What can we learn from a Super GM | Wang Hao vs Alexander Grischuk

[@joeperry1188]

Andras' content is such consistent gold. I'm going to start playing 30min+ games at least. I always end up in time trouble in 15+10 - which prompts me to settle for a move that I think is "good enough" without finding the true solution for the position. Andras kindly analysed a game of mine today on his stream (well worth a watch, by the way) and it revealed like three times where I could end the game on the spot, but settled for something less clinical. Take the time. Calculate three or four candidate moves. Find the best path, and that will deepen your understanding of what your opponent's problems are - and THAT will help you get faster. When your brain is screaming at you what the problems are in the position for both sides.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks man

[@yurisam00]

Unfortunately I don't have time to watch the video today but I am passing by just to drop a like and say I appreciate all your hard work. Looking handsome as usual.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks man, appreciate it!

[@buk1733]

This was the most instructive video I’ve watched in my whole life! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Look around on this channel buk, there is a lot more where this came from!

[@bustersbrain]

You will find that happens alot on this channel. Just wait til you see his "London", "Calculation", "how to improve", "playing lower rated players" and "Amateur's mind" episodes 3, 4 and 6. It's a wild ride.

[@buk1733]

@@ChessCoachAndras I’m subbed for a few months now and I think nothing beats this video!

[@NDakovic]

Bring back the amateurs mind!

[@SigBurns24]

The best thing is Wang Hao saying, after grishuk analysis, "there I can win an exchange", and grishuk goes like "oh yeah, I also calculated this _shows all variation_ and i think the position is fine for black"

[@anuragpranav]

di dao dao du du di dao (sorry i love your display pic)

[@ulvessens5902]

Nice idea of "owning the game". It shows that you have to take responsibility for what you do or don't do at the board, and you have to put in the hard work, otherwise it's just not Chess!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks man, put a lot of thought behind this one, even if it does not look like this.

[@jW-zu6rw]

I noticed a similar thing after my first longer chess game. I could not tell you which moves I played in a bullet game 5 min ago but 3 days after my first longer game I still knew the moves and many of the lines because I thought so deeply about it during the match. It was a big eye-opener for me to how better chess players can visualize and remember so much.

[@grasshopperdad1479]

I have watched kojsta's video and this video as well and they are both excellent! It seems like quality increases every video😄

[@lowtherlars]

Most underrated chess content on youtube on this channel here

[@kirkd1631]

I find the concept of aim to calculate deeper than your opponent very inspiring

[@jby382]

In this short video you've helped me to understand what chess is its highest levels and have inspired me in so doing, thank you for sharing.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Glad to help sire. Enjoy your chess

[@Shellback13202]

Thanks for this, I was really interested in this game because I love the French (I don't care what anyone says!) so it was fun to see it represented. It was a cool game. On a side note, I don't really get why everyone seems to look down on the French--I've had a lot of success with it. It's solid, it fights for the center, and its only boring when White chooses to make it boring. The Winawer is a lot of fun. I never liked e4-e5 because I felt like white had the upper hand, and while I tried to play the Sicilian Dragon recently, I quite literally didn't get to employ it once, only the Alapin, Morra, or Bowdler...I wish more people would take your advice and play the open Sicilian as white! Anyway thanks for the analysis coach! This reminds me a lot of one of the games in your Center course on Chessable.

[@ragnorak56]

Great Great video. Maybe you could do a OTB skills video. I'm not sure if it's good or not but when I play classical rated matches I periodically get up walk and look at other boards to try and clear my mind of my game and position so that when I go back to my board it's with a fresh perspective.

[@garya418]

Another good show Andras. I nearly missed the Kostya video which was even better.

[@ReachingHigher001]

This is incredible, especially since I play this exact line as white. Very insightful. Thank you.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheBigGuppy]

Great lecture on calculation!

[@Arthas30000]

Saw the game, saw the interview afterwards. Man, I totally missed this stuff 😂 time to be inspired and improve calculations!!!

[@joshpinchuk7061]

Fascinating analysis of analysis.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks!

[@sethmachakos9926]

Very nice video and motivating me to work harder in calculation. Thanks Andras!

[@nicoterradas]

Spot on, as always Andras!

[@aleksanovakovic8713]

you're a legend sir, thank you for the content!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

THe pleasure is mine!

