The hallmark of a master is —the art of preventing your opponent's ideas before they even manifest. We will analyze classic games from Tigran Petrosian and Anatoly Karpov to understand how to: Identify the opponent's most "active" idea.

How to "saturate" the board with problems until the opponent eventually cracks.

Chess is a battle of nerves. In this lesson, we discuss the transition from the middlegame to the endgame. Many players relax once the queens are off the board—that is exactly when a Grandmaster strikes. We will cover:

Go through your last three losses. Don’t look for where you hung a piece. Instead, find the moment your opponent started a plan that you ignored.