Beat the Elite: Tactical Puzzles from 2700+ Games in 2024 

INTRODUCTION BY GM MYKHAYLO OLEKSIYENKO

🎯 Course Creation Goal

To create this course, I set a clear objective: analyze games played in 2024 exclusively by Elo 2700+ players.

🔍 My criteria:

• ✅ Official classical Elo ratings only
• ❌ No online or blitz ratings
• 🤖 Using Stockfish to find tactical mistakes and successful combinations
• 🧩 Hand-picked puzzles I would love to solve myself

🎓 What You'll Learn

Throughout this course, you'll receive:

• 💡 Practical advice on solving tactical puzzles
• 🧠 My tactical algorithm - a list of focused questions to identify key tactical problems
• 👁️ Blind spot elimination - spot moves you would previously miss

📚 From the author of: Turbo-Charge Your Tactics 1 & 2 (co-authored with Vladimir Grabinsky)

🎁 FREE Introduction

🏆 Featured game: An almost perfect game by Vidit from the FIDE World Rapid Team Championship

• ♟️ Perfect opening play
• 🎯 Great middlegame
• ✨ Beautiful tactical finish

Originally planned as an easy puzzle, but Vidit's accuracy was so impressive it became our showcase game!

📖 Course Structure (3 Chapters)

📈 Progressive difficulty: Each chapter starts easy and gradually increases in complexity

🏁 Recommended study method:

• ♟️ Use an actual chessboard
• ✏️ Pen and paper for writing solutions
• 📱 Phone on silent and away
• 🌐 Go offline for maximum focus
• 🎯 Simulate real over-the-board conditions

👑 Chapter 1: Weak King

8 puzzles focusing on vulnerable kings

🎯 Challenge: Solve positions where super-grandmasters failed!

• 🏆 Beat these legends: Aronian, Kramnik, Caruana, Andreikin, Abdusattorov, Vidit, Firouzja, and Duda
• ⚡ Most mistakes occurred in blitz games
• 🔥 Difficulty: Not too difficult - you can do this!

✨ Chapter 2: Beautiful Combinations

18 stunning tactical puzzles

💎 What makes them special:

• 🎨 Beautiful, surprising, or unique elements
• 🏅 Outplay these masters: Carlsen(!), Niemann, Vachier-Lagrave, Nepomniachtchi, Nakamura, Dominguez, Rapport, and more!
• 🧩 Hand-picked for their instructional value

♜ Chapter 3: Endgame Mistakes

24 endgame tactical combinations

📖 Quality comparable to: Dvoretsky's Tragicomedy in the Endgame

• 🏆 Additional grandmasters to beat: Wang Hao, Praggnanandhaa, Keymer, Wei Yi, Mamedyarov, Maghsoodloo, and Giri
• 🎯 Focus on critical endgame moments
• 💡 Learn from top-level mistakes

🚀 Your Tactical Advantage

Don't let those grandmaster names intimidate you! Here's why you have the upper hand:

✅ Your benefits:

• 🕐 Time advantage: Most GM mistakes happened in blitz games
• 🔍 Pattern recognition: You'll know exactly when to look for tactics
• ✅ Guaranteed solutions: Unlike the GMs, you know there's always an answer
• 📚 Structured learning: Progress from easy to complex systematically

🎯 Learning objectives:

• 🧮 Calculation practice: Improve your tactical vision
• ❓ Strategic questions: Learn helpful problem-solving approaches
• 🔧 Practical tools: Questions and suggestions from solving countless puzzles

🌐 Connect & Learn More

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💪 Start your journey from easy instructional examples to complex masterpiece puzzles!

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER

VIDEO INTRODUCTION