In the introduction to the current database, GM Delchev writes: "My database is about improving one's blitz skills, and what I have in mind is mainly the first two, which are widely accepted as the regular blitz time controls. In my survey, I will show you a couple of advanced blitz techniques, used by the greatest players of our time - Carlsen, Nakamura, Nepo, MVL, Mamedyarov, and also by many other blitz experts. My goal is to teach you how to make use of these techniques in your own games, which will certainly help you improve your blitz performance. I would also like to share with you some of the blitz techniques I learned in my 30 years of competitive practice. I am sure that you will have a lot of fun solving the large puzzle section and studying the special part about the fight for domination and bluff in the games of the Top 10 blitz players."
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The masterclass dedicated to the defence is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the masterclass as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 5 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 77 files!
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The second workshop dedicated to the positional play is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the workshop as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 7 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 136 files!
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The first workshop dedicated to the positional play is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the workshop as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 7 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 79 files!
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The masterclass dedicated to the conversion of an advantage is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the masterclass as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 3,5 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 87 files!
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Converting an advantage is one of the most critical skills for players of all levels. One can often hear chess players saying, “I spoiled a completely winning position”. Actually, the advantage does not disappear by accident. The current workshop will help you discover the profound reasons behind the technical mistakes.
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The workshop dedicated to closed positions is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the workshop as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 7 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 60 files!
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We have the pleasure to offer our first Online Camp in the form of a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the camp as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 10 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 129 files!
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When the main goal of our play is to checkmate the opponent's king, one of the main ways to achieve this is to reach a material advantage. Every beginner is taught to count pieces and do not allow obviously disadvantageous exchanges (such as rook for bishop or knight for pawn). And while beginners often continue despite large material imbalances, this is much less often seen among tournament players. Here the fight usually revolves around strategical and tactical ideas. Players strive for situations in which their pieces are superior to their opponents'. One of the most important tools to achieve this goal is the exchange. The famous Soviet author Gennady Nesis has written a few books about the art of exchanges, both in middlegames and endgames. They were popular in their times and can still be useful for players today. Yet if we look at their contents, we will find that exchanges are not categorized by their themes and their goals there. The current database is designed to fill this gap.
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The dynamic phase tends to have a global character, with piece and pawn tensions all over the board and with the enemy kings only as a possible collateral victim. It does not have the linear and logical course of a combination and it is hard to anticipate its end.
While the accurate calculation is useful, it is usually impossible to exhaust the position analytically, thus intuition and understanding play a very important role.
A moment of crucial importance is when dynamic fireworks come to an end. If played perfectly, the evaluations of the end position and the initial position (before the fireworks) should be the same. In practical games, however, this rarely happens since dynamic play offers the stronger player countless possibilities to outplay his opponent.
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