The Complete Guide To Chess Visualization

Master Your Mental Chessboard: Clear Visualization for Enhanced Strategy, Decision Making, and Game Analysis

What you'll learn

Ability to intuitively know the coordinates of each square on the chessboard.

Ability to rapidly identify the color of any given square, enhancing your positional awareness.

Ability to instinctively map out paths across the board using chess coordinates.

Ability to mentally flip the board's coordinates perspective based on the color you're playing.

Ability to recognize patterns based on square colors to optimize piece placements.

Ability to visualize complex chess positions without a physical board or pieces.

Ability to project potential future positions and variations in your mind's eye.

Ability to foresee possible captures and liberations that can drastically change the dynamics of the board.

Ability to anticipate how piece captures may alter the state of the board.

Ability to predict moves that might open up pathways for other pieces.

Ability to forecast potential future positions, regardless of the current state of the board.

Ability to maintain a mental image of prospective board states as the game progresses.

Ability to strategize by visualizing your opponent's potential moves.

Ability to enhance your decision-making process through effective visualization.

Ability to evaluate the potential impact of a move on the board.

Ability to choose the best move based on your mental visualization of the board.

Ability to leverage visual memory in chess visualization.

Ability to utilize chunking to group together related positions in your mind.

Ability to manage the complexity of the chessboard by using effective visualization techniques.

Ability to ease the cognitive load of visualizing multiple potential outcomes.

Ability to internalize chess positions beyond mere memorization.

Ability to recall chess positions and visualize how the game may progress.

Ability to 'see' changes in the position as moves are made, even without a physical board.

Ability to analyze complex chess scenarios in your mind.

Ability to enhance your chess tactics through visualization training.

Ability to develop a mental library of common chess positions and maneuvers.

Ability to integrate your visualization skills into your overall chess strategy.

Ability to understand complex chess maneuvers through visualization.

Requirements

Know how the chess pieces move

Description

Revolutionize Your Chess Game through Advanced Visualization TechniquesYour journey to chess mastery just got more engaging and rewarding. This comprehensive course teaches you visualization techniques that have been proven to enhance strategy, decision-making, and game analysis. Here's what you can expect:Intuitive Understanding of Chess Positions: Learn to visualize chess positions and the intricacies of each move clearly, allowing you to make better, more informed decisions.Boost Memory and Cognitive Skills: Explore the difference between memorizing and truly internalizing chess positions. Use memory as a tool to enhance your visualization skills.Hone Your Notation Skills: Uncover the power of metaphors in move notation and transform how you perceive and record your games.In-depth Analysis of the Chessboard: Master the coordinates and color of each square, a fundamental aspect of chess visualization that many players often overlook.Practical Application and Testing: Apply what you've learned through interactive coordinate training, color square training, and a plethora of checkmate puzzle exercises.Flexible Learning: Learn to perform exercises without a chessboard, encouraging mental rehearsal and enhancing your ability to visualize the game.Incorporate Comfort and Familiarity: Understand the role of comfort and familiarity in effective visualization, which can impact your performance during a game.Chess is not only about physical pieces on the board; it's a mind game where visualizing your moves can make the difference between victory and defeat. This course emphasizes chess as a game of the mind's eye and offers practical methods to improve your visualization skills.By the end of the course, you'll have a powerful toolset that enables you to visualize chess positions, moves, and outcomes effectively. You'll be well-equipped to elevate your game and impress your opponents, whether you're playing casually with friends or competing in a tournament. Dive in and revolutionize your chess game.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Why is Visualisation so important?

Lecture 2 The Arch Enemies of practicing Visualisation as a core skill

Lecture 3 Enhancing Clarity in Visualisation

Lecture 4 The power of metaphors to enhance move notation

Lecture 5 Differences between Memorising and Internalising Chess Positions

Lecture 6 The Importance of Abstraction in Chess

Lecture 7 Tools for Internalising Chess Positions for Practice Later in Mind's eye

Lecture 8 The important role of "Comfort" and "Familiarity" in Visualisation

Lecture 9 Why is it good to be able to do the exercises blindfold or without a board

Lecture 10 Enhancing Chess Visualization by asking yourself more probing details

Lecture 11 Why Calling out where Pieces are is so effective to help internalisation

Lecture 12 Why the "Probing Torch" method maybe useful in playing out solutions

Lecture 13 Mental Rehearsal: Priority of the Course for Repeat Training Anywhere, Anytime

Lecture 14 Separation of Concerns Visualisation Training Philosophy

Lecture 15 Memory is mainly used as a tool for enhancing visualization

Lecture 16 Regular Practice and Focus on Visualization for Maximal Gains

Lecture 17 Limit Tool Use to Keep Your Brain Sharp and Simulate Real Game Conditions

Lecture 18 Visualization in Chess - Detailed Definition and Key Aspects

Section 2: Coordinates and colour square training

Lecture 19 Purdy's ongoing Training method for knowing coordinates and their color

Lecture 20 Interactive training - coordinates

Lecture 21 Interactive training - Colours of squares

Section 3: Checkmate Puzzle Exercises Difficulty Level 1 (solutions will largely be given!)

