Can I Take It? A Beginner’s Guide to Capturing Pieces by NM Laura Smith & by NM Dan Heisman

The Most Fundamental Skill You Can Learn
after the Rules of the Game!

You’ve learned the rules and how the pieces move. Now what?

You take your opponent’s pieces, that’s what!

But as you may have experienced in your games, taking the wrong pieces – or taking with the wrong piece – can horribly backfire.

That’s where this course comes in. Can I Take It? A Beginner’s Guide to Capturing Pieces teaches you the most fundamental skill in chess tactics and strategy.

You won’t just learn if you can take an opponent’s piece. You’ll also learn how to take that piece – which can make a winning or losing difference in a game!

Specifically, you’ll learn:

♟️How to easily evaluate every piece trade you make with the Reinfeld system. Plus, you’ll also learn how to count attackers and defenders – and when that count doesn’t matter!

♟️Which pieces to capture and when – in a real game, you’ll be confronted with many possible captures. You’ll learn how to determine the most beneficial ones so you can make the right move

♟️How to capture – chess is a team sport, and each piece has their role! Learn the right order for capturing a piece when many are involved in the battle

♟️Advanced tactics to ‘have your cake and eat it too’ – after mastering the basics, you’ll learn techniques like the in-between-move and desperado maneuver to take your opponent’s piece and save your own at the same time…or inflict maximum damage if your own piece is about to be captured!

So many ways to capture, but only 1 wins! Learn how to make sense of messy positions like these in the course

Two Trusted Coaches Teach You How to Do It Right

And because this skill is so fundamental, having a rock-solid foundation is extremely important. This course brings you two of America’s great chess coaches to help you build that foundation.

National Master Laura Smith is an accomplished chess player and teacher. Once the highest-rated 13-year old in the United States, Smith went on to become a regular contender for several US Women’s Championships. Now a school teacher, she runs a chess club in Brooklyn where she regularly helps students reach their A-game.

National Master Dan Heisman is one of America’s most renowned chess coaches. After regularly competing and winning in chess tournaments, Heisman found his calling as a chess instructor. An engineer by training, his passion and expertise in chess have led him to become a full-time chess coach since 1996. He has also authored numerous books, articles, and videos on chess improvement.

With these two, you’re not only getting two brilliant chess minds – you’re getting two brilliant minds who understand what beginner players are going through.