Answer These 3 Questions to Understand any Chess Position

[@arthurzindel9547]

The real three questions are: Whose turn is it? Who's winning? And what's going on?

[@MatsMatsuo]

3 questions are: 1-Did I just blunder? 2-Omg, I did blunder, am I an idiot? 3-How did I throw such a winning position? And then you repeat question 3 for hours and hours on your head

[@michaelreed2787]

@@TheChessTheoreticianr/whoosh

[@RealityCheck1]

3 Most Important Questions: 1. Why did he play that? 2. What do I play next? 3. What will he play after my move. (Keeps you playing ing a concrete manner like Fischer & Kasparov)

[@MrSupernova111]

authored by Ben Finegold: "Cry like a grandmaster"

[@nikhilbhute4949]

Thanks Stjepan !! Your channel content is the best. On your journey on Road to become a GM - I am sure that you will represent Croatia in the near future in the Olympiad.All the best for your future endeavors.

[@rodneyfungus8249]

I’m sure he won’t.

[@ChessHoodie]

Are you trolling?

[@7567BotS]

I'm not sure if anyone has studied the first position shown, but it can lead to a very atypical gambit by the black pieces that has been played about 20 times at master level, through a different, more forcing move order. White plays Bg5 and black plays Bd6 (in this move order black can simply play Be7 not going into the gambit), giving up a pawn on f6 and playing Kd7 after white accepts. Surprisingly, white isn't that much better (~+0.8) and black has lots of counterplay. I played this position against a 2150 in classical and got a good position with black and drew in the end. I should mention that I'm barely 1800 yet the position was completely playable.

[@matsvandijk3148]

Thank you truly! I never really reply on KZbin, but I just wanted to say your videos are incredibly helpful :) Thorough, well-structured, easy to follow and very insightful!

[@HangingPawns]

You're very welcome!

[@highgroundchess]

It would be sweet to see a Noctie tutorial. Fantastic video.

[@RealityCheck1]

I have his whole GM preparation books series. I heard you are supposed to read, "Thinking Inside The Box" first to know which book to read first & in which order to read them. It is a very light read. It includes tips on nutrition & psychology that Aagard used to get GM level quickly.

[@michaelreed2787]

@@RealityCheck1 what’s your rating?

[@zoltangal4246]

Great video as always! Love from Hungary

[@Monstershaq69]

Love your videos!

[@D-SBishop]

Insightful video as always!

[@flpsnk4848]

25:50 isn't Qc6 just defending the rook? In case of gxf5, also guarding the 6th rank.

[@shihabshararchowdhury6595]

PLEASE make a video on the closed sicillian.

[@thinboxdictator6720]

6 thinking inside the box

[@HangingPawns]

Yes! Thanks! I knew I'd forgotten one.

[@theguillaume73]

Outside 😊

[@thinboxdictator6720]

@@theguillaume73 it's the title of 6th book in jacob Aagaard's "Grandmaster Preparation" series. :) """ The Grandmaster Preparation series consists of five exercise books: Calculation, Positional Play, Strategic Play, Attack & Defence and Endgame Play. All of these books deal with specific ways of looking at various types of positions and offer a lot of exercises that will help the aspiring player develop a sense of where the various concepts are applicable and how to use them. This book, the final in the series, is meant to be a conversational piece, touching upon most of the topics dealt with in depth in the other books. The five previous books are exercise books, intended to make the reader learn the simple concepts, like for example comparison, and then practise it until a full understanding of the concept and how to use it has been formed. In this book, I have wanted to discuss various topics relating to improvement in chess, focusing on what I think might be most important for most readers. """

[@denniscole5105]

Well I lost the first position I wanted to bring out the dark bishop. Failing to see check take b2 pawn

[@ONeilTD]

5:30 I think blacks King is the worst placed piece. The e line looks deadly

[@lelandp17]

at first glance i thought re1 was good for this exact reason

[@ONeilTD]

@@lelandp17 Stockfish says it is the second best move. Only Bf4 is slightly better

[@nature337]

What chess books would you recommend for someone well under 2000?

[@michaelreed2787]

Tactics books only probably.