Lecture 22 Puzzle #240: Blacks Rh2-h3 overlooked…. - Korobov vs. Dziuba - 2001

Lecture 23 Puzzle #281: Mate in 2 - Steiner vs. Hamilton - 1970

Lecture 24 Puzzle #330: Smart finish - Fluckliger vs. Zoller - 1992

Lecture 25 Puzzle #339: Mating attack - Sandrin vs. Dragun - 1980

Lecture 26 Puzzle #341: Snappy finish - Arnold vs. Kaloussis - 1991

Lecture 27 Puzzle #365: Too many pieces round the king? - Landenbergue vs. Buehler - 2002

Lecture 28 Puzzle #367: Attacking with all pieces - Djuric vs. Wahono - 2001

Lecture 29 Puzzle #368: Better coordinated attack wins out - Van Wely vs. Krasenkov - 2000

Lecture 30 Puzzle #393: Gerbelli v Prol - Gerbelli vs. Prol - 2001

Lecture 31 Puzzle #402: Blumenfeld v Alekhine - Blumenfeld vs. Alekhine - 1908

Lecture 32 Puzzle #410: Burn v Teichmann - Burn vs. Teichmann - 1895

Lecture 33 Puzzle #423: Sokolov v Gluckman - Sokolov vs. Gluckman - 2002

Lecture 34 Puzzle #424: Sakalauskas v Chuah - Sakalauskas vs. Chuah - 2002

Lecture 35 Puzzle #461: Rahmann v Saeed - Rahman, Z (2521) vs. Saeed, M (2060) - 2003

Lecture 36 Puzzle #496: Prasca v Aderito - Prasca vs. Aderito - 2002

Lecture 37 Puzzle #509: Ziedinya v Auzinya - Ziedinya vs. Auzinya - 1980

Lecture 38 Puzzle #515: Uhlmann v Smyslov - Uhlmann vs. Smyslov - 1972

Lecture 39 Puzzle #526: Rodriguez v Popovic - Rodriguez, Amador (2500) vs. Popovic, Petar (

Lecture 40 Puzzle #545: Gavrilov v Arbakov - Gavrilov, Alexei vs. Arbakov, Valentin - 1990

Lecture 41 Puzzle #563: Csom v Mainka - Csom, Istvan vs. Mainka, Romuald - 1990

Lecture 42 Game challenge - 2 move steps

Lecture 43 Puzzle #579: Friesen v Lomineischwili - Friesen vs. Lomineischwili - 1998

Lecture 44 Puzzle #592: Garcia v Letelier - Garcia vs. Letelier - 1967

Lecture 45 Puzzle #609: Ganguly v Venkatesh - Ganguly, S (2531) vs. Venkatesh, M (2401)

Lecture 46 Puzzle #614: Weiss v Kulhanek - Weiss vs. Kulhanek - 1998

Lecture 47 Puzzle #635: Haimovich v Slovineanu - Haimovich, T (2304) vs. Slovineanu, V (240

Lecture 48 Puzzle #650: Grigoriev v Nadisewa - Grigoriev vs. Nadisewa - 1994

Lecture 49 Puzzle #674: Videki v Likavsky - Videki S (2424) vs. Likavsky T (2453) - 2003

Lecture 50 Puzzle #680: Geir v Olafsson - Geir vs. Olafsson - 1953

Lecture 51 Puzzle #688: Cochrane v Staunton - Cochrane vs. Staunton - 1842

Lecture 52 Game Training 2 moves at a time - Tal vs Vaganian - 1973

Lecture 53 Puzzle #692: Meijers v Raber - Meijers vs. Raber - 1999

Lecture 54 Puzzle #706: Drabke v Horvath - Drabke L vs. Horvath P - 2003

Lecture 55 Puzzle #711: Berger v Koss - Berger vs. Koss - 1882

Lecture 56 Puzzle #715: Dorfman v Tseshkovsky - Dorfman vs. Tseshkovsky - 1978

Lecture 57 Puzzle #719: Arkell v Summerscale - Arkell K vs. Summerscale - 2000

Lecture 58 Puzzle #810: Lalic v Summerscale - Lalic, Bogdan vs. Summerscale, Aaron - 1994

Lecture 59 Puzzle #1192: Nielsen vs. McShane - Nielsen vs. McShane - 2003

Lecture 60 Puzzle #1240: Dominguez vs. Jussupow - 2006

Lecture 61 Puzzle #1269: Rowson Mates in 4. - Jonathan vs. Flemming - 1996

Lecture 62 Game training time - Mamedyarov vs Judit Polgar - 2014 Blitz

Lecture 63 Puzzle #1292: Lanin vs Pena Gomez - 2006

Lecture 64 Puzzle #1408: Mayer-Nakamura, Washington 1998

Lecture 65 Puzzle #1499: Lostuzzi vs. Spada - 2007

Lecture 66 Puzzle #1523: Schmidlechner vs. Peng Zhaoqin - 2007

Lecture 67 Puzzle #1524: Ineffectual pin (…Bh4) - Repkova, E (2328) vs. Vlkovic, P - 2007

