Super-coach GM R.B. Ramesh on Chess Training, Improvement, & Psychology | Dojo Talks

GM R.B. Ramesh discusses various aspects of chess improvement, psychology, and what it takes to become a strong player.
0:00 Intro
1:07 Pro Chess Training Overview
4:28 GM Ramesh's Bio
6:32 Favorite tools for chess training
9:22 What kind of work should students do at home?
18:14 Priorities for chess improvement
22:50 The importance of good effort
24:57 What should a player study at home?
30:39 Do players spend too much time on openings?
32:50 The twin tracks of calculation & logic
34:40 Knowing is not doing
42:32 Are training games useful for improvement?
45:15 How Ramesh works with his students
51:58 How to analyze your own games
1:07:50 Common mistakes by young players
1:18:30 Summary/final thoughts
If you'd like to work with GM R.B. Ramesh, you can sign-up for his group classes along with GMs Magesh, Ganguly, and many other instructors via prochesstraining.com
Ramesh's book: Fundamental Chess - Logical Decision Making - amzn.to/30j2rU7
Game Analysis Checklist - drive.google.com/file/d/1oh6l...
Priorities for Chess Improvement -
drive.google.com/file/d/160fK...
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[@IMKostyaKavutskiy]

Amazingly useful, thanks Ramesh for joining!

[@sumathianchan4488]

Heyyyyy

[@TheChessNeck]

Yeah this video was amazing to listen to. Thanks for sharing.

[@joeorawczyk5283]

I love GM Ramesh's analogy on learning to swim. You can watch an instructional DVD each day for a month, but even after all that instruction, I'll drone if you toss me in the pool. You have to play chess to gain experience and drive the lessons home.

[@kantameena9668]

GM Ramesh is a blessing to Indian Chess Community

[@Diffusion8]

GM Ramesh perfectly describes the growth mindset vs the fixed mindset. Learning and improvement is always possible with the right positive mindset! Great chat! Thanks!

[@daxypoo]

trying not to lose is one of the most important competitive deficiencies to recognize and remedy asap

[@sdaiwepm]

Really appreciate the topic "indexing" on a long video like this - with such a respected teacher!

[@MrManumona]

Excellent advice, nothing less expected from a world class trainer as Ramesh guided with the wonderful questions and commentaries by Kostya!

[@mendereseroglu8865]

One greatest coach and good person

[@hreedwork]

Awesome interview! Thank you 🙏

[@laurentsaltoflife9267]

Another great sensei ! All the pieces of advice he gives are very relevant outside of chess as well.

[@JCBCoin]

The best chess podcast interview I’ve seen ty

[@balasubramanian510]

I Am watching this video on daily basis.. repeatedly... Really master piece..

[@marconiehaus]

GM Ramesh, this is so great! Thank you for sharing really professional ideas and methods. I will join your training courses!

[@AlexThib92]

Wow This video is gold on yt by one on of the best coach, thx kostya/chess dojo

[@coryc793]

your content is always so instructive

[@daveb7583]

Very interesting & helpful talk, Thank you.

[@busalman1239]

I have to express my thanks for Mr. Ramesh for providing advice as well as the attachments in the description. Thank you ChessDojo for providing us with this video.

[@whoisbhauji]

just wonderful! and well summarized by kostya just before the end. really appreciate this interview! we need one on chess coaching from Ramesh also - how should coaches be :)

[@dlareggerald]

i put it on my favorites what a nice man and with a lot of great knowledge it sounds like Wisdom

[@wilestrella7202]

Thank you!💪❤️✨️💯

[@gp2776]

Thank you so much :) Couldn't join PCT training for 1800+ because I'm 2300 online but don't have a FIDE rating yet. But I'm very glad I listened to this interview. I will try to apply all of this in my study plan for 2023. As always, thank you Chessdojo for sharing all this content, for free, with your community. Thank you & merry christmas to everyone :)

[@gosukiwi]

Best chess (and to anything in general really) advice I've heard in a long time. Thanks for sharing!

[@everything_cave]

42:00 Interesting idea! Focusing on what you dislike is hard for many of us, but it also seems to be a very efficient tool for guiding what to study. It's a little counter-intuitive, as many people see dislikes as just a preference.

[@sVnteen4live]

this is great, and he seems like a lovely guy :D

[@dr.deepakgore1079]

Pinpoint and nutshell advice,your talk shall boost the learning process of chess players 🎉🎉

[@MrOzfiji]

Extremely good

[@ChessJourneyman]

Wisdom is universal. For example, we don't truly understand something until we know what we feel and feel what we know. You need to be able to put into words what you feel. Likewise, you need to feel what the words describe. His observation on knowing and doing is fascinating because he's come to the same conclusion through a different sport and life experiences. There are more gems like this that might fly under the radar just how thoughtful they are and applicable in all aspects of life.

