Middlegame Secrets Vol.1 - The Power of the Queen by by Jan Markos
Middlegame Secrets Vol.1 - The Power of the Queen by by Jan Markos
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Middlegame Secrets Vol.1 - The Power of the Queen by by Jan Markos
For a chess player, chess pieces are like specific tools in a toolbox. We need to know how to use them best, like a craftsman knows their tools. We shouldn’t use a screwdriver to hammer in a nail; and we shouldn’t use the queen just for defence.
Sample video
- Introduction
- The queen shines
- The queen fails to reach her potential
- A personal experience of not handling the queen well
- Attacking Queen
- The 4th phase of the game - heavy pieces endgame
- How Magnus Carlsen handles the queen
- Queen Manoeuvres
- Backward manoeuvres and spotting holes
- Unprotected pieces
- Queen transfer for coordination and harmony
- Shall I exchange the queens?
- First set of examples
- Second set of examples
- Cooperation
- Queen + Knight = Soulmates
- Queen + Knight = Soulmates II
- Queen + Bishop battery
- Queen + Rook(s) battery
- Common Mistakes
- Bad blocker and premature activity
- Limited access to other parts of the board
- Queen Masterpieces
- Nakamura vs Navara
- Nepomniachtchi vs Yu Yangyi
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