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In this week's workshop, we're going to do:
* Scotch Gambit -- an aggressive line for white in scotch opening. (As @samostically has been saying it to be his favorite opening and wanted hive thematic arena on it, I've selected it for this workshop with illustrative games.)
* Wild Positional and Tactical Combinations of Middlegame
* Rook vs Bishop (with and without pawn) Endgames

1.Opening:

(check lichess study links below diagrams for example games)

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Scotch Gambit

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Hikaru Nakamura Vs Onischuk, Al

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Jones, G. vs Yu Yangyi

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 Jones, G. vs Jakovenko, D.

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 Scotch Gambit Brilliancy on LiChess

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2.Middle-game:

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 White to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation of this position. Should you jump with your knight, Exploit pinned bishop or do something even more subtle?

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 Black to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. How would you deliver a tactical blow, keeping in mind that your queen and rook are hanging?Hint: a famous position
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3.End-game:

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White to Play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Can black draw this position?
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 White to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Is this position drawable?
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White to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Is this position drawable for black?
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White to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Is this position winnable for white?
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These ideas are must have patterns in your mind for understanding and ultimately playing better chess.

Solving the positions:
Try to solve these positions by
1. Evaluating the position, finding who's better i.e white or black.
2. Studying the positions one by one, without rushing.
3. Calculating different variations no less than 5 minutes each position, for better understanding.

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Credits:

Positions courtesy of these sources (for my notes) but not limited to:

Lichess Database

Nunn Chess Openings

Keep it Simple Series

Encyclopedia of Chess Openings

Wesley So’s Chessable Course

Grivas Opening Laboratory

The Complete Manual of Positional Chess

Positional Decision Making

Train Your Pattern Recognition

Nunn Chess Endings

100 Endgames You Must Know

Silman's Complete Endgame Course

Note:

Workshops will be published every Wednesday.

Positions have been taken from my notes collected over time from various books from my ever-growing chess library.

These positions were taken based on their educational value.

Lichess Study links have next moves hidden, when you make correct move, moves will start appearing as main variation.

Any suggestion and/or criticism highly accepted.

Images Courtesy:
Thumbnail & logo designed with canva,chess diagrams are lichess screenshots.

Thanks for Your Attention! -Regards

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