Month 07 · Strategy

Middlegame Mastery

Activity, initiative, prophylaxis, and clean evaluations.

Weeks: 4
Days on the syllabus: 28
Written exercises: None yet
Planned time: ~42h

This page is the syllabus. The daily lessons for this month are not written yet, so opening a day shows that it is closed.

Open week 1

Builds on

Repertoire structures from Month 06.

Prepares you for

Advanced calculation in the sharp positions your plans create.

Why this month exists

Month 7 is the middlegame syllabus: piece activity, initiative, space, king safety, breaks, outposts, exchanges, open lines, attack and defense, prophylaxis, and improving the worst piece.

What you will develop

Evaluate middlegame positions with a consistent checklist
Create plans from weaknesses and piece quality
Use prophylaxis without becoming passive
Decide exchanges using structure and activity

Weekly structure

Monthly challenge

Twenty annotated middlegame evaluations with plans, candidate moves, and post-engine verification notes.