The REAL Reason Why Weak Pawns Are BAD - Chess Strategy Deep Dive #2

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10 ай бұрын

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The series on strategy continues with the connection between weaknesses and pieces. We can tie down the enemy pieces simply by attacking a weak pawn. In order to defend the weak pawn, the pieces have to go passive, and our pieces gain activity as a result.
We engage in spaced repetition by revisiting important lessons from the previous video and consolidating our memories. We see how we create a weakness, orient our pieces towards weaknesses, and exploit a weakness in the position. We finish by evaluating a position from a game between Botvinnik and Alekhine, where Black's pieces are completely tied down in defending the weak pawns.
Botvinnik - Alekhine, 1938: www.chessgames.com/perl/chess...

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@marcolidonni 10 ай бұрын

Man, I honestly love your videos. I think you're such a passionate teacher and an engaging speaker. My only complaint is that I wish your videos were a bit longer as every time they draw to a close I'm always finding myself wanting for more. Well done sir, I wish you every success as your channel grows. 🙏🏼💪🏼😎

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your inspiring comment. Passion is visible on the screen! I am experimenting with different video lengths on different series. May make longer ones in the future.

@briandwi2504 21 күн бұрын

Your videos are really helping me to think in a much better way, rather than just what is the best move, it's now where are the weaknesses, how can I make weaknesses etc. In the example the black Knight can't move well so h3 looks good as then the knight can move. Pawns talking to pieces! It's great, thanks for these brilliant resources.

@Dr.CansClinic 21 күн бұрын

I am so humbled to hear your thoughts. That was one of the reasons I started this channel - help change people's chess perception. Great answer to the homework question, we go ...h4 + ...Nh5.

@southernrun9048 10 ай бұрын

Really like the ida of having some homework from the video. Great energy into the teaching. The idea of creating and exploring weaknesses is becoming more clear after the last two videos

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the feedback!

@jimmccann3856 10 ай бұрын

Another excellent video! Re Spaced Repetition, which you mentioned: It is used in chess in two different ways: INCREASING time increments, ie a review after 3 days, then a week, then a month, as used by Chessable, Anki, and others. But unique to chess, apparently, is the Woodpecker Method, and de la Maza"s Seven Circles approach. which feature DECREASING increments. As a authority in cognition, you are well qualified to explain why these two fundamentally different approaches are used in the same field of study. To quote Dire Straits, (from Industrial Disease): "Two men say they are Jesus, one of them must be wrong..."

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yeah, that is a great question. I would say the Spaced Repetition makes more sense if the goal is a long-term retention. Because we are fighting against the forgetting curve with spaced repetition. We want knowledge to be part of our long term memory, because we want to use it in the future when solving problems. There is not much scientific data/study on the woodpecker method, and to me, it sounds more like a short-term goal. By solving puzzles repeatedly but faster in each cycle, we want to build our intuition/pattern recognition rather than fighting against forgetting. At least this is how it is packaged - and Tikkanen claims he got 3 GM norms thanks to this method within a few weeks! Probably woodpecker works better with tactics/tactical vision and pattern recognition than with other areas of the game such as openings/endgames/strategy. More research is needed! :)

@Woodflooralchemist 10 ай бұрын

My new favorite chess content.

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

it is a great pleasure to hear it!

@hanssolcer3864 10 ай бұрын

wonderful strategic lesson! great work.

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Glad that you found it useful, thanks!

@erikfromc 10 ай бұрын

Loving this series so far!

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for these encouraging words!

@MrMauPat 10 ай бұрын

I think this type of videos are much more interesting, for those who are starting out and want to understand more about chess, because they are instructive rather than watching videos where they say: do you want to win easy, play this trick and 99% they never work because the opponent always plays completely different moves. Thank you

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for finding value in this. Yes, I tend to avoid such false promises and easy solutions.

@masonparkman5567 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great video Can!

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@user-ln3ty8gw9e 10 ай бұрын

Another great video!

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@marcridler 10 ай бұрын

Once again, Great video Can !

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@user-ot8bb3ng7o 10 ай бұрын

👏👏👏💯💯💯 really like the strategic lessons what I like about this idea is that it's subtle,an can be unexpected to the opponent ,not much attention is paid to these things in the heat of the game, the example of the Petrosian position says it all opponents game is over 👏👏👏 thanks again

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind comment, glad that you found it useful.

@fede8672 10 ай бұрын

Gracias amigo

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

You are welcome amigo :)

@Pierre_16_16 10 ай бұрын

Hi can, great content as ususal, I really like do my homeworks from your video by the way =)

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

I am loving it! Thanks Pierre!

@timwoods3173 8 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Dr.CansClinic 8 ай бұрын

You're welcome.

@DanielDollinger1959 10 ай бұрын

Great energy and your normal excellent job. I found that sometimes I could identify the weak spot but often I could not. Once the weak spot is clear, the solution is not too hard. Is there a methodology or system to evaluate/identify the weak spots? How do I go about finding them?

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Dan! Yes, once you identify the weakness, the rest often becomes easy. You normally look at weak pawns and weak squares, and there is an algorithm for that - as defined in my first video. Then there are also things like a weak king, which is more difficult to identify perhaps. John Nunn also talks about 'tactical weaknesses' which basically means loose pieces in a position.

@edl5731 10 ай бұрын

Can you go into a bit more details on the first puzzle. I get that b7 was a weakness for black that white captured. But e4 was a backwards pawn and a weakness for white and black captured that creating a past pawn on e5.

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Hi! As I explain in the video, the a6-pawn is falling after b7 falls, and that a-passer is a game winner for White.

@antoniorocchia8766 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your series. It was very engaging and fun to learn in this way. I have a suggestion for you. Put a 5 second timer to prompt the viewer to pause the video before the solution because if you talk fast and then show the solution it's easy to miss an exercise.

@Dr.CansClinic 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope to continue the series! Good suggestion, I will surely consider putting a timer, or perhaps reminding the viewers again that they should stop the video and think!

@eschiedler 10 ай бұрын

In the last game, the initial evaluation is about 1 pawn better for black because the two white pieces have no attack lines and the white king cannot activate. I looked first the calculation for Rook e1 and Re2 Ra1 but looked for a better line and Knight back Kd7 to move to c5 to double-attack pawn on d3 but rook defends on c2 and king attacks rook. Both fail because those pawns are going nowhere anyway. A good move is pawn c5 to lock in the bad pawn structure for white and keep black pawns on dark squares against a white square bishop. But then in the end black pawn to h4 is the best move because you want to give your knight room on h5 to move in and close-out white's position and prevent white from gaining room for active play by playing h4 themselves.

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for working on the homework! Great insights!

@eschiedler 10 ай бұрын

@@Dr.CansClinic it is good homework but I am no master so it's not easy. Very grindy.

@fede8672 10 ай бұрын

I look the weaks on h3,f4,d3,c3,a3 I think playing h4 fix weak and Nh5 then playing Kf6,f5 and c5 fix weak center , white not move and win the f5 and king go to d4,d3,c3 pawen

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your input!

@eugeniomoccia3917 10 ай бұрын

I really like this approach. I stop the video and try to find the solution. The fact of looking for my opponent's weaknesses directs my flow of thought

@Dr.CansClinic 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, I want to make my videos as educational as possible.