This section introduces tactics that are up to three moves deep. Mate in two moves. Chapter 5: Win a piece in three moves. Part 3: Defensive Skills
Defending your king and pieces from opponent threats. Key Learning Outcomes Willemze T - Winning Endgame Tactics 1 (2019).rar
Winning Endgame Tactics 1: Queen Maneuvers is a foundational chess course by IM Thomas Willemze, published in 2019. It is specifically designed to help players under 1700 Elo develop sharp tactical vision by focusing on the most powerful piece on the board: the Queen. Core Philosophy and Structure This section introduces tactics that are up to
Willemze recommends a passing score of at least . If a student scores lower, it indicates a gap in pattern recognition that requires re-visiting the instructional material before moving on to the advanced topics in Winning Endgame Tactics 2 . Part 3: Defensive Skills Defending your king and
Watch this brief introduction to see how IM Thomas Willemze structures his endgame lessons to improve tactical vision: Winning Endgame Tactics 1: Queen Maneuvers
"Catch the queen" in two moves (winning the opponent's queen). Part 2: Adding Preparatory Moves
Students learn to identify recurring tactical patterns—such as forks, skewers, and discovered attacks—that specifically involve queen maneuvers.