Chess Calculation Secrets: Outcalculate Your Opponents

[@eschiedler]

Homework spoiler ahead: White rook is in an absolute pin. Black 1...Re5 2. Kc4 Qc6+ 3. Rc5 Rxc5+ black queen quards against check on d7. Black 1...Re5 2. c4 Re3 skewers Queen and King. Any other white move and black rook captures rook and black is up a whole rook.

[@dimitrisk8441]

I really like that you seem to understand that most of us can't calculate long lines. Not because we are lazy, or don't want to, but because we just can't! Most masters can't understand this and think that everybody can calculate as they do, or somewhat close to it. They think why???, it is so easy, I can see 10+ moves deep, how someone else can't see clearly for 4 moves deep... impossible

[@Dr.CansClinic]

I hear you. Not all experts become good teachers, as they take so many of their automatized skills for granted...

[@lukastux3024]

This is exactly what a lazy person would say to justify their lack of effort :P

[@patrickpercefull8278]

​@@lukastux3024 Says the coward that doesn't use his real name in his shit posting.

[@briandwi2504]

This is excellent advice. Simple to understand, but it takes practice to change one's previous bad habits! Homework. 1. Rxb2+ Kxb2 and black just loses the rook. 1. Qb6+ Rb5 and black Queen must move. 1. R e5 pins the rook in an absolute pin. if c4 then 2. R e3 will take white Queen. So this line is good. This seems the best. Yo could capture g2 with the rook but the rook pin looks the best.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Excellent answer! ...Re5 c4 ...Re3! wins.

[@surf2553]

One thing i have started doing is counting the ply for each candidate move/response. This helps ensure that I calculate opponent moves and makes it easier to keep track of where i am in the move tree. I always try to count until an even number so I know I have calculated an opponents reply

[@Dr.CansClinic]

That is a great practice! You thus ensure that you do the blunder check!

[@surf2553]

@@Dr.CansClinic Do you think it is a dumb idea or not useful long term? I am trying to see if there are any drawbacks to this practice once it's more automatic.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

I think it is a sound technique so it cannot be harmful. It is good to always finish with a blunder check.@@surf2553

[@outposter7281]

Re5 c4, Re3! getting the Q, if Re5 Kc4, Qc6+ picking up the R

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Short and sweet!

[@Dario-w8e]

1) Rook to e5, and there is a double attack on the white rook, defended by only the queen;2) So, White King has to occupate c4 square, in order to defend d5 square;3) Black queen can give a check on c6 , creating and unstoppable double attack against white rook. 4) Now, if white king moves to b4, here comes rook for rook or queen for rook and black has a piece up; if White king moves to d4, there's rook for rook, check, The king is forced to move on e file and we take queen 😊

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Excellent, excellent!

[@michaelangelo1202]

This channel is soo underrated for learning chess, glad i find this

[@Dr.CansClinic]

I am so happy hearing it. Please share the channel so I can keep on producing videos 🙏

[@sincity7890]

damn it Doc ! i wasn't in a mood for chess today and than this video popped out and have to stop it after 2 minutes and went to play and it was a messy game i won but computer is screaming on me so now i'm back to watch the video and have to return for propper analysation , so thank you Doc , you evil genius !

[@greatdanelegend7001]

Homework: Re5. If Kc4, then Qc6+, deflecting the king (Bonus: if it goes to d4, then we take the rook on d5 with our rook and proceed to also win the queen). If c4 then Re3 pinning the queen to the king. My other candidates were Re3 (queen just moves), Qb6+ (Rb5 blocks the check and attacks the queen), Rxb2+ (just hangs the rook).

[@Dr.CansClinic]

...Re5! is great!