Lecture 68 Puzzle #1537: Jovanovic vs. Popovic - 2007

Lecture 69 Puzzle #1768: Mikkelsen vs. Danielsen - 2008

Lecture 70 Puzzle #9072: De Firmian vs Caresana - Nick vs. A - 1993

Lecture 71 Game Test - Morphy vs Bottin - 1858

Lecture 72 Puzzle #10539: Radziewicz vs Bacler - 2006

Lecture 73 Puzzle #10545: Tarrasch vs Kurschner - 1893

Lecture 74 Puzzle #10546: Skripchenko vs Zimmer - 1991

Lecture 75 Puzzle #10547: Iosif vs Skripchenko - 1992

Lecture 76 Puzzle #10559: Svidler vs Ivanchuk - 2008

Lecture 77 Puzzle #10571: Bisguier vs Penrose - 1950

Lecture 78 Puzzle #10579: Springe vs Gebhard - 1972

Lecture 79 Puzzle #10583: Tartakower vs Reti -1920

Lecture 80 Puzzle #14044: Hodgson vs Rowson - 1997

Section 4: Difficulty Level 3

Lecture 81 Puzzle #21: Coup de grace - Nimzovitch vs. Alapin - 1913

Lecture 82 Puzzle #85: Never resign a won position (6) - NN vs. Sonnenschein - 1937

Lecture 83 Puzzle #107: Bishop pair - Riemann vs. Anderssen - 1876

Lecture 84 Puzzle #123: Turning the tables - Adams vs. Reshevsky - 1936

Lecture 85 Puzzle #129: Final twist - Nezhmetdinov vs. Kotkov - 1957

Lecture 86 Puzzle #143: Gruliev v Molina - Gruliev vs. Molina - 2001

Lecture 87 Puzzle #198: B+R mate - Petran vs. Pinter - 1972

Lecture 88 Puzzle #206: Mating finish - Itkis vs. Manolache - 2001

Lecture 89 Puzzle #208: Unblocking the h file - Henriksson vs. Furhoff - 2001

Lecture 90 Puzzle #243: Sacrificial mating finish - Loeffler vs. Sarakauskas - 2001

Lecture 91 Game Training - 2 full moves at a time - Fischer vs Redman - 1964

Lecture 92 Puzzle #245: Too many pawns to stop? - Rasmussen vs. Pilgaard - 2001

Lecture 93 Puzzle #267: Lima vs. Quinn - Lima vs. Quinn - 1996

Lecture 94 Puzzle #270: Mate in 3 - Ingason vs. Gudmundsson - 2002

Lecture 95 Puzzle #271: Two ways to mate - Thorsteinsson vs. Bergsson - 2002

Lecture 96 Puzzle #280: Bishops dominate - Safvat vs. Matulovic - 1970

Lecture 97 Puzzle #283: Smaller forces overcome - Dlu vs. Akopian - 2002

Lecture 98 Puzzle #286: Standard mate in new setting - Shaw vs. Harbourne - 2002

Lecture 99 Puzzle #292: Adnani v Hamdouchi - Adnani vs. Hamdouchi - 2002

Lecture 100 Puzzle #304: Ariel - Ariel vs. Roulea - 2001

Lecture 101 Puzzle #312: Alekhine v Bernstein - Alekhine vs. Bernstein - 1911

Lecture 102 Game training - 2 moves at a time - Fischer vs Kuhn

Lecture 103 Puzzle #349: Unwise weakening move …,g6 - Krstic vs. Withers - 1970

Lecture 104 Puzzle #364: Mate in 5 - Vera vs. Arencibia - 2002

Lecture 105 Puzzle #372: Lacking pawn cover - Kempinski vs. Bartel - 2002

Lecture 106 Puzzle #373: Even GMs blunder (Rb1-d1) - Yegiazarian vs. Olcayoz - 2002

Lecture 107 Puzzle #375: Why was blacks move Re8 a mistake? - Radulski vs. Shanava - 2002

Lecture 108 Puzzle #392: Utjuin v Danilov - Utjuin vs. Danilov - 2002

Lecture 109 Puzzle #395: Almasi v Korchnoi - Almasi vs. Korchnoi - 1996

Lecture 110 Puzzle #403: Dely v Gracs - Dely vs. Gracs - 1953

Lecture 111 Puzzle #404: Alekhine v West - Alekhine vs. West - 1923

Lecture 112 Puzzle #432: Del Val v Pelletier - Del Val vs. Pelletier - 1994

Lecture 113 Puzzle #442: Manik v Gallagher - 2003

Lecture 114 Puzzle #445: Todorovic v Kraai - 2003

Lecture 115 Puzzle #460: Ghaem Maghami v Ishaq - 2003

Lecture 116 Puzzle #476: Georgiev v Shirazi -2001

Lecture 117 Puzzle #479: Koronghy v Tornai - 1972

Lecture 118 Puzzle #495: Hickl v Garcia - Hickl - 2002

Lecture 119 Puzzle #498: Stahlberg v Becker - 1944

Lecture 120 Exercise #100 - Puzzle #504 (has a very tricky longer line!)

