Owner Roundup: December 6, 2025

If your pieces know what they are doing, it will almost win the game itself.

So for this week’s courses, we’re all about playing your pieces to their full potential. You will learn how to improve the fast, control the key squares, and take advantage of the “similar” positions.

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Anna Cramling’s 1.D4 – Part 2 By Wfm Anna Cramling & GM PIA Cramling

To attack Anna’s lines, you Enjoy Dealing with King’s Indian, Nimzo-India, Dutch, and Other Translations! You will judge the black double duty that operates … carrying the pieces while setting up bad tactics where only the willing survive.

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Sicilian Slayer: Queen’s Fault by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk

Beat Sicilian Theory Overload with across the board pressure on the queen! This fresh Anti-Sicilian centered your queen in move 3. So that she can put heavy fire wherever it is needed. Only 110 lines to work to learn.

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Chess Tricks: A Grandmaster’s Guide By GM Mauricio Flores Rios

This Ph.D. Piecs Imposices PlayBook shows you how to find an edge…even if Chess Engines says 0.00. Master on both sides of the bishop vs. the Knight, the Bishop Pair, and Rook vs. the two smaller pieces. Then learn the art of Long-term Sacrifices – The type that gives you a stream of activity and threats nonstop.

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Perfect Your Custom Placement By GM Nikola Nestorovic

This “game of the” Course “teaches you a positive game that works In real gamesnot just in isolated puzzles. You will learn how to place your pieces in the most effective squares. All while juggling King Survival, Counterplay, Tactics, and Other Factors.

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The Making of Evans: Cruise to Victory By NM Luke Calhoun

If your 1.e4 games don’t feel open or sharp enough to pressure black, then try this carlsen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and KaslSen and Kassapov-approved gambling. Use the Fun Quicksterter in crush games at 1000 to 1700 ELO levels … while the Quicksterter test shows you how you can take the initiative against Stockfish 17 Defense.

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As you level up your piece play, be sure to also check out our latest blog posts. More training tips, course creation stories, and human lessons to enter!

Inside Coach: Viktor Neustroev

Catch our conversation with one of the most successful chess coaches from Russia. Learn about the common rating trap that developing players fall into all the time … the minimum time control for serious games … and how “level” unlocks the memory.

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Going above and beyond: Sebastian Mihajlov

Meet the most ambitious author on the platform! His powerful series 1.E4 series stands as the largest settled course, with a combined 822,384 words and more than 340 hours of video. Talk about leaving no stone unturned!

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Behavioral insights from human-ai collaboration in chess-and-utch chess

Sooner or later, we will all have to work together with AI. That’s why we need to learn to combine these extreme decisions together now. For the UC Santa Barbara researcher, hand-in-hand offers the perfect test for insights into how human teams thrive.

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That wraps up this week’s cycle. See you next time!