Chess Strategy and Tactics:Tigran Petrosian's Amazing Games

Learn from Tigran Petrosian's Chess Games: Mastering Prophylaxis and Resilient Defence, Important Tactics and Strategies

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What you will learn

Be able to see how to avoid losing chess games - especially useful if you really hate the pain of losing!

Be able to use counterplay reduction plans and prophylaxis, overprotection and restraint to help ensure you do not lose

Be able to see the dynamic pawn structures like Hanging Pawns in action

Be able to understand more closed and semi-closed positions and their strategies

Be able to play the Torre Attack - a relative of the London system through seeing Petrosian's amazing examples

Be able to appreciate Petrosian's amazing tactical strength and almost cat-light ability to land on his feet from seemingly difficult positions

Be able to see Tigran Petrosian as an exciting attack player - especially with the emphasis of this course on Petrosian's shorter wins :)

Be able to see how one of the hardest players historically is so resourceful and tenacious in defence

Be able to play "simple chess" and welcome queens coming off if no counterplay for opponent

Be able to play the Black side of the winawer with Petrosian's pet move b6 instead of c5

Be able to appreciate a World champion who persisted and was leading Kasparov 2 to zero before health issues and Kasparov later equalised their match record

Be able to play super solid variations of the french defence which can neutralise even Mikhail Tal

Be able to understand more the Nimozvichian concept of "Restrain, Blockade, Destroy"

Be able to understand more the Nimzovichian concept of prophylaxis through mysterious rook moves, blockade, and overprotection

Be able to understand more the concept of positional security in terms of handling threats even before they are conceived by opponent akin to installing alarms

Be able to understand that Petrosian played original and interesting chess and a fair number of chess miniatures

Be able to play the Petrosian variation against the King's indian defence which is also a favourite of Vladimir Kramnik

Be able to value and appreciate the importance of solid openings even at faster time controls. Experience great french defence, caro-kann examples

Be able to appreciate that despite Petrosian's quiet style, at his heart he was a major tactician

Be able to appreciate a defensive use of tactics to create pitfalls and traps for opponents in promising positions

Be able to appreciate some similarities in style and philosophy to Nimzovich who was one of his role models

Be able to play for win like Petrosian without taking inappropriate risks

Be able to appreciate the principle of flexibility - making the move you know is essential first to keep all other options open

Be able to appreciate that often less pieces means less counterplay and less complexity

Be able to appreciate the importance of pawn breaks especially when stakes are high in World championship match games

Be able to appreciate how having fewer pawn islands can be an advantage and be used for example to reduce counterplay and get great knight placements

Be able to appreciate the importance of the "follow up moves" - in terms of plans sometimes being more important than technically more correct moves

Be able to appreciate that a central pawn island of 1 pawn when 3 pawn islands can shield a central knight from frontal pressure

Be able to appreciate more Spassky's comment after losing in the 1966 World Championship match that Petrosian was "first and foremost a stupendous tactician"

Be able to appreciate a more scientific angle on chess with less speculation to find "order and reason" on the chess board at least in a crazy world

Be able to see how to play against and with different pawn structures

Be able to neutralise tactical players more effectively by emulating Petrosian's opening choices and playing style to reduce opponent's counterplay

Be able to see the strength of play behind an eight time candidate World champion and 6 year world champion

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What you will learn

Be able to see how to avoid losing chess games - especially useful if you really hate the pain of losing!

Be able to use counterplay reduction plans and prophylaxis, overprotection and restraint to help ensure you do not lose

Be able to see the dynamic pawn structures like Hanging Pawns in action

Be able to understand more closed and semi-closed positions and their strategies

Be able to play the Torre Attack - a relative of the London system through seeing Petrosian's amazing examples

Be able to appreciate Petrosian's amazing tactical strength and almost cat-light ability to land on his feet from seemingly difficult positions

Be able to see Tigran Petrosian as an exciting attack player - especially with the emphasis of this course on Petrosian's shorter wins :)

Be able to see how one of the hardest players historically is so resourceful and tenacious in defence

Be able to play "simple chess" and welcome queens coming off if no counterplay for opponent

Be able to play the Black side of the winawer with Petrosian's pet move b6 instead of c5

Be able to appreciate a World champion who persisted and was leading Kasparov 2 to zero before health issues and Kasparov later equalised their match record

Be able to play super solid variations of the french defence which can neutralise even Mikhail Tal

Be able to understand more the Nimozvichian concept of "Restrain, Blockade, Destroy"

Be able to understand more the Nimzovichian concept of prophylaxis through mysterious rook moves, blockade, and overprotection

Be able to understand more the concept of positional security in terms of handling threats even before they are conceived by opponent akin to installing alarms

Be able to understand that Petrosian played original and interesting chess and a fair number of chess miniatures

Be able to play the Petrosian variation against the King's indian defence which is also a favourite of Vladimir Kramnik

Be able to value and appreciate the importance of solid openings even at faster time controls. Experience great french defence, caro-kann examples

Be able to appreciate that despite Petrosian's quiet style, at his heart he was a major tactician

Be able to appreciate a defensive use of tactics to create pitfalls and traps for opponents in promising positions

Be able to appreciate some similarities in style and philosophy to Nimzovich who was one of his role models

Be able to play for win like Petrosian without taking inappropriate risks

Be able to appreciate the principle of flexibility - making the move you know is essential first to keep all other options open

Be able to appreciate that often less pieces means less counterplay and less complexity

Be able to appreciate the importance of pawn breaks especially when stakes are high in World championship match games

Be able to appreciate how having fewer pawn islands can be an advantage and be used for example to reduce counterplay and get great knight placements

Be able to appreciate the importance of the "follow up moves" - in terms of plans sometimes being more important than technically more correct moves

Be able to appreciate that a central pawn island of 1 pawn when 3 pawn islands can shield a central knight from frontal pressure

Be able to appreciate more Spassky's comment after losing in the 1966 World Championship match that Petrosian was "first and foremost a stupendous tactician"

Be able to appreciate a more scientific angle on chess with less speculation to find "order and reason" on the chess board at least in a crazy world

Be able to see how to play against and with different pawn structures

Be able to neutralise tactical players more effectively by emulating Petrosian's opening choices and playing style to reduce opponent's counterplay

Be able to see the strength of play behind an eight time candidate World champion and 6 year world champion

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