Lecture 121 Game visualisation 2 moves at a time - Fischer vs Chalker

Lecture 122 Puzzle #512: Christensen v Skovgaard - 2002

Lecture 123 Puzzle #513: Golubev v Khenkin - 2001

Lecture 124 Puzzle #516: Gereben v Troianescu - 1952

Lecture 125 Puzzle #517: Zivanic v Ilincic - 2002

Lecture 126 Puzzle #564: Stangl v Buchal - 1995

Lecture 127 Puzzle #567: Browne v Karpov - 1977

Lecture 128 Puzzle #569: Golubev v Torre - 2003

Lecture 129 Puzzle #572: Marchian v Vilar - 1998

Lecture 130 Game visualisation 2 moves at a time - Fischer vs Fine - 1963

Lecture 131 Puzzle #575: Spielmann v Tartakower - 1909

Lecture 132 Puzzle #578: Campos v Al Hadarani - 1998

Lecture 133 Puzzle #589: Kolbus v Sjaschkin - 1998

Lecture 134 Puzzle #600: Burnett v Ivanov - 2003

Lecture 135 Puzzle #601: Agdestein v Thiel - 2003 - VERY TRICKY - at least for Kingscrusher!

Lecture 136 Adding also more color information tests to your visualisation - this point on!

Lecture 137 Puzzle #603: Naiditsch v Koneru - 2003

Lecture 138 Puzzle #620: Oratovsky v Nakamura - 2002

Lecture 139 Puzzle #630: Milov v Gaponenko - 2003

Lecture 140 Puzzle #641: Tran v Truong - 2002

Lecture 141 Puzzle #651: Tarrasch v Von Gottschall - 1896

Lecture 142 Puzzle #668: Khakimov v Askarov - 2002

Lecture 143 Puzzle #686: Below v Ossatschuk - 1965

Lecture 144 Puzzle #691: Hellsten v Managadze - 2003

Lecture 145 Puzzle #701: Bolbochan v Pachman - 1956

Lecture 146 Puzzle #704: Korchnoi v Karpov - 1978

Lecture 147 Puzzle #707: Medvegy v Soln - 1998

Lecture 148 Puzzle #708: Minasian v Kosashvili - 1998

Lecture 149 Puzzle #712: Geller v Lubashov - 2003

Lecture 150 Puzzle #720: Jakubiec v Gross - 2000

Lecture 151 Puzzle #721: Reshevsky v Ivanovic - 1976

Lecture 152 Puzzle #729: Petraki v Alagiannis - 1999

Lecture 153 Puzzle #730: Fucak v Schneider - 2002

Lecture 154 Puzzle #738: Steiner v Juhasz - 2004

Lecture 155 Puzzle #741: Lima v Quinn - 1996

Lecture 156 Puzzle #760: Bigaliev v Dao Thien Hai - 1996

Lecture 157 Puzzle #765: Vukic v Gavric - 1993

Lecture 158 Puzzle #770: Koloborot v Balbe - 1971

Lecture 159 Puzzle #864: One that got away - 1993

Lecture 160 Puzzle #912: Happy Birthday, Magnus ! - 2003

Lecture 161 Puzzle #1233: Platz vs. Lampe - 1967

Lecture 162 Puzzle #1261: Gerzhoy vs. Kulic - 2006

Lecture 163 Puzzle #1262: Vospernik vs. Lois - 2006

Lecture 164 Puzzle #1264: Berglitz v Madl - 1984

Lecture 165 Puzzle #1268: Hebden v Snape - 2006

Lecture 166 Puzzle #1271: Valeanu vs Sveshnikov - 2006

Lecture 167 Puzzle #1284: Polak v Sakelsek - 2006

Lecture 168 Puzzle #1285: Balinov vs Naegelein - 2006

Lecture 169 Puzzle #1291: Hanley vs Vajic - 2006

Lecture 170 Puzzle #1309: Fox vs Efremova - 2006

Lecture 171 Puzzle #1344: Zacurdajev vs. Stukopin - 2006

Lecture 172 Puzzle #1345: Kiik vs. Jelling - 2006

Lecture 173 1346 Puzzle #1346: De Labourdonnais vs. McDonnell - 1834

Lecture 174 Puzzle #1355: Dragomirescu vs. Ionica - 2006

Lecture 175 Game training - 2 moves at a time - Fischer vs Jones, 1964

Lecture 176 Puzzle #1357: Major Piece Fiasco - 2006

Lecture 177 Puzzle #1372: Nikolic vs. Djuric - 1983

Lecture 178 Puzzle #1373: Smyslov vs. Bertok - 1955

