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ChessBase for Coaches: Finding Model Games

7/5/2022 – Finding games played with a specific opening is useful for chess tournament preparation. National Master Jeffrey Ashton shows how coaches and students can create their own model game database.
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ChessBase for Coaches: The Thornton Trap

4/26/2022 – In the Thornton Trap, a player castles queenside, giving check, to win an unprotected rook. National Master Jeffrey Ashton discusses the Thornton Trap and how to search for examples of it using the ChessBase Manoeuvres Search.
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ChessBase for Coaches: Finding Novelties

3/30/2022 – Finding novelties is a fun way for students to learn how to use a database to annotate chess games. Novelties, loosely defined, are new moves but not necessarily good moves. National Master Jeffrey Ashton explains.

ChessBase for Coaches: Defending with Black

3/17/2022 – Studying "Black to play and defend positions" teaches chess students how to recognize and stop threats. For example, coaches may ask beginners to find ways to stop a back rank mate or the Scholar’s Mate. Flipping the board may also help with high-level analysis. National Master Jeffrey Ashton explains how to create positions where the Black chessmen are on the bottom of the diagram, which gives Black’s perspective.
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