Chess Engines and a NEW course in Spanish

Nowadays, most chess players learn and practice chess by using COMPUTERS. There are many chess programs like ChessBase, Fritz, etc., and they have a lot of chess ‘engines’ installed (Rybka, Houdini and so on).

Of course, engines are very strong: they calculate a lot of variations and evaluatea position in not more than a minute. The most important question for YOU, though, is: how to use chess engines PROPERLY? How to utilize the great power of chess programs for your benefit?

In order to answer this question, we’ve invited an active chess player – GM Mikhailo Oleksienko – to join us.

He’s the current Ukrainian Rapid Chess Champion, has won a couple of international tournaments and achieved an awesome 2640 rating in 2014.

This Sunday, 12 October, at 4p.m. BST (London time) you can attend GM Mikhailo Oleksienko’s webinar “Chess engines: how to use them properly?”. You can get all the details and sign up here:

Live Webinar

“Chess Engines: how to use them properly?”

by GM Mikhailo Oleksienko

Event:	Chess Engines: how to use them properly?
Host:	GM Mikhailo Oleksienko
Date:	Sunday, 12th  October at 4p.m. (16:00) BST – London time.
Duration:	90 minutes.
Seats:	limited to 100.
Price:	Standard ticket = $15; Premium ticket = $20

*The registration will be closed 2 hours before the webinar.

What is “a webinar”?

During a webinar, you have communication with a coach in live mode. A coach tells you the tasks, while you can ask your questions. This is real TRAINING, which develops your SKILLS. Hence, you’ll be able to improve your chess strength properly during the webinar.

A video lesson or a text article provides some information to you. Any chess player can find tons of information about a chess game on the Internet. So what? Has this overabundance of content made you a strong player? Probably not.

 Information does not affect your play. Only a new SKILL can do so.

Chess engines: how to use them properly?

Nowadays, many chess players learn and practice chess by using computers. There are many chess programs/software like ChessBase, Fritz, etc. and they have a lot of chess ‘engines’ installed.

Of course, engines are very ‘quick’: they calculate a lot of variations and moves and evaluate the position in NOT more than a minute. That said, it does NOTmean that engines are the BEST.

In this webinar, GM Mikhailo Oleksienko will teach you how to use chess enginesproperly (use the core of your computer and pay attention to the depth) and show you some positions where computers evaluate positions completely wrongly.  Also, he will show some positions where computers blunder or do not see the win.

GM Mikhailo Oleksienko

GM Mikhailo Oleksienko was born on 30 September 1986. In 2008, he graduated from Ivan Franko Lviv National University (Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics). In May of 2012, he was awarded a PhD in mathematics.

In 2002, he received the title of International Master and in 2005 became a Grand Master.

Mikhailo Oleksienko’s achievements:

• Current Ukrainian Rapid Chess Champion
• PhD in Mathematics
• Joint winner of 20th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival (UAE) 2013
• Joint winner of David Bronstein Memorial (Belarus) 2014
• Joint winner of ZMDI Open (Germany) 2013
• Joint winner of Pardubice Open (Czech Republic) 2013

GM Vladimir Kramnik (on the left) and GM Mikhailo Oleksienko (on the right) discussing a Kramnik game.

YOUR games and questions.

Students with a premium ticket may submit their own games and questions for the webinar. You can check out the details here: LINK

After you have registered for the webinar, you’ll be given the chance to submit your games and questions.

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P.S. Please, note that the seats are limited to 100 students. The questions will be answered on “first come, first served” basis. If you wish to participate – please, register NOW.

<<Sign up for GM Oleksienko’s webinar>>

 

In the recent article “Opening Traps & A New Course in Spanish”, we released a Spanish translation of the course “An Endgame Expert”. It has had MASSIVE popularity! It seems like chess development is now huge in Spanish-speaking countries. This is a very nice fact indeed!

Moreover, we have released another course for you in Spanish! 

NOW you can get the Spanish version of “Your Winning Plan”:

<< Get the course in SPANISH now>>

NOTE: Each additional language pack for a course that you already own is only $7. For example, if you already own an English version of the course,“Your Winning Plan”, you can get its Spanish version for just $7. Get your Language Pack here:LINK

So, now there are a total of 5 courses which are translated into SPANISH. You can check them all here: LINK

If you haven’t even studied an English version of the course, “Your Winning Plan“, this is the right time to do so!

<< Get the course in ENGLISH now>>

Planning is a core element of a chess game. This is also one of the most complextopics to understand. That’s why you might suffer from facing those positions where you did NOT know how to proceed.

