The Polgar Chess University Advanced Mega Bundle is an incredible collection of 106 lessons (over 45 hours!)  from one of the most famous chess coaches in the world, Susan Polgar. A former child prodigy herself, Susan Polgar now coaches some of the most promising players in the US and has top 10 player Wesley So as a famous former pupil. The first female player to achieve the full Grandmaster title and sister of the strongest woman player of all-time, Judit Polgar, Susan’s expertise in chess and coaching is beyond doubt. This Mega Bundle includes all of the training programs Susan has produced in the Advanced tier.

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The Polgar Chess Mega Bundle is a complete training program which will give the serious student a very strong all-round game with no holes in their knowledge. The structure of this course together with Susan’s lucid explanations of each topic will chess improvers achieve their potential quickly.

Lesson 1: An instructive game of the late world champion Alekhine (0:25:55)
Lesson 2: Space Advantage in Chess through a Capablanca classic (0:29:30)
Lesson 3: The concept of Open File and how it can be implemented for a killer attack or for strategical gains. (0:25:51)
Lesson 4: The importance of a Rook(s) entering to the 7th (2nd) Rank (0:29:13)
Lesson 5: The element of Weak Squares & Outposts, through a tactical and then strategical example (0:23:26)
Lesson 6: The amazing power of the Pair of Bishops when they are ideally coordinated. (0:31:22)
Lesson 7: Double Pawns. (0:30:02)
Lesson 8: The most important Rook and Pawn versus Rook endgames, including the famous Lucena and Philidor positions (0:28:19)
Lesson 9: Two very important elements in chess. Protected Passed Pawns and The Wrong corner in King, Bishop, and Rook Pawn versus King endgames (0:28:20)
Lesson 10: The Weakened Long Diagonal (0:29:29)
Lesson 11: Critical moments from the past (0:26:09)
Lesson 12: Simplification Combinations and when to trade (0:28:50)
Lesson 13: Bishops and Knights (0:27:26)
Lesson 14: Deflection (0:29:07)
Lesson 15: Why time is important in chess (0:23:49)
Lesson 16: Typical tactical motives, strategical ideas, and plans in the Dutch defense, Stonewall variation (0:25:42)
Lesson 17: Attack and defense (0:26:24)
Lesson 18: Strategy in closed positions (0:24:38)
Lesson 19: King stuck in the Middle - trouble (0:25:12)
Lesson 20: Susan examines a classic battle between Petrosian and Smyslov (0:30:05)
Lesson 21: Clear up the square (0:28:09)
Lesson 22: Importance of passed pawn (0:24:41)
Lesson 23: Blockated a passed pawn (dedicated to Pal Benko) (0:30:20)
Lesson 24: Bishop sac on h7 (0:29:20)
Lesson 25: Create weaknesses in your opponent's game (0:25:07)
Lesson 26: Attack and Defense (0:26:35)
Lesson 27: Simplify by trading (0:27:53)
Lesson 28: Collaboration of a Rook and a Knight (0:24:06)
Lesson 29: The Pillsbury attack (0:26:44)
Lesson 30: Ideas in endgames (0:24:40)
Lesson 31: Critical moments in Bobby Fischer's games (0:22:39)
Lesson 32: To trade or not to trade : 2 Bobby Fischer's games (0:23:28)
Lesson 33: Middlegames, critical moments (0:24:46)
Lesson 34: Middlegames, critical moments 2 (0:24:13)
Lesson 35: Play against the KID (0:23:42)
Lesson 36: Opening files, Botvinik's game (0:22:49)
Lesson 37: Amazing situations (0:21:00)
