MASTER METHOD - The Delorme Method - GM Axel Delorme - Over 15 hours of Content!

Master Method Series #27

For those who desire success in chess, mastery of the fundamentals is essential.

But our understanding of this ancient game has changed a lot in the computer era, and the question of what those fundamentals are and how they should be approached has had to be re-examined.

Now, French GM Axel Delorme has put together the essential guide to playing great chess in Modern Chess Fundamentals. In this 15 hour course Axel sets out the golden rules for getting active positions without weaknesses, drawing on some of the most instructive games ever played.

Everything in Modern Chess Fundamentals is geared towards improving the skills that lead to practical success, such as how to handle the bishop pair (often a winning advantage in the hands of masters but typically wasted by club players); how to shape the pawn structure for a long-term advantage and the essential endgame knowledge that will serve you well for the rest of your life.

Modern Chess Fundamentals is a comprehensive course for players aiming to reach 1800 level.

Summary:

Chapter 1:  Importance of Development and King Safety

1. Morphy’s Opera House Game
2. Schulten – Morphy
3. Marache – Morphy
   
   

Chapter 2:  Poisoned Pawns in the Opening

1. Nimzowitsch – Alapin
2. Browne – Quinteros
3. Tingov – Fischer

Chapter 3:  Don’t Castle Too Early

1. Black Castles Too Early
2. White Castles Too Early
3. Pawn Defense in Front of a Castled King
4. Castling into Weakened Pawn Structure
5. The Knight as a Defender of a Castled King

Chapter 4:  Positional Sacrifices

1. Reshevsky – Petrosian
2. Liublinsky – Botvinnik
3. Yurgis – Botvinnik
4. Nezhmetdinov – Chernikov

Chapter 5:  Choosing a Plan after the Opening

1. Benko – Petrosian
2. Spassky – Petrosian
3. Bukic – Petrosian

Chapter 6: How to Use the Bishop Pair

1. Rosenthal – Steinitz
2. English – Steinitz
3. Richter – Tarrasch

Chapter 7: When Bishops Fianchetto

1. Fischer – Larsen
2. Fischer – Purevzhav
3. Peterson – Larsen
4. Panov – Simagin
5. Petrosian – Ree
6. Kotov – Gligoric

Chapter 8: Pawn Structures and Weakened Squares

1. Rubinstein – Salwe
2. Karpov – Browne
3. Botvinnik – Flohr
4. Canal – Capablanca

Chapter 9: Bad Pieces

1. Karpov – Lautier
2. Polgar – Anand
3. Ivanchuk – Anand

Chapter 10: Endgame Principles

1. Good Bishop vs Bad Bishop
2. Good Knight vs Bad Bishop
3. Good Bishop vs Bad Knight
4. Philidor and Lucena Rook Endgames
5. Rook and Pawn Endgames
6. More Complicated Rook and Pawn Endgames
7. Pawn Endgames

Chapter 11: Tactics and Calculation

1. Tal – Kazimirovich
2. Birbrager – Tal
3. Tal – Skuja

Chapter 12: Chess Studies

1. Stalemate Studies
2. Endgame Studies