Lecture 179 Puzzle #1382: Winter-Gemzoe, Folkestone - 1933

Lecture 180 Puzzle #1383: Stoliarov-Gufeld, Kiev - 1958

Lecture 181 Puzzle #1384: Smagin-Kupreichik, Minsk - 1985

Lecture 182 Puzzle #1388: Szabo-Donner, Goteborg - 1955

Lecture 183 Puzzle #1393: Caspi vs. Kaplan - 2006

Lecture 184 Puzzle #1403: Zambelly vs Maroczy {Variation}

Lecture 185 Puzzle #1404: skyisblue vs CycloneGU, game 10563653

Lecture 186 Puzzle #1405: CycloneGU-Deverine - ChessWorld

Lecture 187 Puzzle #1422: Nunn vs Short - 1986

Lecture 188 Puzzle #1457: CycloneGU-Nexus60000 - 2007

Lecture 189 Puzzle #1482: paleozoic vs. mick the carpet - Missed Mate #1 - 2007

Lecture 190 Puzzle #1493: Karakehajov vs. Thesin - 2006

Lecture 191 Puzzle #1500: Atia vs. Adly - 2007

Lecture 192 Puzzle #1522: Samu vs. Petkov - 2007

Lecture 193 Puzzle #1527: Nestorovic vs. Zivkovic - 2007

Lecture 194 Puzzle #1538: Szabo vs. Minh - 2007

Lecture 195 Puzzle #1554: Karpov vs. Stojanovic - 2007

Lecture 196 Puzzle #1565: Stein vs. Liberzon - 1965

Lecture 197 Puzzle #1582: Pogorelov-Janoha, Prague - 1988

Lecture 198 Puzzle #1587: Haugsrud-Gonzales, Gibraltar - 2003

Lecture 199 Puzzle #1618: Shkuran vs. Ivanchuk - 2004

Lecture 200 Puzzle #1619: David vs. Nedev - 2007

Lecture 201 Puzzle #1627: Lasker vs. Ettlinger - 1893

Lecture 202 Puzzle #1645: Sharma vs. Madhukiran

Lecture 203 Game training - 4 ply at time - Nimzovich vs Alapin

Lecture 204 Puzzle #1663: Bellon Lopez vs. Ask - 2008

Lecture 205 Puzzle #1801: Dannevig-Fossan, Gausdal - 1988

Lecture 206 Puzzle #1837: Golsov-Moiseev, Kaluga - 1970

Lecture 207 Puzzle #2067: Baumegger vs. Ragger - 2008

Lecture 208 Puzzle #8999: Krasenkow vs Nikolenko - 1994

Lecture 209 Puzzle #9005: Ahues vs Weissgerber - 1935

Lecture 210 Puzzle #9008: Alekhine vs Meck - 1925

Lecture 211 Puzzle #9011: Andreikin vs Lanin - 2007

Lecture 212 Puzzle #9014: Nigmadzianov vs Kaplun - 1977

Lecture 213 Puzzle #9071: Danielian vs Calzetta - 1993

Lecture 214 Puzzle #9093: Finegold vs Knoppert - 1991

Lecture 215 Puzzle #10457: Krush vs Stefanova - 2004

Lecture 216 Puzzle #10540: Blackburne vs Smith - 1882

Lecture 217 Puzzle #10542: Christiansen vs Nunn - 1991

Lecture 218 Puzzle #10543: De La Bourdonnais vs MacDonnell - 1834

Lecture 219 Puzzle #10544: Buckle vs Amateur - 1840

Lecture 220 Puzzle #10556: Radjabov vs Kovaljov - 1999

Lecture 221 Puzzle #10557: Probst vs Lowig - 1922

Lecture 222 Puzzle #10562: Golubenko vs Oja - 2001

Lecture 223 Puzzle #10563: Vahtra vs Golubenko - 2004

Lecture 224 Puzzle #10564: Ivanchuk vs Ivanovic - 1988

Lecture 225 Puzzle #10566: Danielian vs Brodsky - 2006

Lecture 226 Puzzle #10572: Bisguier vs Kudrin - 1985

Lecture 227 Puzzle #10587: Karpov vs Bidjukova - 1997

Section 5: Difficulty Level 4

Lecture 228 Puzzle #1584: Variation of Dorfman-Zeschkowski, Tiflis - 1978

Lecture 229 Puzzle #14007: Short vs Adianto - 2000 - Slightly tricky

Lecture 230 Puzzle #14011: Baklan vs Belozerov - 2006

Lecture 231 Puzzle #14155: Gormally vs Zeidler - 1999

Lecture 232 Game training - 6 ply at a time - Alekhine vs Nimzovich - 1931

Section 6: Difficulty Level 5

Lecture 233 Puzzle #53: Simple combination (10)

Lecture 234 Puzzle #67: Never resign a won position (12)

