"Fire on Board" - Alexei Shirov

"I used to attack because it was the only thing I knew. Now I attack because I know it works." - Garry Kasparov

What you will learn

This is a new course, and still a work in progress. You can follow along while the course is being developed.

• Combining threats
  • Weak back-rank
  • Double attack
• Attacking the king
  • Attacking the uncastled king
  • Attack the castled king
  • Attacking the weakened castling position

Forthcoming chapters

The following chapters are planned for the future.

• Opening files for an attack
• Typical sacrifices