The course, “Your Winning Plan”, gives you an integrated system of middle-game planning. Using this method, you will be able to find the right plan in any position.

Unlike average “wood-pushers”, you will not need to remember numerous “typical plans”. Instead, you will UNDERSTAND positions and will KNOW which plan to take.

Below are some of the experiences of my students.

In the course “YOUR WINNING PLAN”, you get clear practical recommendations to help channel your thoughts in each position. It is a systematic approach that guides your thinking process. There is not only attention for pure technical aspects but also for psychological skills. For practice these planning skills there a lot of relevant and varied tasks.

Before I had studied this course, I was not sure in complicated positions when and where I would advance my pawns. Now I know exactly what to do. The 18th century chess master Philidor once say “The pawns are the soul of chess”.

Thanks the concrete recommendations of the course ”YOUR WINNING PLAN” I can give my pawns a soul in my games.

Werner Poets

I bought all your courses in a small period of time. I liked it. No surprise there.It has a great effect on my game. I play stronger and better chess than before.You really seem to know what’s important and what’s not.You have the ability and the knowledge to teach good chess. Loving every bit of it!

Erik Bandsma

I wanted something that will guide me to the right plan without eating up my time. And this is where Your Winning Plan excels!It gives you easy to remember guidelines for planning. Each phase is taken apart in a chapter – Igor takes the time explaining what to look for and why…in a way that’s NOT overwhelming for the student.

At the end of every chapter, Igor gives a summary that the reader can print out and review before a tournament game. (That’s exactly what I did)

Jassen Esguerra

LINK SUMMARY

• Webinar “Chess engines: how to use them properly?”: LINK
• “Your Winning Plan” in English: LINK
• “Your Winning Plan” in Spanish: LINK
• All SPANISH courses: LINK

Opening Traps & A New Course in Spanish

NOW it’s the last chance to sign yourself up for the upcoming webinar“Chess Opening Disasters and Traps” (Sunday, 21 September).

• You’ll learn how to eliminate opening troubles in your games.
• IM Alex Kundin will reveal some of the most effective opening traps your opponents will likely fall for!

•  You can read all the details, and sign up for the webinar here:LINK

Let’s have a little test of your skills right now.

After the moves 1.e4-e5 2.Nf3-Nc6 3.Bc4, Black – seeking simplification – can blunder away a pawn with 3…Nd4. What would be your initial impulse with White?

How would you play here as White?

Although this trap is pretty simple, you can’t imagine how often White players fall right into it! According to my database, 4.Ne5 is the 2^nd most popular choice! 198 Players played 4.Nd4, while 155 overly optimistic guys captured the pawn with 4.Ne5.

After 4.Ne5-Qg5 White realizes what’s wrong, but now it’s too late…

Surprisingly, White is lost!

I will not analyze the position thoroughly – it’s pretty simple and you can work out the details yourself. The most natural game continuation is 5.Nf7-Qg2 6.Rf1-Qe4 7.Be2-Nf3#

White was mated in 7 moves!  

Being a chess coach, I must teach students to play properly and avoid tricky lines. However, I do agree that some opening traps work very well, especially in blitz games and/or against club players.

You can learn another nice example of an opening catastrophe from a free video lesson, “Chess Opening Disasters”, prepared by our guest coach IM Alex Kundin:LINK

If you wish to get some nice victories right at the starting phase of a game, you may join our Sunday’s webinar: LINK

There’s good news for Spanish-speaking students. The course, “An Endgame Expert”, is now available in Spanish language:

<< Get the Course in SPANISH Now >>

I’m not sure why, but very often I receive messages from Spanish-speaking students, who ask me to provide the courses into their mother tongue. Hence, I’m glad to present this new translation for you.

By the way, three other courses have been translated to SPANISH already:

• “The Grandmaster’s Secrets“: LINK
• “The Grandmaster’s Openings Laboratory“: LINK 
• “How to Beat Titled Players“: LINK 

Each additional language pack for a course that you already own is only $7. For example, if you own an English version of the course, “The Grandmaster’s Secrets”, you can get its Spanish version for just $7. Get your Language Pack here: LINK

If you don’t even have an English version of the course, “An Endgame Expert“, this might be a good time to study it!

<< Get the Course in ENGLISH Now >>

With this one course, you’ll learn everything you need to become an expert in endgames. 

I do receive messages from students all the time. In the past I used to publish them regularly, but then I stopped because there were simply too many of them.