[@MatsMatsuo]

Tatics and system to play with both black and white pieces to reduce opening impact on your games

[@eudesgeoffroy8416]

The three questions: I think I know so much about the game, why am I not titled? Given I went to 2100 to 1900, why do I even keep trying? Shoul d I YT something else instead, such as dominoes?

[@Labetalol_2]

Hi i am starting to study the caro-kann and i am lost between the different courses and books so i was wondering if you can suggest which book/course should i study from

[@arthurmedeiros5594]

Don't study openings unless you have 2500 elo.

[@randomjapsi]

I recommend using the database and reviewing the best vatiations with stockfish after each game. Unless you have like 2000 elo, it will usually be enough.

[@Labetalol_2]

@@randomjapsi Thank you for your suggestion but yes i am higher rated i know its not common to ask for a good source

[@merimackara]

this guy has a separate video for each variation go check them out if you havent

[@Labetalol_2]

@@merimackara thanks

[@douwehuysmans5959]

17:14 there is also the idea of Re5 Rh5

[@MatsMatsuo]

its the same idea of Re3 Rh3 but worse

[@douwehuysmans5959]

​@@MatsMatsuono it's not because it prevents e5 opening up the bishops defence of h3

[@MatsMatsuo]

@@douwehuysmans5959 e5 is horrible for black, why black would like to play e5 and be positionally lost. lol. The main idea for black is OBVIOUSLY, trade bishops and it completely kills your whole idea of Re5 Rh5. Ba6 re5 and your line is refuted, White has lost all of its advantage. Not even worth mentioning as a line as in 2 moves into calculation it's already clear that is much worse than Re3

[@douwehuysmans5959]

Re5 Ba6 Rh5, good luck​@@MatsMatsuo

[@douwehuysmans5959]

@@MatsMatsuo What are you talking about Re5, Ba6, Rh5, what is your move, give some lines

[@medelfilali10]

Dudes, chess is hard 🖐️

[@ChessHoodie]

Now I understand what is going on here! Stjepan is reading books that are not suitable for his level, to make things even worse - those are his favorite books! From my perspective, it is like trying to skip high school and enroll straight to the university after finishing elementary school. Some people have done it that way, so perhaps it is possible, but it is definitely not natural nor usual.

[@arthurmedeiros5594]

What I heard from Carlsen, Michael, Krikor and many other GMs is that you only study openings when you get to GM. The reason is that you get good positions in the beginning, but fail to close the game as you lack the position understanding. I'm happy to see Stepan studying middle games, but when he shows his games he always play top-notch opening moves :/

[@bluefin.64]

Good analogy. Aagaard himself is clear the Grandmaster Preparation series is too advanced for someone at Stjepan's level. He recommends Yusupov's books as a program for reaching FM, and his GP books after that. Stjepan is trying to rush things and hasn't set the foundation for what he's doing. It's actually slowing him down. Edit: Aagaard's opinion from above is 10 years old, so I checked to see if he updated it. He said very recently that his GM Preperation books start at 1900 to 2000, and go to the top. I don't know if he meant all of his books are that way, or that they should be read in a particular order. He still recommends Yusupov's books to read "leading up to" his. He says they're very valuable and if you want a good chess education you should know what's in them. It seems like he still thinks his books are better suited to higher rated players, but that someone like Sjepan shouldn't necessarily avoid them. It doesn't change my belief about Stjepan's approach to improvement, though, which I came to long ago. The hallucinations he had in today's video are an example of why.

[@ChessHoodie]

@@bluefin.64 From what I've seen, authors often give a target audience rating lower than what it actually is ( is it to increase sales or an honest mistake, I don't know). Regarding the reading order, if you type "aagaard books reading order" in google, it would lead you to a post made by Aagaard himself, where he gives pretty detailed instructions

[@Mohammad-jb8rt]

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[@archinsoni1254]

The real question is How to make money playing chess ??

[@nocopyrightfreestyle7524]

First one 😊

[@MrSupernova111]

19:58 why is white wasting time with your bishop instead of Rh3? you would be forced to play ...g6 to defend h7 then Rdxd3 and black should be toast after that.