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.
Drill #2
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Drill #2, this time with some in-between coaching.
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Drill #1!
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Hi all,
I have the pleasure to announce you Drills! The reason for drills is at least fourfold:
- you can exercise the chess thinking skills that you learn here at Better Your Chess
- you can compare your own thinking and solution to a “correct” sample way of thinking
- you develop decent chess thinking as a part of your chess toolbox. This is also where the consistent and coherent nature of Better Your Chess plays an important role.
- Drills come with useful tips
Get to work!
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?