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How to Build Attacking Intuition w/ WGM Thalia Cervantes Landeiro
117 Hailing from Cuba, and now one of the top American women players, WGM Thalia Cervantes is a chess powerhouse. For the past four years, she’s been invited to and played at the elite US Women’s Chess Championship.
And her competitive pursuits are nowhere near finished. Thalia is working diligently with a coach to earn her IM title, with one norm already achieved.
She’s also just released her first Chessable course, called, “Building an Attacking Intuition in Chess,” a subject we explore at length in the second half of the episode.
We also discuss:
- How a club player can develop an attacking intuition through pattern recognition.
- Thalia’s thoughts on her performance at the 2024 US Women’s Chess Championship (and how she prepares for these events.)
- The highlights of her early years in the thriving Cuban chess culture and the importance of Capablanca.
- Her plans post-college and what goes into earning the IM title.
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