Lesson 38: The power of the Knight (0:25:13)
Lesson 39: More on open files (0:24:28)
Lesson 40: Middlegames, critical moments 3 (0:23:38)
Lesson 41: Examples of intermediate moves (0:23:34)
Lesson 42: Attack and defense, Bobby Fischer's games (0:30:27)
Lesson 43: Susan's favorite game (0:24:09)
Lesson 44: Susan analyses one of her old games (0:25:33)
Lesson 45: Attack and defense, Susan's own game (0:24:09)
Lesson 46: Ideas in endgames, Petrosian (0:23:04)
Lesson 47: A GM's game by Akopian (0:21:55)
Lesson 48: Open files, illustrated by 2 games (0:22:02)
Lesson 49: A Susan's Game (0:22:25)
Lesson 50: A positional game of Alekhine (0:19:56)
Lesson 51: Endgames : Bishop vs Knight (0:24:53)
Lesson 52: Games from Lubbock Spice 2010 tournament (0:26:42)
Lesson 53: Tribute to Smyslov (0:22:19)
Lesson 54: Gambit in the Ruy Lopez (0:24:38)
Lesson 55: Good bishop vs Bad Bishop (0:22:53)
Lesson 56: Game Spassky vs Petrosian World Championship 1966 (0:21:32)
Lesson 57: Gruenfeld opening (0:21:19)
Lesson 58: Endgames : Rook vs pawns (0:23:48)
Lesson 59: the right calculation to find the best move (0:26:59)
Lesson 60: Endgames played in real games (0:27:58)
Lesson 61: Tactical Ideas (0:23:01)
Lesson 62: Outpost : 2 games by Capablanca (0:28:05)
Lesson 63: Attacking game from… Larry Christiansen (0:27:18)
Lesson 64: Suzan: my favorite opening (0:23:17)
Lesson 65: A long game from Kramnik (0:28:47)
Lesson 66: A Classical game from Anderssen -1878 (0:26:09)
Lesson 67: Karpov vs Sokolov (0:24:33)
Lesson 68: Endgames (0:25:58)
Lesson 69: A Susan's game - No castle for black (0:24:10)
Lesson 70: Najdorf's game (0:23:56)
Lesson 71: How to create plan (0:23:16)
Lesson 72: Attack and Defense (0:26:12)
Lesson 73: Kaidanonv vs Taimanov (0:24:21)
Lesson 74: Magical Tal (0:23:24)
Lesson 75: When to strike (0:26:44)
Lesson 76: Breakthrough in pawn engames (0:25:47)
Lesson 77: Pawn structure : doubled or isolated pawn (0:28:44)
Lesson 78: Positional sacrifice, game from Kasparov (0:27:48)
Lesson 79: Positional sacrifice, game from Kasparov (0:27:00)
Lesson 80: Developping before attacking (0:23:42)
Lesson 81: Defense (0:25:45)
Lesson 82: Human and Computer (0:22:49)
Lesson 83: Sacrifice on f7 square (0:26:01)
Lesson 84: Attack in Sicilian (0:24:38)
Lesson 85: Cut off your opponent's pieces of activity (0:24:34)
Lesson 86: How to respond to Black in 1. d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 (0:24:23)
Lesson 87: How to find a plan (0:24:35)
Lesson 88: Space Advantage (0:26:24)
Lesson 89: Strategy: space advantage (0:27:23)
Lesson 90: Asymetrical position (0:26:52)
Lesson 91: Attack (0:23:47)
Lesson 92: Tactical Ideas from practical games (0:22:27)
Lesson 93: Hammer vs Anand (0:25:49)
Lesson 94: Analysis of a game (0:24:24)
Lesson 95: Carlsen vs Bacrot (0:25:07)
Lesson 96: Games from the Spice Spring Invitational tournament (0:27:14)
Lesson 97: Ideas in Evan's Gambit (0:24:55)
Lesson 98: instructive moment from tournaments (0:23:44)
Lesson 99: Games from romantic era of Chess (0:26:36)
Lesson 100: Exchange advantage (0:27:16)
Lesson 101: Endgames jewels (0:23:00)
Lesson 102: A super exciting position (0:26:34)
Lesson 103: Two GM's Game, Shirov and Kramnik (0:28:53)
Lesson 104: Endgames: Karpov (0:27:53)
Lesson 105: Ivanchuk vs Kamsky (0:27:04)
Lesson 106: Analysis of a game (Nimzo-Indian) (0:26:16)