One Thousand Positions to Chess Mastery

Join me on my journey toward chess mastery. I have been creating these online lessons since 1996. Major update completed on 2026-06-14.

2/28/22

White to Play and Win


 

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2/23/22

White to Play and Win


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2/20/22

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Study

  • Algebraic Chess Notation
  • An Easy Checkmate Challenge
  • Beginners' Openings and Tactics
  • Checkmate with a King and Rook
  • Checkmate with a Queen and King
  • Checkmate with a Queen and King
  • Checkmate with a Queen and King
  • Checkmate With a Queen and King
  • Chess Combination
  • Chess Piece Relative Value
  • Chess Tactic
  • Learn Notation
  • Learn the Rules
  • Recognize Checkmate
  • Special Chess Rules

Other Pages

  • *Positional Analysis Blog*
  • Chess Opening Analysis Blog
  • Chessable
  • Chessly
  • My Movie Reviews

Study tactics 30 minutes per day!

  • White to play
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  • Chess Level 0
  • Chess Level 1
  • Chess Level 2
  • Chess Level 3
  • Chess .com Puzzles
  • Lichess Puzzles

Apps to Get!

  • Shredder (1000 Tactics to Study!)
  • Shredder (1000 Tactics to Study!)

Tactical Positions (Old but useful. These links will go away eventually.)

  • #01
  • #02
  • #03
  • #04
  • #05
  • #06
  • #07
  • #08
  • #09
  • #10
  • #11
  • #12
  • #13
  • #14
  • #15

Instructive Youtube Videos

  • 2 Chess Rules To Reach 2000 ELO Rating
  • 21 Positional Chess Concepts
  • 5 Chess Games YOU MUST KNOW!
  • 50 Chess Principles for All Levels: Beginner to Advanced | Opening, Middlegame, Endgame Concepts
  • 6 Checkmate Patterns YOU MUST KNOW
  • A Puzzle That Tells If YOU Have The "Chess Talent"
  • Alireza Firouzja vs. Magnus Carlsen
  • Beating Magnus with 99% accuracy
  • Chess Feels Easy Once You Use This Thinking System
  • EASY ENDGAMES: King & Pawns
  • EASY ENDGAMES: Queen vs. Pawn
  • EASY ENDGAMES: Rook & Pawn
  • Fischer's Rule Will Prevent 50% of Your Chess Mistakes
  • God Level Chess
  • HANS NIEMANN WINS!!
  • Improve Your Chess Results by 200%
  • King and Pawn Medium Level
  • King and Pawn versus King
  • King and Queen Checkmate
  • Lucena Position
  • Master Class | Grünfeld Defense
  • Mating Net
  • Please watch this.
  • Queen vs Advanced Bishop Pawn Endgame Technique!
  • Scholar's Mate
  • Secret Trick: Philidor
  • The 4 things it takes to be an expert
  • The biggest mistake chess players make.
  • The Most Common Chess Mistake
  • The WINNING Formula in Chess
  • What Is White's Simplest Way Of Winning This Position?
  • Win Easily - Part 1, GM Smirnov
  • WORLD CHAMPION vs. CHESS PRODIGY

Important King and Pawn Endgames!

  • #01
  • #02
  • #03
  • #04
  • #05
  • #06
  • #07
  • #07a. Outflanking
  • #08
  • #09
  • #10
  • #11
  • #12
  • #13
  • #14
  • #15
  • #16
  • #17
  • #18
  • #19
  • #20
  • KPPP vs. KPPP

KRP vs. KR

  • Lucana Position #8
  • Lucena Position #1
  • Lucena Position #2
  • Lucena Position #3
  • Lucena Position #4
  • Lucena Position #5
  • Lucena Position #6
  • Lucena Position #7
  • Lucena Position #8
  • Lucena Position #9

Other Endings

  • Critical Endgame Checkmates For Beginners
  • KQ vs. KN
  • KQ vs. KP #1
  • KQ vs. KP #2
  • KQ vs. KP #3
  • KQ vs. KP #4
  • KBP vs. KPPPP
  • Mixed Bishops
  • Philidor's Mate

KQP vs. KQ

  • Critical Position #1

KQ vs. KR

  • Critical Position #0
  • Critical Position #0.5
  • Critical Position #01
  • Critical Position #02
  • Critical Position #03
  • Critical Position #04
  • Critical Position #05
  • Critical Position #06
  • Critical Position #07
  • Critical Position #08
  • Critical Position #09
  • Critical Position #10
  • Critical Position #11
  • Critical Position #12
  • Critical Position #13
  • Critical Position #14
  • Critical Position #15
  • Critical Position #16
  • Critical Position #17
  • Critical Position #18
  • Critical Position #19
  • Critical Position #20
  • Critical Position #21
  • Critical Position #22
  • Critical Position #23
  • Critical Position #24
  • Critical Position #25 (desired position)
  • Critical Position #26 (desired position with wrong person to move)
  • Critical Position #27
  • Critical Position #28
  • Critical Position #29
  • Critical Position #30
  • Critical Position #31

KQ vs. KR #2 *Under Construction*

  • Critical Position #00
  • Critical Position #01
  • Critical Position #02
  • Critical Position #03
  • Critical Position #04
  • Critical Position #04.5
  • Critical Position #05
  • Critical Position #05.25
  • Critical Position #05.5
  • Critical Position #06
  • Critical Position #06.5
  • Critical Position #07
  • Critical Position #08
  • Critical Position #08.5
  • Critical Position #09
  • Critical Position #10
  • Critical Position #11
  • Critical Position #12

KBN vs. K *Under Construction*

  • Critical Position #01
  • Critical Position #03
  • Critical Position #04

Youtube Openings

  • 5 Queen's Gambit Traps Every Chess Player Should Know
  • Basic Chess Openings Explained
  • BEST Beginner Chess Opening [for Under-1600 ELO
  • Brutally PUNISH Scholar's Mate
  • Crush the King’s Indian
  • EASY & Powerful Chess Opening for Beginners 2022
  • How To Play The Queen's Gambit
  • How To Play The Queen's Gambit in 5 Minutes
  • I Solved Chess
  • Learn the Queen's Gambit Chess Opening: TRAPS & Errors
  • Queen's Gambit for Black
  • STOP PLAYING These 4 Chess Openings
  • The Top 3 First Moves in Chess
  • Vienna Gambit - Levy Rozman
  • Win In 7 Moves After 1.d4 | Powerful Trompowsky Attack
  • You Can Win 90% Games With This Opening Against 1.d4

Chess Books to Study

  • Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (Beginner)
  • Sharpen Your Tactics! (Buy first!)
  • 300 Most Important Chess Positions (Buy second!)
  • Practical Chess Exercises (Buy 3rd!)
  • 303 Tricky Checkmates!
  • The Complete Chess Workout
  • Chess Tactics for (expert) Juniors
  • Forcing Chess Moves
  • Openings for Amateurs
  • Nimzo-Indian: Move by Move
  • Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide
  • How to Reassess Your Chess 4th Edition

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