Quiet moves. Lasting lessons.
Patient improvement, active kings, and resilient defence. Learn when to convert an advantage and when to meet an urgent threat.
What you’ll learn
- Improve your least active piece
- Use the king in an ending
- Value defensive resources and well-earned draws
Before you begin: Some experience playing full games; no opening theory required.
- 01 Study this game
Improve the position before the breakthrough · 15 min
- 02 Study this game
Patient play in the world championship final · 15 min
- 03 Study this game
Kramnik’s active king and knight in Brissago · 15 min
- 04 Study this game
A rook ending with an active king · 15 min
- 05 Study this game
Polgár turns active pieces into an ending worth studying · 15 min
- 06 Study this game
Active rook play and a breakthrough on the edge · 18 min
- 07 Study this game
Exchanges, active rooks and a well-earned draw · 15 min
- 08 Study this game
A draw is a result worth studying · 12 min
- 09 Study this game
Which threat arrives first? · 15 min
Your transfer lesson. Try the first exercise without hints. Explain how the idea connects to the earlier games.