{"id":21661,"date":"2024-06-04T17:50:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/?post_type=product&#038;p=21661"},"modified":"2026-06-27T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:04:32","slug":"evaluation-of-positions-mastery-with-fm-zaur-tekeyev","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/shop\/evaluation-of-positions-mastery-with-fm-zaur-tekeyev\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation of Positions Mastery with FM Zaur Tekeyev"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 56.66% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Evaluation of Positions Mastery\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1018374254?h=f05f45b50e&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Evaluation of Positions Mastery<\/h2>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter if you can calculate 15 moves ahead\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And it doesn\u2019t matter if your openings are top-notch, computer-aided missiles\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Without the ability to accurately evaluate positions, you\u2019ll still end up making mistakes and throwing away your hard-earned advantages.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we call it \u201cseeing the truth in the position\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>What is really going on?<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Are you winning? Are you even better? Should you be defending?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guys like Magnus Carlsen can see the \u201ctruth\u201d and evaluate positions at a glance, but for non-masters, a reliable evaluation system is needed.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s what I asked FM Zaur Tekeyev to provide for you.<\/p>\n<p>In Evaluation of Positions Mastery he has broken down the system he uses to evaluate ANY type of position and he has done it in a way anybody of any level can understand.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll discover how to instantly recognize your bad pieces, problems with your king safety, pawn structure issues, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Basically it\u2019s all the stuff GMs look at when they\u2019re assessing a position.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/b255cf19-6064-432e-a4d9-477e2fc18c3b.gif?ClientID=sulu&amp;Date=1728668987&amp;Signature=5cb53e9d76d7412b0f66030d8cd8b1e4869b7578\" width=\"492\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>You\u2019ll Learn AMAZING Evaluation Skills Like\u2026<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How GM Nunn\u2019s \u201cWeird\u201d Idea Created an Attack<\/strong>\u00a0from Thin-Air! Discover the evaluation blueprint GM Nunn followed to see deeply into the position and find the move leading to a deadly attack (VERY few players below 2000 are aware of this method!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capablanca\u2019s \u201cDead Piece\u201d Technique!<\/strong>\u00a0FM Tekeyev reveals an amazing method Capa often used to \u201ckill\u201d his opponent\u2019s pieces and leave them out of the game permanently! After applying this idea, you literally just play the rest of the game one piece ahead!<\/li>\n<li><strong>How Botvinnik Squeezed Enemy Pawn Weaknesses<\/strong>\u00a0Until They Fell like Ripe Apples! Discover how this Soviet superstar evaluated pawn structures and most importantly\u2026how to attack pawn WEAKNESSES like an expert! (See Chapter 14)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/a2e86c09-98f4-40c0-905b-ec5e72e75242.gif?ClientID=sulu&amp;Date=1728746752&amp;Signature=684beca4c6abb555d826f6ba0df77843e97b364c\" width=\"486\" height=\"265\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s Included?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Evaluation of Positions Mastery \u2013 Video Course [6 hours 30 minutes]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FM Tekeyev has just completed a fantastic training course that simplifies the entire process most strong players use to \u201cread\u201d positions and evaluate them as pros do. In just 6 hours you\u2019ll emerge from this course with a crisp new understanding of chess and the ability to make smarter positional decisions in all of your games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s Practice \u2013 Video Section<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This course includes a set of 8 training tasks specifically designed to help you master the ideas and principles of evaluating the position and apply it in your own games. You\u2019ll be asked to come up with the best plan, the sequence of moves, or a strategy using the evaluation \u201calgorithm\u201d that FM Zaur Tekeyev shares throughout the course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PGNs of all games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Downloadable PGNs of the games presented in the course with Master\u2019s analysis, extra lines and ideas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/3e822c2a-54a6-4440-8210-6428f13b4870.gif?ClientID=sulu&amp;Date=1728747080&amp;Signature=e305bee43d60e6297205abad2855e8ec67634b27\" width=\"485\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>FM Zaur Tekeyev (FIDE 2407)<\/h3>\n<p>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\u2019 Chess League Championship (Moscow Open, 2017). Zaur is also a big online blitz player, with online rating of over 2800.<\/p>\n<h3>Contents<\/h3>\n<p>Chapter 1 What is evaluation and why you need it<br \/>\nChapter 2 How Masters evaluate positions<br \/>\nChapter 3 King\u2019s safety 1<br \/>\nChapter 4 King\u2019s safety 2<br \/>\nChapter 5 Pieces activity 1<br \/>\nChapter 6 Pieces Activity 2<br \/>\nChapter 7 Pieces Activity in Symmetrical Pawn Structures 1<br \/>\nChapter 8 Pieces Activity in Symmetrical Pawn Structures 2<br \/>\nChapter 9 A bad piece 1<br \/>\nChapter 10 A bad piece 2<br \/>\nChapter 11 Material advantage<br \/>\nChapter 12 Bishop pair advantage<br \/>\nChapter 13 Statics and Dynamics<br \/>\nChapter 14 Static weakness \u2013 An Isolated Pawn<br \/>\nChapter 15 Capablanca\u2019s lesson about a better pawn structure<br \/>\nChapter 16 Space advantage<br \/>\nChapter 17 Open files 1<br \/>\nChapter 18 Open files 2<br \/>\nChapter 19 Doubled pawns 1<br \/>\nChapter 20 Doubled pawns 2<br \/>\nChapter 21 Doubled pawns 3<br \/>\nChapter 22 Finding the main theme<br \/>\nLet\u2019s practice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FM Tekeyev has just completed a fantastic training course that simplifies the entire process most strong players use to &#8220;read&#8221; positions and evaluate them as pros do. 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