Lecture 235 Puzzle #84: Both kings in danger

Lecture 236 Puzzle #127: Danger of undevelopment - 1949

Lecture 237 Puzzle #131: Soviet champion beaten - 1991

Lecture 238 Puzzle #147: Rooks and Bishops - 2001

Lecture 239 Puzzle #176: Power of the pin - 2001

Lecture 240 Puzzle #197: Clever mating finish - 1986

Lecture 241 Puzzle #254: Judith mates - 1989

Lecture 242 Puzzle #275: Beautiful mating combination - 1951

Lecture 243 Puzzle #279: Two ways to win - 2002

Lecture 244 Puzzle #301: Eckhardt - 2002

Lecture 245 Puzzle #317: Viakhirev v Alekhine - 1907

Lecture 246 Puzzle #333: Seeing a combination through - 1967

Lecture 247 Puzzle #342: More sacrifices required! - 1991

Lecture 248 Puzzle #369: Strategist wins tactically - 1970

Lecture 249 Puzzle #390: Kuznetsov v Bachich - 2002

Lecture 250 Puzzle #406: Taher v Abdel Samee

Lecture 251 Puzzle #439: Weissgerber v Rellstab - 1933

Lecture 252 Puzzle #457: Karpov v Malaniuk - 1988

Lecture 253 Puzzle #462: Spraggett v Speelman - 1989

Lecture 254 Puzzle #484: Alekhine (blindfolded) v Frieman - 1924

Lecture 255 Puzzle #490: Olafsson v Alexander - 1956

Lecture 256 Puzzle #506: Stean v Schneider (variation) - 1976

Lecture 257 Puzzle #510: Karjakin v Shirov - 2002

Lecture 258 Puzzle #520: Kras v van Easton - 1992

Lecture 259 From this point on vocalise the minds eye visualisation with start squares etc

Lecture 260 Puzzle #525: Gabriel v Zeller - 1995 - Quite tricky

Lecture 261 Puzzle #527: Kosten v Farago - 1992

Lecture 262 Puzzle #548: Karpov v Ribli - 1986- Quite tricky

Lecture 263 Puzzle #557: Mahmud v Dgebuadze - 1997

Lecture 264 Puzzle #562: Selezniev v Reti - 1922

Lecture 265 Puzzle #588: Sugar v Vegh - 1979

Lecture 266 Puzzle #626: Svidler v Christiansen - 2003

Lecture 267 Puzzle #636: Shushpanova v Sekhposjan - 2001

Lecture 268 Puzzle #657: Cochrane v Staunton (II) - 1842

Lecture 269 Puzzle #675: Spraggett v Vassallo - 2003

Lecture 270 Puzzle #684: Ghinda v Gogilea - 1981

Lecture 271 Puzzle #700: Kaidanov v Anand - 1987

Lecture 272 Puzzle #705: Bauer v McShane - 2003

Lecture 273 Puzzle #709: Vasiukov v Pribyl - 1977

Lecture 274 Puzzle #731: Tarrasch v Richter - 1883

Lecture 275 Puzzle #773: Tartakower v Schlechter - 1908

Lecture 276 Puzzle #814: Kasparov v Nikitin/Sakarov - 1981

Lecture 277 Puzzle #863: One that got away - 1993

Lecture 278 Puzzle #872: Nice touch - 1989

Lecture 279 Puzzle #885: Kurajica vs Gerusel - 1973

Lecture 280 Puzzle #913: Two-Way Mate - 2003

Lecture 281 Puzzle #948: Keres vs Verbak - 1932

Lecture 282 Puzzle #1025: Ivanchuk vs Dorfman - 1998

Lecture 283 Puzzle #1105: Cook v Mueller - 1906

Lecture 284 Puzzle #1191: Portisch vs. Reshevsky - 1973

Lecture 285 Puzzle #1200: Chandler v Jacoby - 1980

Lecture 286 Puzzle #1201: Smerdon v Stojic - 2001

Lecture 287 Puzzle #1214: White Mates in 2 - 1942

Lecture 288 Puzzle #1222: Cicak vs. Berg - 2006

Lecture 289 Puzzle #1224: Dickson vs. Perkins - 1958

Lecture 290 Puzzle #1244: Szalanczy v Bokros - 2006

Lecture 291 Puzzle #1252: Hess vs. Sevillano - 2006

Lecture 292 Puzzle #1253: Gomez vs. Perez - 2006

Lecture 293 Puzzle #1256: Wojtkiewicz Memorial - slightly tricky - "vacate" in description

Lecture 294 Puzzle #1263: Rausis v Ehlvest - 2006

Lecture 295 Puzzle #1295: Skoko vs Robulj - 2006

Lecture 296 Puzzle #1298: Topalov vs Karpov - 1999

Lecture 297 Puzzle #1319: Forthofer vs. Vaillant - 2006

Lecture 298 Puzzle #1320: Wiecker vs. Havenaar - 2006

Lecture 299 Puzzle #1379: Balogh vs Rajlich - 2002

Lecture 300 Puzzle #1394: L - 2006

Lecture 301 Puzzle #1396: Simacek-Teterev, Czech Republic 1998 (Variation)

