Free lesson from the course “How to Beat Stronger Opponents”!

February 7, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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The key idea of beating stronger opponents is that you need to create problems for them. Therefore, you should make the situation difficult and unpleasant for them. No one likes complications – all of us prefer things that are simple and easy to use. During a chess game, when given the choice, most players intuitively choose simplification. So if you want to create problems for your strong opponent, you should complicate the position for him.

In this video, GM Igor Smirnov will share with you you 3 strategic motifs that will help you complicate the position. This is one of the video lessons from the course “How to Beat Stronger Opponents”.

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