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Sharpen Your Strategic Skills with ChessNeurons - Episode 4

by Ankit Rajpara - 12/08/2024

Welcome back to the “Strategic Mastery” series in collaboration with ChessNeurons and Chessbase India. Grandmaster Ankit Rajpara will guide you through the fourth episode of our Positional Puzzle Series. This series aims to elevate your positional and strategic chess skills through carefully crafted puzzles and insightful explanations. All the puzzles from this episode are from the World Team Rapid Championship 2024! In this episode, we will reveal the solutions to the five puzzles from our third episode. Following which, we will present five new positional puzzles with increasing difficulty to challenge your strategic thinking further.

Solutions to Episode 3 Puzzles:

Video solution by GM Ankit Rajpara. You can find the positions here:

 

If you would like to solve the positions in episode 3 in an interactive format

New Puzzles for Episode 4:

Puzzle-1:

GM Ding Liren - GM Teclaf,P

White to play

 

Puzzle-2:

GM Magnus Carlsen - GM Ding Liren

White to play

 

Puzzle-3:

GM Ju,Wenjun - Tokbayev,A

White to play


Puzzle-4:

GM Vakhidov - GM Pranav,V 

Black to play

 

Puzzle-5:

GM Adhiban,B - GM Koneru,Humpy

White to play

 

Try to solve these puzzles and test your positional chess skills. The video and written solutions will be uploaded in the next episode, where Grandmaster Ankit will provide detailed insights to guide you through the intricacies of strategic thinking.

Stay Tuned:

With the "Strategic Mastery Series," the path to chess mastery continues here. Stay tuned for Episode 5, where we will provide the solutions to these puzzles and bring you five new challenging positions. In the meantime, feel free to discuss your thoughts in the comments section below. Keep honing your skills, and remember: every move brings you one step closer to victory on the chessboard!

Provide your questions, suggestions, and feedback about the series using this Google form.

 

About Chess Neurons

Chessneurons.com, created by GM Ankit Rajpara, is a unique platform for chess enthusiasts to improve their positional chess. Unlike other websites that mainly focus on tactical puzzles (about capturing pieces or checkmating opponents), ChessNeurons offers something special - positional chess puzzles. These puzzles help players improve their strategic thinking and overall chess skills.

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