On the Attack with Vladimir Kramnik

Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik is the 14th World Chess Champion.

His flair for powerful combinations and harmonious piece play brought his peak FIDE rating up to 2817 Elo, making him the 8th highest rated player in history.

Kramnik spent 5 months looking back at his most epic wins in the past 30 years… to compile a list of proven attacking methods capable of destroying even top 10 players.

He published his analysis inside…

On The Attack With
Vladimir Kramnik!

The course revisits 25 of Kramnik’s brilliancies from 1993 to 2023 — to give you a first-hand “behind the scenes” look into his psychology when pressing the attack.

The former world champion will explain to you how he came up with the piece sacrifice, or pawn break that unbalanced the position…

Navigated the complications by combining calculation with intuition…

Exploited the opponent’s playstyle and over-the-board habits…

And ultimately broke through with a precise combination.

You’ll see Kramnik:

🔥 Create long-term attacking chances with “drawish” opposite-colored bishops, even if other pieces have been exchanged.

🔥 Force the time-troubled opponent to find “only moves” by sacrificing the queen.

Kramnik sacrifices… THE QUEEN!

🔥 Give up the rook to drum up a crippling mass of pawns in the center.

🔥 Engineer central outposts, so his knight can invade the flanks at a moment’s notice.

🔥 And carry out a “pure” attack, which gains momentum with every move, while keeping calculation to a minimum.

You’ll also be given prompts to help you generate candidate moves during calculation… plus shortcuts for evaluating the offensive and defensive potential of both sides.

For example:

🔥 How logical moves can lead to disaster when defending unusual positions. Next time your attack is met with a natural defensive move, look out for hidden tactics!

Making room for the black king with
31…Rh8? is logical… and losing!

🔥 Got a promising position, but not a clear win? Stop squandering your edge by “cashing in” too soon. Follow Kramnik’s tip on lesson 4 to increase your chances of scoring a knockout.

🔥 The best objective choice vs. the best practical choice. Why the latter is almost always better, especially for your nervous system!

🔥 The X-factor in sharp, unbalanced positions. It often decides who wins, and it’s NOT the objective evaluation of the position.

🔥 Kramnik’s go-to strategy when facing another attacker ​​— or the “secret” to beating Garry Kasparov.

🔥 A trick for saving thinking time, and passing the burden of evaluating unclear positions to the opponent.

🔥 An analysis of Kramnik’s own world-famous opening innovations

Plus many more. We’ve also turned the games’ most instructive highlights into 182 MoveTrainer exercises to help the lessons stick.

We’re confident that this course can turn you into a more precise and dangerous attacker. All while feeding your imagination with world-class tactics and combinations.