Chess Strategy for Club Players: The Atalik Master Method
IM Ekaterina Atalik
The game of chess is usually broken down into 3 distinct stages – the opening, middlegame, and endgame. To become a strong player, you need to master all 3. After all, getting an advantage out of the opening is no use if you can’t convert it in the endgame.
In this superb 15-hour chess strategy training program, IM Ekaterina Atalik, one of the world’s top 30 female players, reveals her method for improving play in each of these stages.
- Follow the 3 key opening principles – but not dogmatically.
- Know your terrain in the most essential pawn structures and find a plan in any middlegame position.
- Acquire grandmaster-level knowledge of theoretical endgames.
IM Atalik leaves no stone unturned in improving your game. The insights and advice contained in the Ekaterina Atalik Method will save you from years of hit-and-miss learning and give you powerful ideas and training methods you can put into practice right away.
Introduction: About this course
Part 1: Chess Openings
- Introduction
Chapter 1: Center - Part 1: Wenjun – Zhongyi
- Part 2: Grischuk – So
Chapter 2: Development of the Pieces - Part 1: Topalov – Ponomariov
- Part 2: Kramnik – Leko
- Part 3: Schweitzer – Atalik
Chapter 3: King Safety - Part 1: General Ideas
- Part 2: Najer – Bocharov
- Part 3: Topalov – Ivanchuk
Chapter 4: Gambits - Part 1: Jobava – Grischuk
- Part 2: Fedorov – Shirov
Chapter 5: Exceptions In The Opening - Part 1: Atalik – Krush
- Part 2: Aronian – Kramnik
- Part 3: Lasker – Miesis
Part 2: Middlegame Strategy
- Introduction
Chapter 6: Isolated Pawns - Part 1: Baglan – Atalik
- Part 2: Rodshtein – Zifroni
- Part 3: Bu – Guseinov
Chapter 7: The Small Center - Part 1: Capablanca – Chajes
- Part 2: Polugaevsky – Tal
Chapter 8: Hanging Pawns - Part 1: Bernstein – Capablanca
- Part 2: Rubinstein – Nimzowitsch
- Part 3: Fischer – Spassky
Chapter 9: Piece Activity - Part 1: Svetushkin – Yue
- Part 2: Lasker – Janowski
Chapter 10: Castling on Opposite Sides - Part 1: Short – Kasparov
- Part 2: Atalik – Yildiz
Part 3: Endgame Play
- Introduction
Chapter 11: Fundamental Rook Endgames - Part 1: Theoretical Rook Endgames (1)
- Part 2: Theoretical Rook Endgames (2)
- Part 3: Capablanca – Menchik
- Part 4: Theoretical Rook Endgames (3)
Chapter 12: Bishop Endgames - Part 1: Opposite-Colored Bishop Endgames: General Rules and Ideas (1)
- Part 2: Opposite-Colored Bishop Endgames: General Rules and Ideas (2)
- Part 3: Opposite-Colored Bishop Endgames: Defensive Ideas
- Part 4: Endgames with Bishops of the Same Color (1)
- Part 5: Endgames with Bishops of the Same Color (2)
Chapter 13: Knight Endgames - Part 1: Knight vs. Pawns (1)
- Part 2: Knight vs. Pawns (2)
- Part 3: Knight vs. Pawns (3)
- Part 4: Knight Endgames: One Extra Pawn
- Part 5: Knight Endgames: Two Extra Pawns
- Part 6: Complex Knight Endgames
Chapter 14: Queen Endgames - Part 1: Essential Queen Endgames (1)
- Part 2: Essential Queen Endgames (2)
- Part 3: Practical Queen Endgames (1)
- Part 4: Practical Queen Endgames (2)
- Part 5: Practical Queen Endgames (3)
Chapter 15: Pawn Endgames - Part 1: Essential Pawn Endgames (1)
- Part 2: Essential Pawn Endgames (2)
- Part 3: Practical Pawn Endgames (1)
- Part 4: Practical Pawn Endgames (2)
- Part 5: Practical Pawn Endgames (3)