Middlegame Lectures
Topics like strategy, tactics, and typical middlegame positions are discussed here in a set of very instructive lectures by IM Valeri Lilov. The lectures are not related to each other, but can provide you with valuable advice on how to further improve your middlegame!
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- Live Lesson: Evaluation and Planning
- Positional Versus Tactical Play
- Tactics: The Power of Deflection
- 5 best Beginner Chess Openings
- Aggressive Attacking Play
- Anatoly Karpov vs Boris Spassky - The Three Stages of Planning
- Anatoly Karpov's Brilliant Technique
- Attacking Chess: Uncastled King
- Attacking Chess; Attacking an Opposite Castled King
- Attacking Chess; The Castled King
- Attacking Chess; The Uncastled King
- Attacking Secrets of the World Champions!
- Attacking a Castled King
- Attacking a Long Castled King
- Attacking a Short-castled King
- Attacking for Beginners
- Attacking the King
- Carlsen's Positional Traps
- Chess Calculation: How to Get Better at it!
- Chess Genius Magnus Carlsen: Why is he the best?
- Chess Improvement for Club Players!
- Chess Lessons from GM Yasser Seirawan!
- Chess Prophylaxis
- Chess Tactics Fundamentals
- Common Chess Traps Beginners Fall For
- Convert like a Champ!
- Elements of Evaluation and Planning
- Endgame Tactics Exercise
- Evaluate Chess Positions Immediately!
- From A to Zugzwang
- Get Better at Chess the Right Way!
- How To Evaluate Exchanges in Chess
- How To Punish Premature Attacks
- How to Attack on the Flank
- How to Avoid Typical Mistakes
- How to Break Your Opponent’s Resistance!
- How to Decide on a Breakthrough
- How to Play Dynamic Chess Sacrifices
- How to Play with Power
- How to Win in Chess: Patience and Pressure
- How to improve your calculation!
- IM Lilov's Pawn Structures - Backward Pawns #1
- IM Lilov's Pawn Structures - Backward Pawns #2
- IM Lilov's Pawn Structures - Backward Pawns #3
- Importance of Solving Positional Puzzles and Chess Compositions
- Improve Your Middlegame Planning
- Improve Your Tactics and Calculation
- Improving the Pieces
- Kasparov's Masterclass! Learn from the Legends
- Key Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
- Knowledge is Power!
- Master of Chess Sacrifices
- Master the Art of Defense
- Master the Middlegame!
- Mastering Positional Chess
- Mastering the Middle Game
- Middlegame Training
- Middlegame Understanding - Symmetrical Positions
- Mikhail Tal's Attacking Genius!
- Mind-Bending Exchange Sacrifices
- Nimzowitsch's My System for the 21st Century!
- Pawn Structure Explained
- Planning & Thought Process to Improve Your Pieces
- Planning in Chess
- Planning the Segments
- Planning, Evaluation & Fortress By IM Valeri Lilov
- Play it Anyway! The Shankland Method
- Positional Chess Mastery
- Positional Chess – Transformation
- Positional vs. Tactical Chess
- Powerful Practical Chess
- Roman Dzindzichashvili - The Man Who CREATES GMs!
- Secret Tip to Playing Better Chess
- Secrets of Attacking Play
- Secrets of Chess Tactics
- Secrets of Positional Chess
- Secrets of a Successful Defence
- Secrets of the Isolani
- Stop Blundering in Chess
- Study at Susan Polgar's Chess University!
- Tactical Patterns
- Tactics to Trap the Uncastled King
- Tactics: Knight Forks
- Tactics: Pawn Checkmating Motifs
- Take Advantage of your Opponent’s Time Pressure
- The Art of Checkmate
- The Art of Defense
- The Art of Defense
- The Art of the Positional Sacrifice
- The Battle Between Chess Strategy and Tactics!
- The Key Chess Techniques To Win
- The King in the Center: an Easy Prey
- The King's Value
- The Most Exciting Draws in Chess History!
- The Polgar Method for Serious Improvement
- The Power of Candidate Moves!
- The Secret of Alekhine's Astonishing Sacrifice
- Tiger Lilov's Chess Secrets: Candidate Moves
- Time to Become a Candidate Master
- Training & Calculation Secrets to Achieve Tactical Mastery!
- Training: The Secret of ANY Successful Plan
- Typical Beginner Chess Mistakes
- Unbeatable! Mastering the Art of Defense!
- Unbreakable: How to Save Bad Positions
- Understanding Pawn Chains
- Understanding Prophylaxis - Play Like a Master!
- Understanding Time and Tempo in Chess
- Understanding Time, Space and Harmony
- Unlock the power of the rooks!
- Valeri Lilov's Middlegame Secrets
- Winning Exchanges ⚔ Knights vs Bishops