National Master Jesse Cohen (CEO & Head Coach of Summit School of Chess) reveals the terrifying truth: some moves turn your beloved chess pieces into undead pawns trapped in a strategic graveyard.

In this video, Master Cohen dives deep into the advanced concept of “Zombie Pieces”: chess positions where pieces become utterly useless, their potential as good as devoured by a horde of bad decisions.

** But don’t despair!** Master Cohen isn’t just here to diagnose chess-piece rigor mortis. He’ll equip you with the antidote:

• Identify the symptoms: Learn how to spot Zombie Pieces before they drag down your entire army.
• Perform an autopsy: Master Cohen dissects classic examples of Zombie Pieces, exposing the fatal moves that led to their demise.
• Vaccinate your game: Discover prophylactic strategies to keep your pieces healthy and kicking (figuratively, of course).

This video is perfect for:

• Ambitious chess players: Take your game to the next level by understanding the concept of Zombie Pieces.
• Strategists of all kinds: Learn how to avoid dead-end scenarios in any competitive situation.
• Anyone who’s ever felt like their chess pieces are just… meh: Get your strategic mojo back with Master Cohen’s insights!

Don’t let your pieces suffer an eternal pawn-demic! Click the play button and resurrect your chess skills with National Master Jesse Cohen!

Bonus: Check out Summit School of Chess (https://summitschoolofchess.com/) to level up your game with expert coaching and resources!

P.S. Remember that the key to improving chess also comes with cultivating the right attitudes. Focus on deactivating, demoralizing, and subduing your opponents’ pieces in your own games. Be patient with yourself as you attempt to implement these ideas understanding it’s a very advanced strategy and it will take many attempts to get it right. Reward yourself consistently for your attempts! Have a cookie!!

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Checkmate the Rating Gap: How Underdogs Can Conquer Chess Giants

Ditch the fear, forget the draws. Here at Summit School of Chess, we forge underdog assassins, ready to crushing-blow chess giants and unleash your inner champion. No surprise tricks, just honed steel-trap minds wielding grandmaster secrets. Dominate the board, not your doubts! Join us and checkmate your destiny, one move at a time.

Tip #1: Believe in the Blitz: Chess is a minefield of blunders, even for grandmasters. Convince yourself you can find your opponent’s misstep and turn it into a glorious blitz-attack! Just witness Frank Marshall’s risky gambit in this classic game – one beautiful combo by Sidney Johnston, and history was made.

Tip #2: Trap the Ego: Watch out for tricky traps in the opening. Higher-rated players often crave wins so much they’ll set you up for a fall, hoping you’ll miss their subtle misstep. Use their arrogance as a weapon! Learn to force them to beat you, and watch their logic crumble under the pressure of a potential draw.

Tip #3: Embrace the Chaos: Keep things dynamic and unpredictable. The more complex the board, the easier it is for your opponent to stumble. Let them trip over their own plans, and punish them ruthlessly. Remember, every mistake is a stepping stone to your chess glory!

Ready to conquer the chessboard? Summit School of Chess awaits. Sharpen your mind, unlock your potential, and slay those chess giants with confidence!

P.S. Checkmate destiny with Summit School – visit us today and claim your victory!

I’ve been a chess coach for the last 20 odd years but it was only in the last few that I had a conversation with a student who seemed to excel at everything he pursued. I had to know why.

Every coach wants to effectively train students to become champion and masters but I came to learn that focusing on immediate results is so detrimental to the student it often backfires horrifically.

I asked my student how it was possible that he achieved such high success rates over their peers at such a consistent and high level. He explained that often he would enter competitions ranging from chess, piano, martial arts and eventually tennis – outperforming his peers despite putting considerably less time and training prior to his performances. How could this be?

He explained that it came down to a few key elements and priorities insisted upon him by his very thoughtful parents.

1. Stressing attitude and effort over immediate results. My student explained that the biggest corrections and scoldings from his parents came when he would decide to give up internally during a competition, often due to self discouragement, at having the beginning of a bad performance. His parents never placed emphasis on immediate results. It was perfectly acceptable to lose or not perform well if he maintained a determined attitude and pushed himself to put forth maximum effort. I found this astonishing because for so long I had focused on my students winning rates, their chess ratings and putting big expectations on their shoulders. The result? Chess students who develop performance anxiety and some students that quit the game altogether rather than face the possibility of losing or a “subpar performance” in their mind.
2. His parents provided him unique opportunities to learn, grow, practice and push himself. He explained that due to a loophole his parents were able to get him a year off between junior and senior year of high school so he could live in Spain, train under some of the best tennis coaches in the world, and compete at the top levels for his age groups. I still have fond memories of my mother funding and/or traveling with me to chess tournaments around the country – having the opportunity to be exposed and face off against some some of the best and brightest players, receive coaching and advice from some amazing individuals and even travel to Australia on a chess exchange trip.
3. Participating in competitions from a very young age regardless of the arena.

This ultimately resulted in the most awesome super power ever cultivated for a champion. He didn’t get NERVOUS regardless of whether he was competing at the highest levels.

I cannot stress this hard enough – cultivating a student that insists of maintaining a positive attitude, putting forth maximum effort and not feeling the stress of competition no matter the opposition, the medium, the stakes, etc – this is the most menacing opponent you can ever hope to face.

For this reason I often stress and positively reinforce my students for their efforts and attitudes. I actively tell them that their immediate wins and losses don’t concern me and that I’m much more interested in what strategies, techniques, emotions, attitudes that they made a goal to achieve during their live games and I heap HEAVY AMOUNTS OF PRAISE upon the students willing to try at all. I insist to them that practicing these things is master training and to be incredibly graceful and forgiving with themselves.

I compare this to a person who can juggle countless balls ignited by fire – that they will certainly drop the balls many times on the way to achieving this and not to expect to perfect or even reasonably demonstrate these skills during a live chess game but instead to keep trying, keep taking these master steps, be proud of themselves and don’t stop.