The Woodpecker Method 2: Positional Play

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The Woodpecker Method 2: Positional Play

MoveTrainer® Tactics/Strategy course by Quality Chess & by GM Axel Smith 

Struggling With Positional Play?

Master It In 7 Cycles With

The Woodpecker Method

Do you…

💥 Drift into a bad position when forcing moves fail to deliver?

💥 Hold a tactics rating of over 2000, but your actual chess rating lags by 400, 500, even 600 points?

💥 Spend hours watching YouTube videos or reading books — only for your knowledge to evaporate when sitting across an opponent?

If you answered “yes” to any these questions, you’re not alone.

The Woodpecker Method 2: Positional Play can break you out of this cycle of frustration.

It's an immersive hands-on training course, which instills in you the intuition of a master. So you can build strong positions and convert small advantages into BIG wins — even when the flashy moves fall flat.

At the core of the course is a proven training technique, born out of necessity.

Grandmaster Axel Smith was stagnating at the 2000-2100 Elo. It’s a discouraging ceiling that continues to hold many ambitious players down. But then Smith found a way to push past this barrier.

Through intense training with the Woodpecker Method, he soared from 2093 to 2458 in just 2 years. That’s 365 Elo points — the largest leap of his career!

Since then, Smith has shared the Woodpecker Method to players all over the world. He helped countless club players and title-seekers unlock their potential. And now it’s your turn!

Here’s How The Woodpecker Method Works

Originally designed to supercharge one’s tactics, Smith adapted the original framework for positional mastery.

The process is straightforward yet rigorous:

You solve 1,000 positional exercises through 7 cycles. You cut your completion time in half each round. And by the final cycle, you take on all 1,000 exercises in a single day — sharpening your instincts to an edge through intense, focused effort.

What happens next?

You start steering your pieces to their best squares almost by reflex.

You zero in on the pawn breaks that once escaped you, opening lines and creating threats. And you carry out quiet maneuvers to shift the control firmly in your favor.

It’s pattern recognition training on steroids!

Standard spaced reviews might take a year to lock in these exercises and the positional ideas they teach. But the Woodpecker Method speeds up the process by condensing the review cycles.

So that in as little as 4 months, you’ll have developed that master-level positional intuition that knows:

💥 How to bog down your opponent with all sorts of weaknesses. From pawn islands to doubled and even tripled pawns.

💥 The one thing you must do before attacking the flanks, ensuring it doesn’t backfire.

💥 How to deny the opponent open files — locking their rooks and queen out of action.

💥 When to launch the minority attack. Execute it correctly, and you’ll create a lasting target along the c-file with a strong outpost for your knight.

💥 The perfect moment to push your isolated d-pawn. Not only eliminating the potential weakness, but also unleashing the might of your pieces.

And other ways to manipulate the pawns to your advantage.

You’ll also dive into the art of piece play, and learn:

💥 How to punish an enemy knight that has crossed into your territory.

💥 Center-dismantling techniques that liberate your bishops, and turn them into deadly snipers.

💥 When putting your knight on the rim… leads to a win!

💥 Pawn sacrifices that create a commanding 3-on-1 advantage where it matters.

💥 When to grab “free” material and when to pass it up. It’s the key to avoiding a passive defense, and achieving total positional harmony.

💥 The essential pieces you must retain to maintain your pressure on the enemy king.

Plus many more.

The 1,000 positional exercises come with over 26 hours of video lessons, where Smith explains:

💥 The 19th century attacking technique at the heart of the King’s Indian Defense, Bishop’s Opening, and Sicilian Grand Prix.

💥 Should you strike in the center or seize space? Pinpoint the right positional principle by counting this.

💥 When simplicity beats flair. Master the art of error-free chess by prioritizing simple moves.

💥 How to flip Bobby Fischer's script to build a superior position through swift tactics.

And more — taking you from “merely knowing the patterns” to consistently applying them in your games.

We’re so confident in The Woodpecker Method 2: Positional Play — you decide if it’s worth it.

Here’s the plan:

Try the entire course for 30 days. Solve the exercises. Watch the videos, and put the strategies inside into action. If you don’t feel sharper, more confident, and more in control of your positional play…

Simply send us an email. We’ll make things right. No questions asked.

You’ve got nothing to lose, and a whole new level of chess mastery to gain!

“YES! I’m ready to master positional play with

the 7 cycles of the Woodpecker Method”