Silman on Planning

[@danheismanchess]

Thanks for watching. Want more on Silman's planning? Check out why reasonable plans must be both feasible and effective: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXTJcpyOrrdrqLs.

[@gordonkleinpell8150]

I really like this format, Dan. The thinking process is priceless. Great to have both the human and computer views. Terrific video. Warmest regards.

[@danheismanchess]

Gordon, good to hear from you. Hopefully the format of the video was similar to the past (I did not change much except the content) :)

[@JamesRuga]

Awesome lesson. It would be a lot helpful to draw arrows and/or highlight squares while you explain positions.

[@danheismanchess]

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I only do that occasionally (highlight/move pieces) because I encourage viewers to visualize without "aids". Viewers also have the ability to pause so they can visualize more slowly. But yes, sometimes the lines are helpful. I believe in the video on The Tactics of Geometry kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3KnnGCloteLeJo I use a lot of arrows because the subject matter lends itself to that :)

[@JamesRuga]

@@danheismanchess Understood. 😊

[@Nc7Mate]

I tremendously improved after learning from your videos. One question I have now is about the internal self-talk that I sometimes do while calculating ("If he takes e4, I'll capture with the Knight, and then he can either capture with the Queen or the Bishop, and..."). So, I find myself time-burdened in live games when doing this and found that just calculating purely spatially is more efficient. Do you think it's ideal to eliminate this subvocalization, at least in actual games scenarios?

[@danheismanchess]

Thanks, much appreciated. Well, everyone has to "think" to calculate. Too much verbablization component can slow you down, as you state. Of course, you want to practice good thought process in time controls that facilitate this. If you are playing chess at say, 30 0, that's probably too fast to really get good habits. But if you are having this trouble at G/90 increment 30 that's another issue...

[@mitchfitz4259]

Another great lesson from Dan, as usual.

[@danheismanchess]

Thanks, very gracious of you to say :) Glad to be of service.