Drill #3

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Hi all,

Time for some more practice!

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Lesson #24: The Planning Approach - Rules For Material Imbalances (2)

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Hi all,

In the previous lesson we looked at the Art Of Trading, this time it is the Art Of Activation!

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Master The Mindset #6: Psychological Aspects Of Being Better Or Worse

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Hi all,

In this video I point out some psychological mishaps that are common to our games.
Pay close attention and enjoy ;-)

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Lesson #23: The Planning Approach - Rules For Material Imbalances (1)

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Hi all,

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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How To Lose In Chess #3: Small Mistakes Add Up…

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Hi all,

Welcome to yet another well succeeded video lecture if I may say so myself. In this video I discuss one of my losses from the viewpoint of the mistakes I made.

There is normally a technical and psychological side to these moments. When you make a number of them there is the risk that they start to add up.

I hope you will have some “Aha-moments” and recognize what is going on. That way you can avoid the typical mistakes that are made on the club and tournament level.

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Learn From The Masters #4: Karpov - Sax, Linares 1983

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Hi all, in this video lecture we take a look at a game that was played by an inspired Karpov against Sax in Linares 1983.

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Learn From The Masters #3: Karpov - Seirawan, Tilburg 1983

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Hi all,

In this video lecture I continue to study the works of Anatoly The Great. During the 9th round of the 1983 Interpolis Chess Tournament he was simply in great shape!

Click “play” and discover what I mean!

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Learn From The Masters #1: Karpov - Uhlmann, Madrid 1973

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Hi all,

This is the first video in a new series called “Learn From The Masters”. It features Anatoly The Great as the Master. I try to make connections between his play and what I teach you.

Enjoy!

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Lesson #9: The Planning Approach (3) - Small Plans

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Hi all,

Again I will talk about the Planning Approach, but from a different angle.

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Lesson #4: The Planning Approach (1)

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In this lesson I want to explain to you the Planning Approach. This is the approach we use when the orientation on the position has shown us that the position is strategic in nature and that we cannot play our move “immediately”.

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