[@janolthof2487]

You are a great teacher, pulling people out of their comfort zone, thanks!

[@Antituarec]

Great grischuk impression

[@anuraagharan2989]

Brilliant video

[@harshvardhansingh3501]

One of the best explanation and also one of the best motivation for chess is here!!! Take a bow sir!

[@kavinkumar6354]

Sir, how can I play chess like you - strong,aggressive chess?

[@connormonday]

Thanks for clarifying that Kostya video. I have no interest in watching sub battles but a lot of interest in watching your analysis!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Glad to hear it!

[@Christiaan1958]

It's nice on many levels!...there are similar elements in positions and comments on those positions by the great players like Alekhine or Tal or Fischer...but to extract anything of worth from those games and their comments we first of all must know how to look and learn from those games...and that is far from obvious...our club player limitations in regard to all this stands out like a guilty child with his hand caught in a cookie jar!.That's my take on all this for what it's worth!.

[@penguinb4u]

I get and agree with your general point of view about calculation, but in my opinion you have chosen wrong example for the illustration. All the top GMs calculate extremely well in any position, but they manage their time in a much more pragmatic way than Grischuk. Grischuck is NOT a role model one should follow about time management, he is an outlier. It is amazing that he still manages to maintain such a high level despite horrible bad habit about time management.

[@dimkilago2958]

I like that you support the calcualation as element and i agree that only in long time formats you can become better in chess(and this mean also in faster formats).I don't like to hear from Kramnik or Magnus that "positional understanding" is more human and calculation is more element of the engines(Kramnik said that A0 played more human games and something bullshits like this).But instict/feeling,position understanding,photographic memory/patterns recognision are the same important and these elements are more important in long formats when you try to spot long term weaknesses or set up the path for tactics or create them impoving the position. In faster formats calculation is more important as i see it.But to say the truth it wasn't the fastest calculation from Grischuk(i am sure that many weaker players can calculate these lines faster,even me) and also is very early in the game to worry a "superGM" for tactics that in reality he should had study.Magnus called him phycho for this.

[@penguinb4u]

Although Magnus can possibly match anybody in pure calculation, its not his main strength, nor is it something that separates him from other top GMs. Hikaru pointed out in his stream once that he can possibly calculate as good as Magnus in most positions, but somehow magically Magnus more often makes better intuitive decisions when one can not differentiate between two close options by pure calculation.

[@strangetobias1474]

Hello Andras, I can't recall if your Inside my head video talked about how one amateur should work on calculation, from low level to stronger level, I think you mentionned it, something along the lines of forcing yourself to calculate, every game and analyse afterwards, is that right ? I am also completely baffled by Sasha, I know he is godlike but damn can the man calculate. Good job Andras, I'm geting on ma bike now.

[@hylen26]

This is great.

[@TheBigGuppy]

What did you think of Giri’s attack he unleashed in that Delayed Exchange Ruy against Ding Liren? CEBchess.

[@Tobi-pn2xs]

Who would've thought you'd get your own chance against Wang only a few weeks later?

[@yashj8238]

Computers ruined chess

[@edsonarantesdonascimento5448]

Isn’t it a little hypocritical for someone who doesn’t play and appreciate classical otb to praise it so much ? I get it you don’t’ have any further goals , but looks like you haven’t played it for like 15 years and there is plenty of players playing classical at every club just to create good games they are proud of and not only because they seek improvement. (Totally agree with you on the topic anyway.)

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Really looks to me like you desperately wanted to have a go at me and bounced back miserably....In case you missed iit, I am a chess COACH, not a player. Not anymore. This channel is called chessCOACHandras. Note the Coach. What I do here is to try to help people, like the club players you are talking about to get better at their game. I can't -and nor do I want to - achieve that by playing OTB chess. It is not called hypocrisy, it is called doing what I am saying I am doing. It is really not that hard to grasp in my opinion. Far from me to want to put myself in the same league with Mourinho or Popovich or Toni Nadal but in case you noticed none of them played competitively for a lot longer than I have, and yet they don't seem particularly hypocritical to me when they are doing what they are the best----> COACHING. (Totally agree with your last sentence though)

[@cyrilmaury]

Only problem is in 72min Grischuk failed to contemplate what Wang played on move 1. What a legend.

[@chessematics]

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