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Middlegame Secrets Vol.1
Jan Markos
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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!

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

Contents

1
Introduction
2
The queen shines
3
The queen fails to reach her potential
4
A personal experience of not handling the queen well
5
Attacking Queen
6
The 4th phase of the game - heavy pieces endgame
7
How Magnus Carlsen handles the queen
8
Queen Manoeuvres
9
Backward manoeuvres and spotting holes
10
Unprotected pieces
11
Queen transfer for coordination and harmony
12
Shall I exchange the queens?
13
First set of examples
14
Second set of examples
15
Cooperation
16
Queen + Knight = Soulmates
17
Queen + Knight = Soulmates II
18
Queen + Bishop battery
19
Queen + Rook(s) battery
20
Common Mistakes
21
Bad blocker and premature activity
22
Limited access to other parts of the board
23
Queen Masterpieces
24
Nakamura vs Navara
25
Nepomniachtchi vs Yu Yangyi
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