[@parthapratimnath1998]

Amazing teaching technique.....wow.....I learned.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

This is the entire philosophy of this channel. Joy of learning. Please share the channel with your chess friends so I can continue producing such content ☺

[@bluefin.64]

I bought your course and I'll be starting it very soon. If it works like this video, I'm certain it will help me lot, because the video was great for my brain. I need the kind of correction in thinking that you're offering. I found the same lines in the homework assignment as eschiedler.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you so much for getting the course and your comments on this video. Right now the course has an Introductory video, but we are considering extending the video to all the main chapters at some point in the future. Please leave your review on it on Chessable :)

[@views40]

"Crispy calculations." 💪

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Oh yeah! We love those.

[@thechesscoachonline7712]

Thanks for your explanation 👍

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Deadeye1967]

Great video, very helpful.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Glad to hear it, thanks!

[@AaradhyaSharma-ho8um]

Homework - Re5!!, (if c4 then Re3 wins)Kc4, Qa6+, Kd4 Rxd5 and black wins the queen.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Beautiful!

[@pangcp]

Re5, Kc4 Qa6+ and White has Kb4 to save the Rook, eg: Kb4 Qb7+, Rb5

[@Dr.CansClinic]

@@pangcp True, I thought he wrote ...Qc6+.

[@DanielDollinger1959]

Thanks Can. Excellent video that is similar to your calculation course. I have about two weeks to go on your calculation course.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Excellent Dan! Looking forward to your course review!

[@paulwu1301]

Wow what a nice video. I was thinking I can never become a good chess player because I can’t calculate too deep until I watch this video. So helpful, thank you!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Really glad it helped! Thanks for the feedback. Width is generally more important than the depth!

[@basilisperis4651]

Thank you Can, i have your courses 😊 and you make good job!!! I wish to see one course on how to play the endgame with your instructive way!!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you so much for your motivating comment and getting my courses :) I hope you will find great value in them. That is one of my course ideas actually, let's see when that can be realized!

[@CC-ii3ij]

Fantastic!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@__SanderB]

Very helpfull short lesson! Thank you

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you!

[@ahmedgaafar5369]

I just purchased that course....man you are a gold mine.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Awesome! Thank you so much for your encouraging comment! I hope your chess will greatly improve with this course. Please do not hesitate to ask any questions on Chessable, I will gladly respond.

[@Pierre_16_16]

Voilà! 😃Always a pleasure to learn calculation with you Can! Take care!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Merci Pierre! Take care.

[@kotamity]

Excellent video

[@Dr.CansClinic]

❤️

[@natalyawoop4263]

Great video! I didn't even see the bishop could threaten the queen in position 3, it was only there to defend the knight in my mind.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you so much for this feedback! Yes, most calculation errors are due to not 'seeing' a candidate on the very first move.

[@mizioblack1103]

i just found the channel and this instructif videos, i didnt play chess for 2 years, i forgot all that and when return to play , i play a lot of tactics and strategies but i feel frustated because i was good on finding a good move directely but now its very diffcult, but wth your videos remember me the foundamentals and all the important way of thinking in chess, another advice for those who read the comment look also when you openent made a move, if he take a weakness lke unprotecteded piece or a square that we can do some tactics or a weak square for an outpost etc etc or if he exchange a bishope and take a color of square weak that we can manuver and attack in this color easly etc, and do the same for you if you make move what can openent can do for you too, if its dificult to vsualze openent perspective turn the board and play in your head like if you are the openent , and with practice it will be so qicly to see all that , so thanx a lot for this vdeos, and dont give up just practice tactics learn strateges from games and book lke kramnc move by move of strategies etc , and it wll be ok sorry for my english too i hope that my comment is understandable hehe +1 suscribe for ths fantastic channel . +1 le for ths cool master ❤

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you sooo much for your detailed comment and feedback! I really appreciiate you took time to write this message. Motivated to produce more content for my subscribers! :)

[@mizioblack1103]

@@Dr.CansClinic you are welcome , thanx to you for your generosity to share all those informations and instructive content with a clear and cool way to explain all that informations too , its very helpful for me too :)

[@manuelfuentes4509]

1. ...Re5 pinning White's rook if 2.c4 Re3 if 2.Kd4 Qa3+ 3.Kd4 Qxd3+ loses the rook on d5 3.Kc5 loses queen on d3 since White's rook on d5 is pinned. 🎉

[@Dr.CansClinic]

1... Re5! wins indeed!

