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The middle game plan tailors for all levels from beginner to expert.

Topics covered are:

Double attacks
Discovered attacks
Discovered checks
X-ray attacks
Pinning and winning
Defence against pins
Looking for forks and skewers
Knights on the rim are dim
Basic checkmates in 2 leading to more complex mating patterns.
How to recognise and defend a mating attack
Seventh rank
Eight rank
Open files
The centre
Looking for opening advantage
Mini plans
How to determine weakness and move to exploit it
Long term plans
Luring and interference
Eliminating the defence
Identifying the threat
Weak pawn structure
Strong pawn structure
The pawn chain
Weakening a strong pawn structure
Passed pawns
Protected passed pawns
Double pawns
Isolated pawns
Strong squares and weak squares
Nimzowitsch blockade
Exchanging pieces
Theoretical drawn positions
Mating attacks
Material vs development
Sacrificial attack and judgement
Sacrifice for position
Exchange Sacrifices
Greek gift Bxh7 sacrifice
Nf7 smothered checkmate Queen sacrifice
Bodens sacrifice
Anastasia's mate sacrifice
Hanging on by the skin of your teeth
Defensive sacrifices
Defence by counter

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