Learn how to play Chess the right way just like National Master Robert Ramirez learned and just like he teaches his students. This is a comprehensive program where you will start learning from beginner all the way to master level --the right way! Chess Lesson # 1: The Chess pieces and the board | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess Lesson # 2: How the Chess pieces move | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess Lesson # 3: How the Chess pieces capture | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess Lesson # 4: Check & Checkmate | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess Lesson # 5: Practice -Your 1st Chess Game | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess Lesson # 6: Special moves: promotion, castling, and en-passant | Learn how to play Chess correctly Chess Lesson # 7: The point value of the Chess pieces | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess Lesson # 8: Do you know the 7 ways a Chess game can be drawn? Stalemate, 50-move draw and more | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 9: Chess notation - learn how to record your Chess games, read books and communicate | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 10: Board vision -exercises to stop making beginner mistakes| Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 11: Checkmate in 1 move - typical patterns you must know | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess Lesson # 12: Two rook checkmate -don't let them escape once you are ahead | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess Lesson # 13: Think backwards - it's time to start thinking like a Chess master | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 14: Chess reasoning -categorize every move or don’t play Chess | Mental process # 1 to learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 15: Game analysis - miniature game with the Evans gambit | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 16: Chess tactics -Forks | Double attacks:How many can you solve? Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 17: Chess tactics -Pins vs Skewers | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 18: Queen and King vs King Checkmate | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 19: One Rook and King vs King Checkmate | Learn Chess the right way Chess lesson # 20: Watch your coach play Chess as he explains every move | Learn Chess the right way Chess lesson # 21: Chess tactics -Let’s practice and review | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 22: Basic Checkmates -Let’s practice & review | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 23: Simple endgames -The rule of the square | Passed pawns are meant to be pushed Chess lesson # 24: The 3 principles of the opening and more | Learn how to play Chess the right way Chess lesson # 25: Taking your game to the next level with Chess combinations | Chess tactics Chess lesson # 26: Your coach solves 15 Chess combinations | How many can you solve? | Chess lesson # 27: Discovered check and attack | How many can you solve? Chess lesson # 28: Watch your coach play Chess as he explains every move | Learn Chess the right way Chess lesson # 29: King and pawn VS King endgame | Practice drill at the end | Learn the right way Chess lesson # 30: King vs King and the rook’s pawn | Chess endgame | Learn the right way Chess lesson # 31: The “F” pawn is a fatal mistake | Damiano defense | Chess opening the right way Chess lesson # 32: The Ruy Lopez Opening (Spanish Opening) | Basics and game analysis... Have fun! Chess lesson # 33: The Four Knights Opening (Scotch variation) | Basics and game analysis Chess lesson # 34: The Vienna Game | Basics and blitz game at the end | Chess Openings the right way Chess lesson # 35: The Petrov Defense (Russian Defense) | Chess openings the right way Chess lesson # 36: Beating a 2300 player with a lazy but subtle opening (blitz game on chess.com) Chess lesson # 37: Prove you are as advanced as you think you are | Chess tactics | Hanging pieces Chess lesson # 38: Decoy vs Deflection | Chess tactics with National Master Robert Ramirez Chess lesson # 39: Passed pawns ...learn how to use them to outplay your opponent! | Chess Endgames Chess lesson # 40: Isolated pawns | Improve your technique and positional play the right way Chess lesson # 41: Doubled pawns | Improve your technique and positional play Chess lesson # 42: Backward pawns | Left-behind pawns | Game analysis with NM Robert Ramirez Chess lesson # 43: Kasparov proves the relative value of the Chess pieces with a queen sacrifice Chess lesson # 44: Zwischenzug | Learn & master in-between moves | Intermezzo | Intermediate moves Chess lesson # 45: Desperado | Chess Tactics | Let’s solve some exercises together Chess lesson # 46: Checkmate with two (2) bishops and king vs king | Easy method to never forget it Chess lesson # 47: How to checkmate with bishop and knight www.chesslessonswithrobert.com www.panopticlessons.com
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Most players think about tactics. Strong players think about coordination. In this video, I break down one of the most powerful — and rarely explained — concepts in chess: focal squares (also known as focal points). This is the square your pieces have in common… the point where they “coincide” and work together as a team. I originally learned this concept in Spanish as “el punto de coincidencia de las piezas”, and after years of searching for the right English term, I found it: focal square. In this lesson, you’ll see: 10 clear examples of focal squares in action Positions from my own games Examples from games of Judit Polgár How focal squares guide your plans How to use them during practical play A Puzzle Storm session reinforcing the concept in real time If you’ve ever felt like your pieces aren’t working together, this video will change the way you see the board. 0:00 Introduction 0:29 Preview of Puzzle Storm 0:46 What Is a Focal Square? 1:15 Exercise #1 2:10 Exercise #2 – Judit Polgár vs. Lars Bo Hansen 3:52 Exercise #3 4:46 Exercise #4 5:43 Exercise #5 7:04 Exercise #6 – Richard Réti vs. Savielly Tartakower 7:57 Exercise #7 – Boris Gulko 9:10 Exercise #8 10:13 Exercise #9 11:13 Exercise #10 12:47 Puzzle Storm on Lichess Let me know in the comments if this concept is new to you — and your rating.