[@agapic445]

I hope you still alive Your example can be used as a counter argument For example regarding the “feel what we know” there is an argument being made of high beginners and intermediate players who represent the majority of people looking to improve seriously, in case of the ones that can’t get a coach or somebody analyze for them who again is the majority, i would say being obsessive with knowledge for a certain time while religiously taking notes of the key points they learn from the material they studying is probably a great path too… the reason goes to the fact of the best way to improve is to learn from your mistakes that’s why getting a coach is the beet thing if you can afford one, and by having low knowledge, their analysis would be mostly useless the only take away is how they blundered but the blunder occurred when they for example allowed the opponent to have great piece activity that could’ve avoided By gaining a tons of knowledge and ideas and written somewhere where it can be reviewed they at least can have better eye for analyzing positions and they have better evaluation skills which is extremely important for calculations Studying tactics early on is always recommended because most the people in the position to recommend it they had coach to work on the other aspects and spot their common weakness - i am not saying tactics is bad, i am saying tactics evolve from superior positions as Fisher said, and those positions rely on mostly piece coordination and activity which why tactics alone won’t cut it for somebody that not fully aware of that, specifically you would see people deactivate their pieces just not to have a double pawn or something like that We need to know stuff so when we analyze and evaluate to finally “feel what we know”

[@sakthiprabhakar]

Great

[@chatgpt_us]

living legend RAMESH

[@travistucker4067]

🔥

[@danieleoddo1880]

44:00 1:01:40 1:15:40

[@centrumsakkiskola]

Where can we buy Rames's book? Can you send me a link please. Thank you!

[@ChessDojo]

Sure, it's linked in the description 😊

[@madhuaddanki570]

Hi sir

[@truedawah8995]

Yusupov books (boost your chess /chess evolution/build up your chess) 9books in total Or Excelling at chess series (5books) Which is better ?

[@ChessDojo]

They're both good! The Yusupov books are probably easier

[@conradoportales8899]

I woul like to get the sheet list how can i get it?,so I enjoy it and lern a lotGreat I came

[@ChessDojo]

It's in the description :)

[@conradoportales8899]

Thank you Very much, Maestro Kostya.

[@jeffpark4935]

17:34 What would he have said to this question before talking about his priorities?

[@Ojalalluevapronto]

The most interesting question and he never answered it 😢

[@kirkd1631]

Was Ramesh intentionally pausing and doing some clicking when he was talking about the importance of concentration and not being distracted?

[@ChessDojo]

Hope you enjoyed the talk!

[@kirkd1631]

@@ChessDojo I did. I particularly appreciated his emphasis on looking at the positive sides and not focus on mistakes and weaknesses. I fell in that trap far too open

[@Robertl-xz6yl]

Hahaha I also noticed the irony I don’t think he was joking just got distracted 🤣🤣

[@StarPlanet56789]

*NORTH VERSUS SOUTH CONCLAVE & INTERSTATE TROPHY* With creativity India can lit the fire of the chess craze in India. eg North versus South. Who is the best ? Northies or southies? Healthy competition. But verdict is already out. If you are not convinced check it out. Let the battle begin. Competition is always fun. If we can have black pieces against white , why not North against South. South indians win ratio against North indians is 8 to 2. This observation will surely rub some nerves. Can the northies prove this wrong ? So let start a South conclave versus a North conclave championship trophy ? And in good competition we can also pit regional states against other regional state. Regional state trophy. If we can have it in cricket & football then why not chess!!! With such competition it will create a chess craze in India. Of course if the north indians do not want their big fat ego to be bruised, they would say No. Cause we all know today the intellectual landscape of India is in the south. So it must be fun. Take the challenge to prove otherwise!!! *LET THE BATTLE BEGIN INSTEAD OF ARGUING ONLINE !!!*

[@howardgraff4084]

Such a shame that for such an important interview, no one bothered to check the sound on Ramesh's microphone before recording started. That's just so amateurish Chess Dojo! Ramesh was a real catch and the interview is very poorly recorded. Many (like me) will leave instead of struggling to hear the whole thing. One big demerit!

[@ChessDojo]

Unfortunately that was the best we could do at the time (two years ago). Seems like many found the content useful as seen from the comments.

[@howardgraff4084]

@@ChessDojo Some have more staying power than me....the content is clearly very useful.

[@joelrivera9394]

The accent is very strong its hard for me to understand..

[@Shiva-wj6im]

switch on subtitles

[@atulbesra822]

Even super grandmasters are his pupils because they find his training methods useful. It is better to concentrate on the message, not on the accent in which it is being delivered.