[@eschiedler]

Thanks for the calculation exercies. I missed all three!!! hah, oh well, back to the study board

[@Dr.CansClinic]

My pleasure! More important than missing those, did you see why you missed them? Was it about not generating enough candidates on the first move, not looking at the strongest reply, or not setting the goal right at the beginning?

[@eschiedler]

@@Dr.CansClinic On some not seeing all the candidate moves at all. On another seeing two candidate moves and choosing the wrong one, not seeing why the correct one was the complete calcuation and correct one.

[@greatdanelegend7001]

In the first position, I saw the solution, but I thought that a2 didn't work because White might be able to sac the rook for the knight and then stop the a pawn with the king. Then come back to get the d pawn while Black can do nothing against White's connected passers. I'm not sure if it works or not but I saw this as a potential threat in the starting position

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Even that works for White!

[@jaimecolodro1588]

Great video. Keep it up

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you! Will do!

[@Socrates...]

Thank you ❤

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Welcome!

[@siddharthjain2799]

How to contact you for coaching lessons?

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Hey! You can contact me on chess.com (username on the description of the videos).

[@ajvalv]

Very nice video, btw.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thanks!

[@demon2Maxwell]

does Rh1 work for 2nd example?

[@Dr.CansClinic]

That looks good but allows Qg4 too.

[@ManojKumar-yl3hx]

1... Re5 2.c4 Re3 wins queen or after 1. ..Re5 any other move wins the rook coz of the pin

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you! 2. Kc4 Qc6+ is the other key line.

[@doji-san]

The main skill I would like to learn is how to get my subconscious mind to "move" the pieces for me automatically to give me 2 to 3 lines maybe 3 moves deep for my "conscious" mind to evaluate. Once I acquire this skill I think i will hit 1500, but right now, when I look at the board, I have to "force" my subconscious just to see 1 move one line at a time!! lol

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Chessable has a nice series called "Visualize" that may help tackle this issue. Also Step Method 2 Workbook: Thinking Ahead may be what you are looking for. Solving calculation puzzles in a slow medium where you really try to "see" a couple of moves ahead surely helps!

[@ajvalv]

Re5 was my option, but I could not see the posible response Kc4 (always afraid of commiting the king in such ways...)

[@SpicyFoodsAndVlogs]

After Re5 Kc4, Qc6+ wins. If Kd4 then Qxd5# and if king goes anywhere else, you win the rook.

[@growing367]

0:30

[@ghjkyj]

Re5

[@Dr.CansClinic]

I like it. What are the 2 short and key lines after that move?

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

I noticed the B c7 move, but I am definitely not a great player

[@Dr.CansClinic]

You have the eye for it, that is great! It is mostly about "seeing" the existence of that move than calculating in depth.

[@vivekdahiya9297]

Lesson to take from the video - quality over quantity

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Absolutely!

[@vivekdahiya9297]

@@Dr.CansClinic thanks for the quality video keep up the good work Mr. Can👍🏻

[@davidbatchelder85]

When you play everyday for yrs, I mean yrs. Not that you can calculate that deep. You have seen the position over and over and over. Or something like it. So you know automatic . I was a general contractor for 43 yrs. Everyday, I could calculate a project in thirty minutes to with in a few hundred dollars. Why, because I had seen everything so many times you just knew it. So play play play. Then look over your games and find out what you could do better rather than what you end up doing. You will see the same formations again and again. My thoughts

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you! Yes, accumulating those recurrent patterns and chunks through years of experience is the key behind chess expertise.

[@jimmccann3856]

Cunning examples! My homework answer, found independently, agrees w escheidler"s...

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you for your input!

[@sausage4mash]

hands up i went D4 saw the deflection assumed it works

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thanks for the feedback! I hope you found the video useful to gain awareness about yourself :)