - 41st Chess Olympiad 2014 - Round 1.
Veselin Topalov vs Francisco Vallejo Pons - 41st Chess Olympiad 2014 - Round 3.
Magnus Carlsen vs Radoslaw Wojtaszek - 41st Chess Olympiad 2014 - Round 4.
Judit Polgár vs Huynh Minh Huy Nguyen - 41st Chess Olympiad 2014 - Round 6.
Richárd Rapport vs Alexander Onischuk - 41st Chess Olympiad 2014 - Round 8.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Magnus Carlsen - 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014.
Fabiano Caruana vs Levon Aronian - 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana - 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014.
Fabiano Caruana vs Veselin Topalov - 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Fabiano Caruana - 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014.
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura - 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014.
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen - 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014.
Bobby Fischer vs Samuel Reshevsky - 1958 1959 U.S. Chess Championship.
Wei Yi vs Vladimir Potkin - 77th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2015.
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen - 77th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2015.
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen - 2015 Gashimov Memorial Chess Tournament.
Wesley So vs Rauf Mamedov - 2015 Gashimov Memorial Chess Tournament.
Garry Kasparov vs Nigel Short - Battle of the Legends - 10 Games.
Norway Chess 2015 - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Levon Aronian (Grand Chess Tour).
Norway Chess 2015 - Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen (Grand Chess Tour).
Sinquefield Cup 2015: Anish Giri vs Alexander Grischuk (Grand Chess Tour).
Sinquefield Cup 2015: Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Grand Chess Tour).
Sinquefield Cup 2015: Veselin Topalov vs Fabiano Caruana (Grand Chess Tour).
Wei Yi vs N.R. Vignesh - Qatar Masters Open 2015.
Wei Yi vs Stefan Bromberger - Qatar Masters Open 2015.
Evgeny Tomashevsky vs Daniil Yuffa - Qatar Masters Open 2015.
Magnus Carlsen vs Hou Yifan - 2016 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
Wei Yi vs David Navara - 2016 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
2016 Candidates Chess Tournament - Viswanathan Anand vs Veselin Topalov - Round 1.
2016 Candidates Chess Tournament - Veselin Topalov vs Levon Aronian - Round 3.
2016 Candidates Chess Tournament - Fabiano Caruana vs Hikaru Nakamura - Round 8.
2016 Candidates Chess Tournament - Fabiano Caruana vs Viswanathan Anand - Round 10.
2016 Candidates Chess Tournament - Viswanathan Anand vs Sergey Karjakin - Round 11.
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura - 2016 Bilbao Masters Final.
Wei Yi vs Magnus Carlsen - 2016 Bilbao Masters Final.
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin - 2016 Bilbao Masters Final.
Wei Yi vs Anish Giri - 2016 Bilbao Masters Final.
2016 Tal Memorial - Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Evgeny Tomashevsky.
2016 Tal Memorial - Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Vladimir Kramnik.
Sergey Karjakin vs Baskaran Adhiban | 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
Richárd Rapport vs Magnus Carlsen | 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
Wei Yi vs Sergey Karjakin | 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen | 2017 Altibox Norway Chess Tournament.
Magnus Carlsen beats his Dad at chess in the Arctic.
Bobby Fischer's 21-move brilliancy.
Wei Yi pounces on Grandmaster's move 10 blunder.
Capablanca explains his revolutionary move.
Anatoly Karpov slays Korchnoi's Sicilian Dragon.
Boris Spassky's 17-move crush of Bent Larsen's 1.b3.
Judit Polgár's beautiful attacking idea vs Ferenc Berkes | 2003.
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen: 2017 Isle of Man Masters.
2nd Youngest Chess Grandmaster in History | Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Youngest International Chess Master in History | Praggnanandhaa.
Bobby Fischer wins with the Fischer-Sozin Attack in 17 moves.
Baskaran Adhiban vs Magnus Carlsen | 2018 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
13-year-old Magnus Carlsen's picturesque mate.
Baadur Jobava gives Boris a lesson in minor piece play.
A Bizarre Fantasy - Vassily Ivanchuk vs Baadur Jobava.
Fabiano Caruana vs Wesley So | 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament.
A Brutal Berlin | Levon Aronian vs Vladimir Kramnik | 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament.
A Great Race | Vladimir Kramnik vs Fabiano Caruana | 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament.
Full Steam Ahead | Levon Aronian vs Fabiano Caruana | 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament.
A Sneaky h-pawn | Fabiano Caruana vs Ding Liren | 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament.
Round 10 Battle | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Fabiano Caruana | 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament.
A Masterful Bishop | Sergey Karjakin vs Fabiano Caruana | 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament.
No Pawn Shelter | Fabiano Caruana vs Levon Aronian | 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament.
The Final Four | 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament.
Caruana vs Carlsen | A battle before the 2018 World Chess Championship.
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