Still, it might be interesting for you to know about the experiences of other students. Hence, I’ll provide a few right here.

I bought my first course back in November, and I was immediately hooked. I own dozens of chess books, read dozens more, and I learned more in that one course than all of them combined…

 This week I beat an opponent 250 rating points higher than me, and in doing so I achieved my highest online rating ever. Before my rating was padded from playing lots of weaker competition; now I’m doing it against players I never thought I’d consistently beat!

 Johnathan Petit

I have purchased and trained every course and I am now enjoying the benefit of no-nonse chess knowledge. So far I have only lost a single serious game last year and none this year, so my rating will raise as I continue to win. The courses by Igor Smirnov is by far my best investment.

Richard

Hello sir,

I am a chess player from India rated 2250.

I have studied your Dvd’s and improved a lot in all stages of the game. Last time after studying Endgame Expert, I improved a lot and won some games too in serious tournaments.

Praneeth Surya, India

 LINK SUMMARY

• Webinar “Chess Opening Disasters and Traps”: LINK
• Free video lesson “Chess Opening Disasters”: LINK
• “An Endgame Expert” in English: LINK
• “An Endgame Expert” in Spanish: LINK 

 There’s simply NO way for you NOT to become a strong chess player… 

RCA Packages and Feedbacks

In the Remote Chess Academy, we always take in account our student’s wishes and needs. Recently, many of you asked for a translation of the courses in Spanish. That’s why today I am proud to announce to you that we have translated three of the courses into SPANISH.

You can read about it more HERE

I recently created three different packages:

• The Beginner’s Package – it will help recent chess players to get very strong foundations and to be ready for the competition.
• The Intermediate Package – where you’ll learn how to build a good plan and how to master endgames, and receive the best training materials.
• The Advanced Package – for advanced players who plan to become a chess Master.

THE BEGINNERS PACKAGE

The Quick Jump package for beginners is guaranteed to give you a solid foundation to the aspiring new chess player.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

• The Grandmaster’s Secrets ($57)
• The Grandmaster’s Positional Understanding ($139)
• The Grandmaster’s Openings Laboratory ($53)

Actual Total price = $249

RCA Package price = $199

You save = $50 (Discount)

This package will give you a solid foundation for the future quick progress. Chess will become a much easier game for you to understand.

You will rush through the beginner level quickly, and will beat all your current opponents easily.
Please, don’t be deceived by the words “beginner package”. Many of modern titled players don’t have this fundamental knowledge. And that’s why they stuck in their progress.

Any advanced materials will NOT help you without a firm base. Having a deep understanding, however, will ensure your Quick Spurt!

Get The Beginner’s Package now

THE INTERMEDIATE PACKAGE

There’s a stage in your chess progress when you can’t leap forward anymore. Instead you should be persistent and have a steady growth.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

• Your Winning Plan ($69)
• An Endgame Expert ($98)
• Self-taught Grandmaster ($129)

Actual Total price = $296

RCA Package price = $241

You save = $55 (Discount)

Don’t underestimate its value! Even a very small 1% improvement a day, will bring you awesome 365% improvement in a year!

Here you need to pass “the chess school” and get a comprehensive knowledge about chess. You can’t move forward without it.

Studying this intermediate package will keep you on the right track and will ensure your steady growth.

Get The Intermediate Package now

THE ADVANCED PACKAGE

This Package is aimed for people with an advanced chess level who are seeking to become a chess master!

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

• Calculate Till Mate ($149)
• How to Beat Titled Players ($69)
• The Grandmaster’s Opening Laboratory -2 ($98)
• You will get ‘The Grandmaster’s Opening Laboratory -2 Bonus pack” worth $25 absolutely free.

Actual Total price (Including Bonus pack) = $341

RCA Package price = $279

You save = $62 (Discount)

Weak players make a lot of mistakes and it’s not that hard to beat them. But how can you overcome an equal or even a stronger opponent? This is a tough question for most of intermediate players.

Strong opponents are well familiar with common tactics. They know opening lines just as good as you (if not better). They follow all classical strategic rules: exploit weak squares, fight for an open line etc. So how can you overcome them?

Standard knowledge is not going to help you anymore. Here you need something really powerful.
You need to play highly tense, dynamical games. You should sort our complications better than your opponent. You must start a BIG FIGHT and wrest a victory!

This advanced package will help you beat strong opponents, and get to the TOP level.

Get The Advanced Package now

The advantage of these packages is that you’ll get a huge discount (between $50-57).

