Javier Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Over the next couple of months I'll be giving free on-line lessons at the playchess.com server. The lessons on Saturdays have to do with tactics and are mainly geared towards beginners. The lessons on Sundays have to do with strategy and are geared towards beginners and intermediate players. The lectures last between 35 and 55 minutes. Here's the schedule: Saturday 23rd of June, 4 p.m. GMT (London time) : "The Queen is an octopus!. Intro to the double attack." Sunday 24th of June, 6 p.m. GMT (London time) : "Strategy from scratch, lesson I, Rook lifts" Saturday 30th of June, 4 p.m. GMT (London time) : "Introduction to Skewers from scratch" Sunday 1st of July, 6 p.m. GMT (London time) : "Strategy from scratch, lesson II, Maneuvering" Saturday 7th of July, 4 p.m. GMT (London time) : "Deconstracting the discovered attack" Sunday 8th of July, 6 p.m. GMT (London time) : "Strategy from scratch, lesson III, Exploitation of a diagonal" Saturday 14th of July, 4 p.m. GMT (London time) : "Overloading explained" Sunday 15th of July, 6 p.m. GMT (London time) : "Strategy from scratch, lesson IV, Open files" Saturday 21st of July, 4 p.m. GMT (London time) : "Watch out, there's an intermediate move!" Sunday 22nd of July, 6 p.m. GMT (London time) : "Strategy from scratch, lesson V, Pawn storms" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazker Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 How nice those weekend trainings. I look forward to tomorrows strategy training Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Thanks for your kinds words, Lazker, I'll be there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazker Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 The lesson about rooklifts was very nice! I especially liked the Sicilian game that the woman played. So before playing a move like h4 it is good to wonder if it doesn't interfere with a possible rooklift to h3. You said your next lesson would be on Friday, but the calender says Saturday. Is Friday an extra lesson? Greetz and thanks for the lessons! Lazker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Thanks Lasker. Yes, it is true that you have to pay attention how you use your pawns to attack the enemy King. Often, playing h4 will prevent a Rook lift to the h-file, but depending on the position h4 can be used to open lines after h5, or perhaps as a support to advance the g-pawn, etc. Each position is different I guess. Yes, that was a mistake, I really meant Saturday. Sorry about that. Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarascio_Giusepp Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Sunday 24th of June, 6 p.m. GMT (London time) : "Strategy from scratch, lesson I, Rook lifts" I followed your lesson on "Rook lift":very,very interesting and useful ! I saved games in my database.Can you post next lesson' databases in this forum, to download? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Unfortunately my on-line lessons have been programmed to invite people to attend those lessons live. Thus, I do not provide the database with the contents. However, people are welcome to save my lessons at playchess. If necessary, I will provide game references though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarascio_Giusepp Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Unfortunately my on-line lessons have been programmed to invite people to attend those lessons live. Thus, I do not provide the database with the contents. However, people are welcome to save my lessons at playchess. If necessary, I will provide game references though. No problem! However,thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 You're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted July 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Please be aware that there have been some changes to the original calendar. I won't be doing lessons on the playchess server for a few weeks. The reason is that playchess refuses to add my lessons to the calendar. I think it's quite absurd: it would make things a lot easier for everyone, people whouldn't even have to visit my site to check the calendar. Don't ask me why, it's a very strange policy. I asked several times, but they never gave me a straight answer. What do they have to hide? Anyway, I never had any problems of this type on the internet chess club server (ICC, www.chessclub.com) so I'm now in conversations to resume my lessons over there. I'll let you know as soon as I know. I apologize for the inconvenience that this might cause to some people. I ask very little in return for my lessons, but playchess refusal without an explanation is more than I'm willing to take. I do not discard other free lessons on the playchess server in the near future, but I'd rather try the www.chessclub.com server first. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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