Middlegame Secrets Vol.1 - The Power of the Queen

by Jan Markos

This series will show you in great detail the specific qualities of each chess piece, so that you can maximize their effectiveness and thus improve your game.

Queens are the true ladies of the chessboard. They are dangerous attackers, but poor defenders. They dislike dirty work, and often wait until other pieces prepare space for them.

Let us learn together how to find the best spot for the queen in the early middlegame, how to navigate this piece around the board, how to time the queen attack, how to decide whether to exchange it or not, and much more!

• Video running time: 5 hours
• Extra: Additional database with exercises
• Training with ChessBase apps – Play key positions against Fritz on various levels

Middlegame Secrets Vol.1 - The Power of the Queen

Let us learn together how to find the best spot for the queen in the early middlegame, how to navigate this piece around the board, how to time the queen attack, how to decide whether to exchange it or not, and much more!

Middlegame Secrets Vol.2 - The Potential of the Rook

by Jan Markos

This series will show you in great detail the specific qualities of each chess piece, so that you can maximize their effectiveness and thus improve your game. Everyone knows that a rook is dangerous on the 7th rank, and that it belongs behind the pawn.

However, there is so much more to learn about this inconspicuous piece! Let us explore together how the rooks should enter the game in the early middlegame, how they operate on open files and how they sometimes join a deadly attack, being transferred in front of the pawn chain.

We will also discuss the cooperation of the rooks and many more topics.

• Video running time: 5 hours
• Extra: Additional database with exercises
• Training with ChessBase apps – Play key positions against Fritz on various levels

Middlegame Secrets Vol.2 - The Potential of the Rook

Let us explore together how the rooks should enter the game in the early middlegame, how they operate on open files and how they sometimes join a deadly attack, being transferred in front of the pawn chain and many more topics!

Both Middlegame Secrets:

Middlegame Secrets Vol.1 + Vol.2

Let us learn together how to find the best spot for the queen in the early middlegame, how to navigate this piece around the board, how to time the queen attack, how to decide whether to exchange it or not, and much more!

Links:

• Meet the Fritztrainer Jan Markos
• Jan Markos and his coaching series in our CBM Magazine
• Articles of Jan Markos on our ChessBase news site