Overview
Renowned coach IM Boroljub Zlatanovic presents…
Elements of Strategy
In order to seriously improve in chess, we cannot be blitz-only players who keep repeating the same tactical patterns, hoping our opponents fall for tricks.
That’s a surefire way to keep us at the chess club level—forever.
If you want to break through to the expert level or above, you need a real plan.
Turn your opponent’s moves against them!
How? Every move played creates “holes” in a position. If you can get to theirs before yours fall under attack, all is good!
For that, we can’t just push pieces randomly. A killer middlegame plan is necessary—a clever, simple, and flexible plan that gradually leads you to your goals.
About this Course:
IM Boroljub Zlatanovic presents Elements of Strategy. In this massive 9.5-hour course, IM Zlatanovic, a chess strategy specialist, takes you on a journey and shows how the chess masters carve out their wins, move by move, like solving a jigsaw puzzle!
From creating pawn majorities to activating your king, this course teaches you how to form master middlegame plans where every move has a purpose… and that purpose is to WIN the game.
Here’s what you will learn:
Holes Everywhere
- Before you make plans in chess, you must find the right ideas—and many times, that means knowing which “holes” to exploit in your enemy’s camp.
Temporary Weaknesses
- Zlatanovic shows how to accept temporary weaknesses in your own position in order to create permanent ones in those of your opponents’. What’s so good about this? Your opponents will fall right into your proverbial lap, because they will not see the position as you will. Every move needs to be functional, not aesthetic.
Squeeze it like Capablanca.
- Capablanca loved simple games. He would often make the most obvious moves in the position… and somehow, after about 20-30 moves, his opponents always felt the squeeze. Want to know how? It’s in the course!
Elements of Strategy
Elements of Strategy – video course [9 hours 37 mins] – IM Boroljub
Zlatanovic brings you a nearly 10-hour video masterclass on the wonderful secrets of strategic play in chess. In this course, he highlights exactly how past and modern chess masters chalked out middlegame strategy, move by move, to produce wins—even against super-strong opponents!
Complete set of PGNs – A downloadable, complete set of PGN files featuring everything covered in the course will be available so that you can analyze at your own pace and convenience. A must-have treasure chest for any serious chess player.
Access to Practicum – Training includes all the important attacking motifs with a set of specifically designed tasks and challenges. Practicality is an important element of the course.
Meet the Author
IM Boroljub Zlatanovic [2438 FIDE]
Boroljub Zlatanovic is an International Master and professional chess coach from Serbia. Boroljub has been coaching chess for more than 15 years and his students have shown outstanding results in Youth and Junior Championships.
