Lesson #24: The Planning Approach - Rules For Material Imbalances (2)
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In the previous lesson we looked at the Art Of Trading, this time it is the Art Of Activation!
Lesson #23: The Planning Approach - Rules For Material Imbalances (1)
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After so many lessons on the Analytical Approach, is time to start looking at the Positional Approach. Don’t forget they somehow always come together!
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Lesson #22: How To Play The Endgame - Some Misconceptions Taken Away
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Many of you are interested on tips on the endgame. You find you don’t know what to do when and endgame arises, find endgames elusive or even scary or even prefer to avoid them at all cost.
Lesson #21: How To Calculate - Which Candidate First?
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It’s back to candidates again!
In this lesson I give some practical tips on spotting and calculating them.
Lesson #20: How To Calculate - Chess Is Not Checkers!
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In this lesson you are going to try and unlearn something 
By the way, I added something new: exercise sheets.
Lesson #19: How To Play The Endgame - Introduction
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I have started creating videos on the endgame. I will be dealing with lots of different and interesting themes such as:
- the role of theoretical knowledge
- flexibility and adjustment
- patience
- endgame weapons
In this introduction some “lay of the land” and the discussion of a practical rook endgame.
Lesson #18: Candidates - Thinking Outside The Box… Or Not?
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What do the cases of Sherlock Holmes and chess have in common?
Lesson #17: How To Calculate - Not Deep But Broad!
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In this lesson we look at calculation from a slightly different angle.
Lesson #16: The Mechanism Of Attack And Defense
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In this video I introduce a new acronym and tool: T.I.M.S.I.C.
This tool will help you to distinguish generic types of defenses.
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Lesson #15: How To Calculate - Assumption Is Our Glue
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In this lesson we continue discussing several key aspects of calculation. This time it is “assumption”.