Welcome!
Main
Search
Training
I Resources

The Minority Attack with FM Zaur Tekeyev

Topics: Chess Courses Instructor: FM Zaur Tekeyev Level: Intermediate, Advanced
In this course, FM Zaur Tekeyev will guide you through all the possible variations for White (though transposable for Black) to play the Minority Attack, one of the main strategies you can use in the middlegame to put pressure on your opponent's pawn structure.

$39.99

Secure transaction

What You Will Get in this Course

Video Lessons

Video Lessons

This Course contains video lessons to guide you through its content.
Lessons PGNs

Lessons' PGNs

Browse or download, with a beautiful and intuitive tool, the PGN files of the lessons in this course.

Risk Free Purchase

90 Days Refund Guarantee

If for any reason you are not absolutely happy with the Course, we will refund the full amount of your purchase back to you. No questions asked!

PayPal

Summary

9 Lessons
3 Hours of video
9 Lessons' PGNs

Course Outline

  • Chapter 1. Beating the passive strategy
  • Chapter 2. How to exploit the c6 weakness I
  • Chapter 3. How to exploit the c6 weakness II
  • Chapter 4. What if Black takes on b5
  • Chapter 5. Black goes for c5-break and gets an isolated pawn
  • Chapter 6. Putting pressure along the b and c files
  • Chapter 7. Black`s best plan of meeting the minority attack
  • Chapter 8. White`s reaction to the Black`s best plan
  • Chapter 9. Playing the minority attack

The Minority Attack

We know that planning and attacking successfully can be the most difficult parts about playing chess. That’s why we present to you FM Tekeyev’s amazing review of the Minority Attack in his latest course.

If you are looking for a new way to take Black out of his/her comfort zone, don’t hesitate to learn from FM Tekeyev’s masterful series describing how you can implement the Minority Attack in your chess repertoire.

From outstanding game reviews between super GMs to deep analyses of common variations, you will be more than ready to surprise your opponent and claim a thrilling victory!

In this course, FM Zaur Tekeyev will guide you through all the possible variations for White (though transposable for Black) to play the Minority Attack.

Specifically, he will cover the following:

  1. How to beat Black’s passive play
  2. How to exploit b-file and c-file weaknesses (especially on the critical c6 square)
  3. How to deal with Black taking on b5
  4. Exploiting the commonly isolated d5 pawn
  5. Countering Black’s best options

What will this course do for you?

Once you have completed this course, you will be able to adapt this attacking strategy to suit your playing style. From there, you can begin practicing what you have learned about the Minority Attack (and its many variations) into your own games.

What you will learn:

  • The common Minority Attack setup with the b5-b4 pawn push
  • The best way to attack Black’s clear weaknesses
  • How to organize your pieces to optimize your attack
  • General Minority Attack ideas to use in your games

FM Zaur Tekeyev (FIDE 2407)

Is a FIDE Master with one International Master norm. Zaur has been coaching chess players of different ages and levels for many years. As a player, he has won multiple tournaments, one of the best results being the 1st place in Russian National Students’ Chess League Championship (Moscow Open, 2017). Zaur is also a big online blitz player, with an online rating of over 2800.

Outline:

Chapter 1. Beating the passive strategy
Chapter 2. How to exploit the c6 weakness I
Chapter 3. How to exploit the c6 weakness II
Chapter 4. What if Black takes on b5
Chapter 5. Black goes for c5-break and gets an isolated pawn
Chapter 6. Putting pressure along the b and c files
Chapter 7. Black’s best plan of meeting the minority attack
Chapter 8. White’s reaction to the Black’s best plan
Chapter 9. Playing the minority attack