Month 08 · Tactics

Advanced Tactics & Complex Calculation

Combinations, sacrifices, and mixed master challenges.

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

Middlegame judgement from Month 07 and calculation from Month 02.

Prepares you for

Master-game study, where combinations appear inside whole games.

Why this month exists

Month 8 upgrades motifs into combinations: sacrificial attacks, double sacrifices, interference, windmill, x-ray, back-rank, mating nets, perpetual check, desperado, and deep mixed calculation.

What you will develop

Build multi-move combinations from simple motifs
Calculate sacrificial attacks with best defenses
Solve mixed master-level positions under time
Classify combination types in your error log

Weekly structure

Monthly challenge

Fifty advanced mixed positions with full written solutions in Solution Book format.