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What you'll learn:

Centre and Development: find yourself an optimal Rook placement. Control the centre and mobilize your forces, particularly the Rooks, with maximum effect for guaranteed victory.
Castle and Don’t be Greedy: Learn to castle in time to safeguard your king against the enemy forces all while unleashing your Rooks at their full potential.
Right Spending – Tempo: Time is the most crucial thing in the game of chess. Learn the concept of "tempo" and spend your move where the action is.
Initiative – Take It: Learn how to take and keep the initiative with your Rooks while generating threats and pressure on your enemy to falter their moves.
Think Action – Pieces in Action: Keep your Rooks and other pieces in active action to seize the game instead of following a passive approach in the fight.
Attack! Pawn story: Combine advances of the pawns, "waves," with the deployment of Rooks, and attack with great effect.
Be Careful of That Pawn Structure: Take notice of and exploit pawn structures – use your Rooks to bolster or disrupt formations.
Go Pawn Go!!: Rook Business support for pawn promotion in the endgame.
King-Pawn Endgame – Pawns on One Flank: Rook Business in Pampas land. Learn exact play regarding Rook in endgames with pawns on one quadrant of the board.
King-Pawn Endgame – Pawns on Both Flanks: Coordinate King and Rook in complex endgames with pawns on both wings
Final Test Review: Apply your new skills in a summary revision covering all stages of the game.

This is a comprehensive guide, full of instructions that teaches players how to play all phases of the game, from opening to endgame. Emphasising the role of rooks at each stage, it covers the essential principles involved to help a player develop a broad view of chess strategy and tactics.

Mahendra Rathore

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Center and Its Relation with Development

The centre of the board is the battleground where most games are won or lost. This lecture will deal with the necessity for central control in the opening and how it relates to your pieces' development, especially the Rook. You will learn how to place your Rooks to influence central squares most effectively and prepare them for active duties in front-line action.

Castle and Don't Be Greedy

One of the critical steps to safeguard your King while mobilizing your Rook is to castle. This session focuses on the price you pay for being too greedy with material or just plain lagging behind on this critical move and helps you understand the principle of timely casting. You'll learn when to cast first and how to avoid falling into those common traps which leave you in vulnerable positions.

Correct Investments – Tempo

Every move counts, especially in the opening. This course session teaches tempo and how to come up with the right moves which enhance your position without wasting time. You will learn to make "investments" in your opening play for long-term benefits, keeping your Rook and other pieces in sync with your overall strategy.

Exchange Up / Exchange Down (Endgame)

The middle game is where you wrest control of the game. This lecture brings into focus the art of taking initiative and keeping your opponent on the defensive. You will see how your Rook can become a crucial piece to create threats, pressure, and momentum throughout your middle game

Think About Action – Active Pieces

Piece action is the name of the game in the middle game. This lecture will demonstrate how you can keep your Rooks and other pieces active, participating in the battle. See how not to get into passive play and make sure every piece—and most importantly, your Rooks—are actively involved with what's happening on the board.

Attack! Pawn Story

Pawns are very useful pieces when attacking. This section will teach you how to use pawn advances to open lines and create avenues of attack for your Rooks. You will learn how to coordinate your pawns and Rooks in a harmonious attack that will break down even the toughest defences.

Wary of the Pawn Structure

The pawn structure can at times dictate the flow of the game, especially in the middle game. Emphasized, this session shall give you an inside look at understanding and preserving your pawn structure while exploiting the weaknesses of your opponent. You're going to see how Rooks, in supporting and disrupting pawn formations, can really give an edge in the middle game.

Go Pawn Go!!

In the endgame, pawns often become the stars. This session focuses on just how the Rooks support pawn promotion. In this lecture, you'll learn how you can push your pawns with the help of your Rooks forward and convert small plus positions into decisive wins.

King-Pawn Endgame – Pawns on One Flank

King-pawn endgames are where accuracy and knowledge meet. This lesson looks at endgames where pawns are on one side, discussing how to make effective use of your Rook in support of your pawns, controlling key squares, and outmanoeuvring your opponent's King. You will practice methods for winning or drawing such positions.

King-Pawn Endgame – Pawns on Both Flanks

Endgames with pawns on both wings require a serious coordination effort on the part of your King and Rook. In this lecture, you'll learn how to conduct these most complex of all endgames where the possibility of switching sides may prove to be the decisive factor for the Rook, and how to balance the needs of pawns on both flanks while keeping the opponent under pressure.

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Samay Mehta

4.5

19 Aug,2023

Learning with Mahi sir is fun because he explains it in a really good way. He is able to correct my mistakes very easily as he is a AIM in chess. He makes you use many concepts and teaches you about the tactics that are necessary at your level. The platforms he uses to teach are very efficient and fun. I am always happy to learn from him. ...

Jay Patel

07 Sep,2023

I have enjoyed learning chess with Mahi sir very much. Over a period of a year, my chess rating has skyrocketed from a mere 900 to a respectable amount of 1800. This has allowed me to do many things like being one of the best players in my high school, giving me an extracurricular activity for college applications, and also allowing me to gain volu ...

Revarth Agarwal

21 Sep,2024

Mahi sir is the best!! I started playing chess with him and loved it so much , right now I am on king pawn endgame and soon I will improve my middle game with Mahi sir. Chess is fun learning from him. ...

Shreeram Rohit Lokhande

4.5

22 Sep,2024

I have learned playing Chess from Mahi Sir. He explains the concepts and methods in very simple and easy way. Playing Chess with Sir is fun!! I really enjoy the game. ...

Tanush choudhary

4.5

22 Sep,2024

I love learning chess from Mahi sir. He explains everything very nicely and makes chess hard to easy. I have learned tactics , openings and 100 of things by Mahender sir. ...

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29 Sep,2024

I enjoy learning chess with Mahendra sir. Combination of good guidance and good teacher...he understands the mood of children and change its pattern accordingly. ...

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