Lecture 302 Puzzle #1447: Jonkman v Nepomniachtchi - 2007

Lecture 303 Puzzle #1468: Pilaj vs. Kreindl - 2007

Lecture 304 Puzzle #1502: Wirig vs. Sikula - 2007

Lecture 305 Puzzle #1543: Leon Hoyos vs. Dominguez - 2007

Lecture 306 Puzzle #1550: Kamsky vs. Gelfand - 2007

Lecture 307 Puzzle #1568: Spassky vs. Korchnoi - 1968

Lecture 308 Puzzle #1621: Maki Uuro vs. Jones - 2007

Lecture 309 Puzzle #1662: Amonatov vs. Timofeev - 2007

Lecture 310 Puzzle #1683: Kasparov (blindfold) vs. Mephisto - 1985

Lecture 311 Puzzle #1699: Anon vs. Blackburne - 1880

Lecture 312 Puzzle #1733: Lorenz vs. Orlov - 2001

Lecture 313 Puzzle #1753: Cosma vs. Calzetta - 2008

Lecture 314 Puzzle #1838: Farin-Duras, Mannheim - 1914

Lecture 315 Puzzle #1882: Gulinelli vs. Savarese - 2008

Lecture 316 Puzzle #1886: Becerra Rivero vs. Shulman - 2008

Lecture 317 Puzzle #1954: Lilienthal vs. Nezhmetdinov - 1951

Lecture 318 Puzzle #9006: Akobian vs Lugo - 2005

Lecture 319 Puzzle #9027: Bareev vs Gavrikov - 1987

Lecture 320 Puzzle #10387: Kasparov vs Magerramov - 1982

Lecture 321 Puzzle #10426: Ashley vs Arnett - 1993

Lecture 322 Puzzle #10549: Morphy vs Isouard - 1858

Lecture 323 Puzzle #10573: Bisguier vs Geisler - 1991

Lecture 324 Puzzle #14022: Hodgson vs McNab - 1989

Lecture 325 Puzzle #14040: Hodgson vs Trevelman - 1995

Lecture 326 Puzzle #14088: Enklaar vs Basman - 1965

Lecture 327 Puzzle #14256: Miles vs Upton - 1982 - Quite tricky!

Lecture 328 Puzzle #14261: Miles vs Laven - 1983

Section 7: Difficulty Level 6

Lecture 329 Puzzle #14059: Georgiev vs Adams - 1993

Section 8: Difficulty Level 7

Lecture 330 Puzzle #26: King in danger - 1931

Lecture 331 Puzzle #28: King caught in centre - "Sucker Punch" - 1910

Lecture 332 Puzzle #41: Must be a quick finish here

Lecture 333 Puzzle #48: King in a corner

Lecture 334 Puzzle #56: Just in time - 1929

Lecture 335 Puzzle #86: Careless move (Bg2?) - 1936

Lecture 336 Puzzle #91: What Chigorin missed

Lecture 337 Puzzle #106: Long diagonals - 1971

Lecture 338 Puzzle #124: Mating net - 1955

Lecture 339 Puzzle #151: Pressure on the defence - 1952

Lecture 340 Puzzle #155: Hedgehog squashed - 2001

Lecture 341 Puzzle #266: Climax of attack - 1996

Lecture 342 Puzzle #303: Blagojevic v Jeremic - 2002

Lecture 343 Puzzle #305: Zivkovic - 2002

Lecture 344 GAME Training Special: 2 moves each side at a time

Lecture 345 Puzzle #323: Gonssiorovski v Alekhine - 1918

Lecture 346 Puzzle #327: Discovered attack - 1950

Lecture 347 Puzzle #344: Shtirenkov v Slezak - 2001

Lecture 348 Puzzle #362: Unsuspected danger - 1920

Lecture 349 Puzzle #421: Jusic v Josipovic - 1997

Lecture 350 Puzzle #477: Janowski v N.N. - 1900

Lecture 351 Puzzle #483: Zaitsev v Storozhenko - 1970

Lecture 352 Puzzle #486: Deschapelles v Labourdonnais - 1820

Lecture 353 Puzzle #508: Gulko v Grigorian - 1971

Lecture 354 Puzzle #518: Soultan-beieff v Colle - 1926

Lecture 355 Puzzle #542: Lerner v Martens - 1992

Lecture 356 Puzzle #556: Spielmann v Honlinger - 1929

Lecture 357 Puzzle #565: Gelfand v Ftacnik - 1989

Lecture 358 Puzzle #610: Armas v Bezemer - 2003

Lecture 359 Puzzle #617: Dearing vs. Kunte 1999 - (Slightly tricky!)

Lecture 360 Puzzle #618: Banikas v Mastrovasilis - 2002

Lecture 361 Puzzle #622: Zivanic v Jakubovic - 2002

Lecture 362 Puzzle #624: Zaichik v Markzon - 2003

Lecture 363 Puzzle #632: Marotzke v Ruston - 2001

Lecture 364 Puzzle #639: Sadoon v Svensen - 2002

Lecture 365 Puzzle #656: Evans v Staunton - 1845

Lecture 366 Puzzle #670: Petrosian v Stein - 1960

Lecture 367 Puzzle #673: Mastrovasilis v Marin - 2003

Lecture 368 Puzzle #728: Silveira v Matsuura - 1999

Lecture 369 Puzzle #736: da Silva v Reis - 2004

Lecture 370 Puzzle #739: Medina v Sanz - 1975

Lecture 371 Puzzle #740: Alekhine v NN - 1931

Lecture 372 Puzzle #766: Ekstrom v Bergman - 1949

Lecture 373 Puzzle #775: NN v Lewis - 1826

Lecture 374 Puzzle #776: Rubinstein v NN - 1907

Lecture 375 Puzzle #790: Bogda v Ferreira - 1976

Lecture 376 Puzzle #816: Kasparov v Gavrikov - 1981

Lecture 377 Puzzle #825: Torre v Timman - 1982

Lecture 378 Puzzle #866: Mate in 4. - 1990

Lecture 379 Puzzle #909: Bernstein vs Kotov - 1946

Lecture 380 Puzzle #935: Lasker vs Marshall - 1914

Lecture 381 Puzzle #1026: Korchnoi vs Peterson, Mate in 4. - 1964

Lecture 382 Puzzle #1036: Kharitonov v Bareev - 1997

Lecture 383 Puzzle #1164: Geller v Novotelnov - 1951

Lecture 384 Puzzle #1189: Ritov vs. Skuja - 1971

Lecture 385 Puzzle #1204: Tate v Coleman - 1993

Lecture 386 Puzzle #1205: They still talk about this one - 1892

Lecture 387 Puzzle #1212: White Mates in 5 - 1988 - Tricky - "Probing Torch" method useful

