Improving Your Chess | Workshop #05

Improving Your Chess | Workshop #05

In this week's workshop, we're going to do:

Trompowsky Attack -- an alternate line in d4 openings with some surprise value.
Some Interesting Combinations of Middlegame
Rook vs Knight Endgames

1.Opening:

(check lichess study links below diagrams for example games)

Trompowsky Attack
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Carlsen, Magnus - Kramnik, Vladimir lichess study link

Nakamura, Hi - Aronian, L lichess study link

Mamedyarov, S. - Ding Liren lichess study link

2.Middle-game:

Black to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation of this position. How would you dislodge white knight?

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Black to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. How can you improve your position?

Hint: from Anand-Carslen Championship Match</p

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3.End-game:

White to Play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Can black draw this position?</p

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White to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Is this position drawable?</p

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Black to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Is this position winnable for black?</p

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These ideas are must have patterns in your mind for understanding and ultimately playing better chess.

Solving the positions:

Try to solve these positions by

Evaluating the position, finding who's better i.e white or black.
Studying the positions one by one, without rushing.
Calculating different variations no less than 5 minutes each position, for better understanding.

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Credits:

Positions courtesy of these sources (for my notes) but not limited to:

Lichess Database
Nunn Chess Openings
Keep it Simple Series
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
Wesley So’s Chessable Course
Grivas Opening Laboratory
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess
Positional Decision Making
Train Your Pattern Recognition
Nunn Chess Endings
100 Endgames You Must Know
Silman's Complete Endgame Course

Note:

Workshops will be published every Wednesday.
Positions have been taken from my notes collected over time from various books from my ever-growing chess library.
These positions were taken based on their educational value.
Lichess Study links have next moves hidden, when you make correct move, moves will start appearing as main variation.
Any suggestion and/or criticism highly accepted.

Images Courtesy: Thumbnail & logo designed with canva,chess diagrams are lichess screenshots.

Thanks for Your Attention!
-Regards