Tag Archives: imbalances

Lesson #25: The Most Fundamental Chess Knowledge (1) – Square Control

January 23, 2013Lessons, Universityappreciation, imbalances, mistakes, position judgement, videoWaldemar

Drill #3

April 6, 2010Drills, Universityapproach, candidate moves, imbalances, nature of the position, orientation, thinking skills, videoWaldemar

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

March 24, 2010Lessons, Universityimbalances, piece activation, planning approach, thinking skills, videoWaldemar

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

January 24, 2010Master The Mindset, Universitycandidate moves, chess psychology, imbalances, videoWaldemar

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

January 13, 2010Lessons, Universityimbalances, planning approach, thinking skills, trade downs, videoWaldemar

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

October 29, 2009How To Lose, Universitychess psychology, imbalances, mistakes, videoWaldemar

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.

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

August 13, 2009Learn From The Masters, UniversityAnatoly Karpov, candidate moves, imbalances, king position, planning approach, thinking skills, videoWaldemar

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

Some points to keep an eye out for are:

practicality of play
tactics
leading imbalance and subsequent plan

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

July 31, 2009Learn From The Masters, UniversityAnatoly Karpov, Caro-Kann, imbalances, planning approach, thinking skills, trade downs, videoWaldemar

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

July 22, 2009Learn From The Masters, UniversityAnatoly Karpov, French defense, imbalances, planning approach, trade downs, videoWaldemar

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

July 17, 2009Lessons, Universityegoism, imbalances, opposite colored bishops, planning approach, small plan, thinking skills, videoWaldemar

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

The Planning Approach can give you guidance as to the direction your game could take. But seldom can you completely oversee how things will go. Then it makes sense to draft small plans while keeping your general plan in mind. Check the chuncky video for more!