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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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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Lesson #22: How To Play The Endgame - Some Misconceptions Taken Away

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Hi all,

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.

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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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Lesson #10: The Interplay And Use Of Phases And Approaches During A Chess Game

Hi all, and welcome to Lesson #10.

In this lesson I want to revisit the interplay of the different phases you go through when you try to deal with a chess position.

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

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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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How To Lose In Chess #2: No Appreciation…

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In this lecture I want to show you how games are often lost, namely by a lack of sufficient appreciation for important chess factors. You can avoid losing like this and become a better chess player by learning to appreciate what strong positional assets are, how you can keep or obtain them, and how to exploit them.

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Lesson #5: The Planning Approach (2)

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In this lesson we continue where we left of in lesson #4.
For an explanation of the theory I refer you to that lesson.

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