Lecture 388 Puzzle #1232: Epishin vs. Godena - 2006

Lecture 389 Puzzle #1266: Hebden Mates in 3 - 1990

Lecture 390 Puzzle #1303: Hajtun vs. Fabian - 1953 - Very tricky (track clearance, K on h6)

Lecture 391 Puzzle #1314: Vaccaroni vs. Mazzochi - 1891

Lecture 392 Puzzle #1324: Andruet vs. Spassky - 1988

Lecture 393 Puzzle #1348: Thorhallsson vs. Leburgue - 2005

Lecture 394 Puzzle #1370: Skripchenko v Amura - 2000

Lecture 395 Puzzle #1375: Kosten vs. Chandler - 1990

Lecture 396 Puzzle #1387: Walter-Lasker, Maehrisch Ostrau - 1923

Lecture 397 Puzzle #1399: Larsen-Chandler, Hastings 1987 - 1987

Lecture 398 Puzzle #1462: Giles vs. Browne - 1988

Lecture 399 Puzzle #1494: Iljin vs. Nepomniachtchi - 2007

Lecture 400 Puzzle #1510: Alekhine v Skala - 1943

Lecture 401 Puzzle #1531: Vasyukov vs. Grushevsky - 1959

Lecture 402 Puzzle #1553: Arencibia Rodriguez vs. Gashimov - 2007

Lecture 403 Puzzle #1589: Fontaine vs. Sokolov - 2007

Lecture 404 Puzzle #1612: Aronian vs. Grischuk - 2007

Lecture 405 Puzzle #1616: Fontaine vs. Vachier Lagrave - 2007 - (Very hard indeed!)

Lecture 406 Puzzle #1632: Netto vs. Abente - 1983

Lecture 407 Puzzle #1666: Hort vs. Gligoric - 1971

Lecture 408 Puzzle #1682: Wahls vs. Bjarnason - 1985

Lecture 409 Puzzle #1695: Ioseliani vs. Akhmilovskaya- 1988 (Interesting pawn hallucination)

Lecture 410 Puzzle #1872: Kristjansson vs. Stull - 2008

Lecture 411 Puzzle #8985: Kalabukov vs Grigorian - 1972

Lecture 412 From this point consider adding checkmate escape square tests to make it harder

Lecture 413 Puzzle #9110: Gruenfeld vs Meeres - 1985 - giving escape square analysis harder

Lecture 414 Puzzle #10418: Anderssen vs NN - 1866

Lecture 415 Puzzle #10537: Alekhine vs Fahardo - 1939

Lecture 416 Puzzle #10538: Amura vs Bulcourf - 1996

Lecture 417 Puzzle #10576: Kaidanov vs Petit - 1991

Lecture 418 Puzzle #10584: Chiburdanidze vs Slobodjan - 2000

Lecture 419 Puzzle #14120: Davies vs Hector - 1987

Lecture 420 Puzzle #14279: Nunn vs Tarik - 1982

Lecture 421 Puzzle #14323: Plaskett vs Johansen - 1983

Lecture 422 Puzzle #14379: Filip vs Sliwa - 1954

Section 9: Difficulty Level 8

Lecture 423 Puzzle #22: A pretty Alekhine finish - 1927

Lecture 424 Puzzle #57: 2001 - A Space Odyssey - 2001

Lecture 425 Puzzle #138: Hersvik v Trygstad - 2001

Lecture 426 Puzzle #152: Culmination of attack - 1956

Lecture 427 Puzzle #185: Mate in 2 (Miskolczy)

Lecture 428 Puzzle #195: Trouble on the h file - 1967

Lecture 429 Puzzle #273: Endgame mate - 2002

Section 10: Visualising miniature game scores - helps visualisation especially from notation

Lecture 430 White Checkmates on move 3

Lecture 431 White Checkmates on move 5

Lecture 432 White Checkmates on move 6 - Part 1

Lecture 433 White Checkmates on move 6 - Part 2

Lecture 434 White Checkmates on move 7 - Part 1

Lecture 435 White Checkmates on move 7 - Part 2

Lecture 436 White checkmates on move 7 - Part 3

Lecture 437 White checkmates on move 7 - Part 4

Lecture 438 White checkmates on move 7 - Part 5

Section 11: PGN Downloads

Lecture 439 PGN of the Puzzles made use of in the course

Section 12: Conclusions and Philosophical points

Lecture 440 Conclusions

Lecture 441 Bonus Lecture

Beginner to intermediate players who want to improve their chess in all phases of the game