The final post in the series! Already reading your opponent’s mind over the board? Time to sharpen the edge even more: 🔥 Advanced Level: 9. 100 Endgames You Must Know – De la Villa’s classic for mastering the essentials 10. Secrets of Practical Chess – John Nunn focuses on decision-making under pressure 11. Think Like a Grandmaster – Kotov’s legendary training guide These books are not easy—but they’re worth it. Any other advanced reads you’d recommend to the group?

Alright, listen up, I have been selected for Chess.com’s brand-new CoachChamps tournament! What does this mean? Well, besides the fact that Chess.com clearly has impeccable taste, it means I get to draft and train a team of four students for an entire month — turning them into tactical monsters ready to crush the competition. Now, why am I excited? You all know how obsessed I am with chess improvement — after all, we’re already grinding away in our chess marathons (and yes, our second one, Anti-Blunder, is in full swing). So this? This is just another excuse for me to push ambitious chess improvers to their limits. Want to be on MY TEAM? Here’s what you need to do: 1️⃣ Join the Chess.com Improvers Club 2️⃣ Sign up for the 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge 3️⃣ Prove that you actually want to improve I’ll be picking FOUR students from different rating brackets in the draft on September 9th at 11 a.m. ET / 17:00 CEST / 9:30 p.m. IST. So, if you think you have what it takes to survive a month of Dina-style training (chess boot camp, but make it fun), drop an “I’m in” in the comments. Let’s do this. 💪♟️

White to move in all positions. If you can’t find it in 1 min - you need to join SPEEDRUN 1000 !! 😉