As you know, our goal is to provide quality courses for our students and to see their improvement. I am receiving lot of positive feedback from them, and today I will share some of this with you.

The first one’s from Garry from Austria, who has gained a huge rating increase in his last tournament:

“Hi Igor,

It’s Time to thank you for your professional and also amusing chess-teaching. I had a great time during the Austria – championship within the last 6 months.

Within the 12 rounds I won 10 games, only 2 draws (repetition traps) 0 defeats, and my rating increased 130 Elo just in 12 games. Last week my team got the title already 2 Rounds before the End. There are a lot of good chess-sites in internet, but yours – is definitely THE BEST one. Serious chess-learning could be very hard, but with your motivating and fresh manner it’s a pleasure – THANK YOU”!

The second one was sent by Larry Remlinger:

I am ecstatic about your products!…so far I have GM Positional Understanding, Winning Plans, and Endgame Expert…I love everyone of them!..I like the teaching method (in depth explanation of principles with concrete examples, ongoing review of principles/ideas expressed, conclusions).

Amongst his many chess skills GM is also extremely sensitive to the listener and works very hard to promote the understanding of the principles he discusses. I am very grateful and wish I had learned these principles when I was a boy.

Kind Regards and many thanks,

Respectfully,

Larry Remlinger”.

And the last one I will show you today is from Jonathan:

“At my peak I was an 1800 player who often beat 2000+ players and often lost to 1400 and lower players (hence my rating in between the extremes!). I worked hard for ages but never improved my rating or my consistency, which lead me to quit for years.

GM Smirnov’s courses revolutionized chess for me. I can’t put it any other way. I see the chess board differently. Looking at my old games is comical, I don’t play much chess right now as I’m currently studying his courses, so I can’t give you my current rating as a comparison. I CAN say, though, that I beat a 2000 player fairly recently, even after my break from chess, and I’ve started drawing against Fritz (well, lots of losses, but not 100% losses either).

GM Smirnov instead focuses on a few principles, which if you understand will then lead to the most important aspects of a position, and ultimately the best move. Lesson 3 of GM’s Positional Understanding is a perfect example: he analyzes a game between two world champions using just his principles, and everything seemed clear and even obvious. Indeed, after watching that, I was hooked, and I’m slowly studying all of his courses one by one. I’ve learned more useful and usable knowledge in GM Positional Understanding than all the other books I’ve read in the last 10 years put together.

Someday I’ll be master strength, and it will be because of Igor Smirnov. That’s my firm belief and conviction”.

I get lot of feedback every day, but it would take me too long to share all of these messages with you. But I encourage you to send me your feedback and it will be a pleasure to read it and reply to you.

Spanish Courses and Special Offers!

In the Remote Chess Academy, we always take in account our student’s wishes and needs. Recently, many of you asked for a translation of the courses in Spanish. That’s why today I am proud to announce to you that we have translated three of the courses into SPANISH.

In honour of this nice event, there will be 15% DISCOUNT for these three courses (both for the English and for the translated versions) during the next few days, till Sunday 29 June.

Just indicate your discount coupon ESP while placing your order and it will cut 15% off the price automatically.

You can see the detailed instructions on proper coupon usage here: LINK

COURSE #1: “The Grandmaster’s Secrets“:

In this course, I will give you all Grandmaster secrets and tell you how to study, how to learn in the right way, how to avoid blunders and inform you of many topics based on my own experience. I put 15 years of my experience into one course, with interesting and amazing videos.

<< Get The Course NOW >>

Get the English version here: LINK

COURSE #2: “The Grandmaster’s Openings Laboratory“:

In chess, the opening stage is primordial and it’s important to be good during it if you want to have a successful middlegame. Strong players are very well prepared in this part of the game and they generally come into the middlegame with an advantage. That’s why, with this course, I can give you the chance to be prepared like a Grandmaster and to get a complete opening repertoire.            

 << Get The Course NOW >>

Get the English version here: LINK

COURSE #3: “How to Beat Titled Players“:

Lots of amateurs think they don’t have a chance against titled players. But they are totally WRONG! That’s why, in this course, I’ll show you how to master the five weapons in chess and how to defeat titled players.

<< Get The Course NOW >>

 Get the English version here: LINK

But this is not the only good news: if you already own a course, you can buy a translated version of the same one for only $7. For example, if you own an English version of the course, “The Grandmaster’s Secrets”, you can get its Spanish version for just $7.

If you are interested in getting an additional language pack, please go here: LINK